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词条 Perry Mason (radio series)
释义

  1. Production

  2. Cast

  3. Transition to television

  4. Broadcast history

  5. See also

  6. References

  7. External links

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| sponsor = General Foods, Tide
| show_name = Perry Mason
| image = Perrymason-book-radio.jpg
| imagesize = 200px
| caption =
| other_names = The New Adventures of Perry Mason[1]
| format = Crime serial
| runtime = 15 minutes
| country = USA
| language = English
| home_station =
| syndicates = CBS Radio
| television = The Edge of Night
| presenter =
| starring = {{Plainlist|
  • Bartlett Robinson
  • Santos Ortega
  • Donald Briggs
  • John Larkin
  • Gertrude Warner
  • Joan Alexander

}}
| announcer = Bob Dixon, Alan Kent, Richard Stark
| creator = Erle Stanley Gardner (original stories)
| writer = Irving Vendig
| director = Art Hanna, Carlo deAngelo, Carl Eastman, Hoyt Allen, Ralph Butler
| senior_editor =
| editor =
| producer = Tom McDermott
| exec_producer = Leslie Harris
| narrated =
| rec_location = New York City
| first_aired = October 18, 1943
| last_aired = December 30, 1955
| num_series =
| num_episodes = 3000[2]
| audio_format =
| opentheme =
| othertheme =
| endtheme =
| website =
| podcast = [https://archive.org/stream/Perry_Mason_Radio_Show stream from Archive.org]
}}

Perry Mason is a radio crime serial based on the novels of Erle Stanley Gardner. Broadcast weekdays on CBS Radio from 1943 to 1955, the series was adapted into The Edge of Night which ran on television for an additional 30 years.

Production

The 15-minute continuing series Perry Mason aired weekdays October 18, 1943 – December 30, 1955, on CBS Radio. Geared more towards action than courtroom drama, it mixed mystery and soap opera, with attorney Perry Mason sometimes even exchanging gunfire with criminals.[3]

Erle Stanley Gardner's literary success with the Perry Mason novels convinced Warner Bros. to try its hand, unsuccessfully, with some motion pictures. However, the Perry Mason radio show stayed on the air for 12 years.

As The Edge of Night, it ran for another 30 years on television, but Gardner disliked the proposed daytime television version due to a lack of his own creative control.[3] He ultimately withheld his endorsement of the daytime TV show, forcing the name change.

Cast

The actors portraying Mason switched frequently over the first three years of the show's run, starting with Bartlett Robinson, then followed by Santos Ortega and Donald Briggs.[3] John Larkin took over the starring role March 31, 1947, and portrayed Perry Mason until the end of the series.[4]{{Rp|333}}

Larkin played the equivalent character on The Edge of Night.

The guest cast included Mercedes McCambridge.[5] Principal cast members are listed in order of portrayal.

{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
  • Perry Mason

Bartlett Robinson[6]

Santos Ortega[6]

Donald Briggs[6][7]

John Larkin (1947–55)[6]

  • Paul Drake

Matt Crowley[6]

Charles Webster[6]

  • Della Street

Gertrude Warner[6]

Jan Miner[6]

Joan Alexander[6]

  • Lieutenant Tragg

Mandel Kramer[6]

Frank Dane[6]

{{div col end}}

Transition to television

{{Main article|The Edge of Night}}

Radio's Perry Mason has more in common, in all but name, with the daytime serial The Edge of Night than the subsequent prime-time Perry Mason television show. As many radio serials moved to television, so was to be the destiny of Perry Mason. However, Gardner disagreed with the direction of the new show and pulled his support.[3] The sponsor, Procter & Gamble hired the writers and staff of the Perry Mason radio series, the show was retooled, and it became The Edge of Night. The characters and setting were renamed. Gardner eventually aligned himself with the nighttime courtroom drama.

The Edge of Night was conceived as the daytime-TV version of Perry Mason. Mason's creator, Erle Stanley Gardner, was to create and write the show, but a last-minute tiff between him and CBS caused Gardner to pull his support. CBS insisted that Mason be given a love interest to placate daytime soap opera audiences, but Gardner flatly refused to take Mason in that direction. Gardner would eventually patch up his differences with CBS and Perry Mason would debut in prime time in 1957.

Two actors who played Perry Mason on radio, Bartlett Robinson and John Larkin, appeared in episodes of the CBS-TV series, Perry Mason, starring Raymond Burr.[8]

Broadcast history

Air dates Time slot
October 18, 1943 – March 31, 1944 2:45 p.m. ET
April 3, 1944 – March 23, 1945 2:30 p.m. ET
March 26, 1945 – December 30, 1955 2:15 p.m. ET

See also

  • Perry Mason (TV series), an American legal drama broadcast on CBS Television 1957–66

References

1. ^{{cite news|title=Peruse Clues|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3776862/harrisburg_telegraph/|agency=Harrisburg Telegraph|date=February 3, 1945|location=Pennsylvania, Harrisburg|page=15|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = December 6, 2015}} {{Open access}}
2. ^{{cite book | title = Television's Private Eye: An Examination of Twenty Years Programming of a Particular Genre, 1949 to 1969| first = Robert | last = Larka| others = Christopher H. Sterling| publisher = Ayer Publishing| location = New York| year = 1979| isbn = 0-405-11763-9| page = 123 }}
3. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1144756 |title=Perry Mason |last=Totenberg |first=Nina |authorlink=Nina Totenberg |date=June 10, 2002 |website=Morning Edition |publisher=NPR |access-date=2015-04-30 }}
4. ^Hickerson, Jay, The Ultimate History of Network Radio Programming and Guide to All Circulating Shows. Hamden, Connecticut: Jay Hickerson, Box 4321, Hamden, CT 06514, second edition December 1992
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=Perry%20Mason |title=Perry Mason |publisher=RadioGOLDINdex |accessdate=2015-04-30}}
6. ^10 11 12 {{cite book |last=Dunning |first=John |authorlink=John Dunning (writer) |date=1998 |title=On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio |location=New York |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=540 |isbn=978-0-19-507678-3 }}
7. ^{{cite news|title='Sleuth'|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2298880/donald_briggs_perry_mason/|agency=Harrisburg Telegraph|date=December 7, 1946|page=19|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = April 26, 2015}} {{Open access}}
8. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050051/fullcredits |title=Perry Mason — Full Cast and Crew |publisher=Internet Movie Database |access-date=2015-05-08}}

External links

  • [https://archive.org/details/Perry_Mason_Radio_Show Perry Mason] at the Internet Archive
  • Streaming episodes of Perry Mason from Old Time Radio Researchers Group Library
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