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Perry Mason
Description
Crime serial follows a defense attorney through action-heavy mysteries, blending continuing plots with courtroom threads.
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.
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Showtimes
Original schedule
- 1943–19452:45 PM ETCBS Radio Network · afternoonSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1943–19452:45 PM ETCBS Radio Network · afternoonSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1943–19452:45 PM ETCBS Radio Network · afternoonSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1943–19452:45 PM ETCBS Radio Network · afternoonSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1943–19452:45 PM ETCBS Radio Network · afternoonSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19452:30 PM ETCBS Radio Network · afternoonSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19452:30 PM ETCBS Radio Network · afternoonSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19452:30 PM ETCBS Radio Network · afternoonSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19452:30 PM ETCBS Radio Network · afternoonSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19452:30 PM ETCBS Radio Network · afternoonSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1945–19552:15 PM ETCBS Radio Network · afternoonSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1945–19552:15 PM ETCBS Radio Network · afternoonSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1945–19552:15 PM ETCBS Radio Network · afternoonSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1945–19552:15 PM ETCBS Radio Network · afternoonSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1945–19552:15 PM ETCBS Radio Network · afternoonSuMoTuWeThFrSa
Cast & Crew
A
Alan Kent
Announcer
Bob Dixon
Announcer
DDon Hancock
Announcer
R
Richard Stark
Announcer
Alice Reinheart
Cast
Betty Garde
Cast
G
Ge Ge James
Cast
Grace Matthews
Cast
J
J. Scott Smart
Cast
J
JJason Robards, Jr.
Cast
Jean Ellyn
Cast
J
Jimmy Tansey
Cast
J
John Taylor
Cast
Lamont Johnson
Cast
Mary Jane Higby
Cast
MMaurice Franklin
Cast
MMitzi Gould
Cast
R
Ruth Gilbert
Cast
S
SSue Marsh
Cast
Susan Douglas
Cast
AArthur Hanna
Director
AArthur Vinton
Sgt. Dorsett
B
CBartlett 'Bart' Robinson
Perry Mason
Charles Webster
Paul Drake
DDonald Briggs
Perry Mason
FFrank Dane
Lt. Arthur Tragg
Gertrude Warner
Della Sreet
Jan Miner
Della Sreet
Joan Alexander
Della Street
John Larkin
Cast
Mandel Kramer
Lt. Arthur Tragg
Matt Crowley
Paul Drake
PPaul Taubman
Musical director
Santos Ortega
Perry Mason
W
William Meader
Organist
Erle Stanley Gardner
Writer
References
“The 5th Revised Ultimate History of Network Radio Programming and Guide to ALL Circulating Shows.”, n.d.
Hickerson, Jay. The 5th Revised Ultimate History of Network Radio Programming and Guide to ALL Circulating Shows.
Paulson, Roger C. Archives of the Airwaves (7 Volumes). The Old Radio Times.
Swartz, Ph.D., Jon D., Reinehr, Robert C. Handbook of Old Time Radio. Scarecrow Press.
“RADIO PROGRAMS SCHEDULED FOR THE CURRENT WEEK.” New York Times, March 17, 1929.
Terrace, Vincent. Radio's Golden Years - The Encyclopedia of Radio Programs 1930-1960. Collector's Corner.
“Today's Radio Program.” New York Times, January 1, 1927.