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The Case of the Lucky Legs
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Directed by Archie Mayo
The legs in question in this the second of Warner Bros. Perry Mason whodunits belong to Margy Clune (Patricia Ellis), the first-prize winner in a Lucky Legs contest and the fiancée of Dr. Bob Doray (Lyle Talbot). But when Margy goes to collect her winnings, she finds that the contest's promoter, Frank Patton (Craig Reynolds), has skipped town with the money. When Margy goes after him, her boss, Bradbury (Porter Hall), convinces Perry Mason (Warren William) that she may be heading for trouble. And, sure enough, Patton is found very much murdered with Margy the prime suspect. But as Mason, his secretary Della Street (Genevieve Tobin), and intrepid private eye Spudsy Drake (Allen Jenkins) discover, there are other and more dangerous suspects around. The Case of the Lucky Legs was followed by The Case of the Curious Bride (1935) and The Case of the Velvet Claws (1936), also with Warren Williams as Mason, after which the role would be played in the remaining films by three different actors: Ricardo Cortez, Donald Woods, and William Lundigan. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide
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Perhaps the best of the Warren William Perry Mason films, The Case of the Lucky Legs is also the funniest, with plenty of screwball lines effectively delivered by a typical fast-talking Warner stock company. Instead of Raymond Burr's no-nonsense television approach, Warren William chooses to play Erle Stanley Garner's frankly rather dull defense attorney with his tongue firmly planted in cheek, a choice undoubtedly inspired by William Powell in The Thin Man. Genevieve Tobin, who made her lasting expression opposite Maurice Chevalier in Ernst Lubitsch's delightful One Hour With You (1932), is a much better Della Street than Helen Trenholme in The Case of the Howling Dog (1934), the series opener, although she, too, would be eclipsed by the cool Claire Dodd in the subsequent entry, The Case of the Curious Bride (1935). ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide
 

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