UnowPriceless hyped garbage

PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Kinley This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

csteidler Something is fishy about the "lucky legs" contest at the big department store—in fact, the winner was cheated out of her prize money by the sponsoring hosiery company. The store owner enlists Perry Mason's help.Our first glimpse of Mason is a good indication of this picture's level of seriousness: he's asleep on his office floor, and when awakened turns out to be rather hung over, in a goofy mood—but quite sharp enough to efficiently gather some details about the new case.Or course it soon becomes a murder case involving multiple suspects and featuring assistance from Mason's secretary Della Street (Genevieve Tobin) and his associate Spudsy (Allen Jenkins).Warren William talks fast and appears to be having fun in what must be one of his sillier performances. Tobin is very funny as Della, delivering one coy look and sly smirk after another. Jenkins is right at home in this kind of a picture—his comical sour looks and unheeded protests are perfect foils to Tobin's and William's breeziness.The solid cast also includes Lyle Talbot as a handsome young doctor who gets mad at his girlfriend for immodestly entering (and winning) the legs contest, and Patricia Ellis as said girlfriend who tells him off, at least temporarily.The emphasis is on humor more than on mystery or suspense, so the snappy dialog stands out a lot more than the plot. It goes by awfully fast, it's frequently hilarious, and if you can't really remember who did it five minutes after it's over—well, that wasn't really the point, anyway.

GManfred Gosh, where to start. The name Perry Mason has a cachet about it, derived in part from the 50's TV series and from the books written by Erle Stanley Gardner. I wonder what Mr. Gardner would have thought about how Hollywood wrecked one of his best-sellers with the god-awful treatment found in "The Case Of The Lucky Legs".It is presented as a comedy-mystery, accent on the comedy angle. Did audiences find this stuff funny in the mid-30's? Did they notice the many loopholes in the plot left unresolved? More importantly, did Archie Mayo, a veteran Hollywood director, mail this one in? read some other reviews for a plot rundown, but there is very little to recommend this picture to unsuspecting viewers, save for Genevieve Tobin, who plays Della Street. She, at least, emerges with her dignity intact. This picture is illogical, the plot far-fetched and as funny as a funeral cortege.

kidboots Earle Stanley Gardner was delighted when approached by Warner Bros. to film his Perry Mason books. Although he had only published his first - "The Case of the Velvet Claws" in 1933, it was a sensational best seller and he was able to give up law and write full time. Warren William was a great choice for Perry, he was at his best playing ruthless businessmen and had already played a popular detective, Philo Vance, in 1934. The first film "The Case of the Howling Dog" was a faithful adaptation of the book - but then MGM released "The Thin Man". Suddenly Hollywood was awash with witty, breezy detectives. Warner Bros. wanted to inject some humor and light heartedness into the Perry Mason series and while it made Gardner pack up his books and head for the hills, I think, "The Case of the Lucky Legs" is a bright and funny film with witticisms flowing thick and fast.Col. Bradbury (Porter Hall) comes to Perry Mason's office - he wants Mason to find Margie (Patricia Ellis) who has gone missing. The night before she won a "Lucky Legs" contest and went to Patton's apartment to collect her $1,000 prize. Patton is found dead and Margie is missing, but first Bradbury has to get past a sparkling Della Street (coyly played by an under-rated Genevieve Tobin) who trades wisecracks with him before trying to sober up Perry (Warren William) who is found on the floor in a drunken stupor!!! Paul Drake (Mason's private detective from the books) is missing, but is replaced by Spudsy (Allen Jenkins) - "I've got the dope" Perry says, "No, I've got the dope" Spudsy's wife responds. Apparently Patton has been running a "lucky legs" racket and there are plenty of people who have a motive for murder - including Thelma Bell (pretty Peggy Shannon) a former "Lucky Legs" winner who has followed him in the hope of getting her prize money. Shannon has the most dramatic role in the film and the camera showed that she had lost none of her haunting beauty. She is required to do some heavy emoting on several occasions - when she is not trading witty wisecracks with Mason. Perry - "Those are not the legs I'm looking for", Thelma - "Well, they were good enough to win me the "Lucky Legs" contest in Waynesville"!!!Patricia Ellis looks quite fetching as Margie but doesn't have much to do. Lyle Talbot plays Dr. Dorey, her fiancée and chief suspect, who is annoyed from the start by Margie making a spectacle of herself. Barton McLaine is fantastic as Detective "Bisy", who with his no nonsense gruffness seems as though he has wandered on to the set of the wrong movie. The most memorable thing about the movie is the sparkling banter and repartee between Tobin and William - "If Mr. Mason said he would meet you at 10 am - he was boasting", "Milk - that's a hot one - I'll have it cold", "no rice, no shoes, where's the curious bride", "all alone in the bridal suite - you must love yourself", "He said he'd love to talk to the lovely blonde - I guess he's been away so long, he's forgotten you're like", "here's my notebook - I left it over there when you and I..... but I forgot, this is your confession"!!!! And the fact that William seems to enjoy himself so much in a film that has so much humor and where he can play a happy drunk!!!Highly Recommended.

sol1218 **SPOILERS** Perry Mason, Warren William, really has his work cut out for him in "The Case of the Lucky Legs". Not only does Perry have to find who murderer corrupt promoter Frank Patton, Craig Reynolds, but also find a square meal to keep himself from starving to death. Perry had been put on this crash/starvation diet by his quack doctor Dr. Croker, Olin Howland, who thinks that Perry, looking like he's already suffering from malnutrition, is vastly overweight.Hired by her boss Mr. Bradbury, Portor Hall, to get promoter Patton to give his client the leggy Margie Clune, Patricia Ellis, the $1,000.00 first place prize that he owe her Perry ends up defending Margie in Patton's murder. Perry discovers that Margie's outraged boyfriend Dr. Bob Doray, Lyle Tabot, who's upset that Margie, in a skimpy bathing suite, would show her legs as well as body off in public was seen hanging around Patton's hotel room just minutes before his body was found. To make things even worse for Dr. Bob the knife, thats used in surgery, that killed Patton came from his personal doctors' bag!With Dr. Bob later exonerated in Patton's death Margie, who was seen running from Patton's hotel-room, is now the #1 suspect in his murder. Perry Mason hiding Margie away at the far-off Oceanview Hotel soon finds out from another "Lucky Legs" winner, whom Patton stiffed, Eva Lamont(Anita Kerry)that he's being impersonated by the person who representing her! It's that individual who it later turns out murdered Frank Patton!Juggling between getting a bite to eat and proving his client, Margie Clune, innocent of Pttton's murder makes things a lot harder for Perry in the movie. Perry in trying to keep from passing out, from starvation, goes around raiding Margie and her roommate another "Lucky Legs" contestant Thelma Bell's, Peggy Shannon, icebox as well as helping himself to Mr. Bradbury's five course dinner at a swanky restaurant. These weird actions, why didn't he just buy himself something to eat instead of stealing it, gives those of us watching the movie the feeling that Perry is nothing but a moocher not the well heeled, in table manors, and socially refined gentleman that were used to seeing on the both big and small screen.Perry eventually proves Margie innocent of Frank Patton's murder in getting the murderer to be identified by,in his impersonation of Perry himself, his client whom the killer deal with as her lawyer! If it wasn't for Perry getting himself a well deserved meal, of chocolate cake and sardines, at Margie's place earlier in the film he may not have survived, dying of starvation, long enough to get her off from being charged with first degree murder.