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#137: The Case of the
Unwelcome Bride
Original Airdate: 12/16/61

Summary Edit

From The Perry Mason TV Show Book (Revised)
Wealthy Walter Frazer, a man who once blamed his daughter-in-law Sue Ellen for his son’s failures, has a change of heart when she is charged with the son’s murder. Perry proves to Frazer that Sue Ellen was nothing less than a loyal wife and his son was a weak-willed gold-digger.

Fans will recognize Alan Hale of Gilligan’s Island in a devious role and DeForest Kelley from Star Trek as the hen-pecked husband of a rich woman.

Credits Edit

Opening

Starring Raymond Burr
in The Case of The UNWELCOME BRIDE
Based upon Characters Created by Erle Stanley Gardner
Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman, Ray Collins

Trailing

Directed by Gilbert Kay
Written by Helen Nielsen

“Perry Mason”
Arthur Marks| Producer
Gail Patrick Jackson | Executive Producer
Jackson Gillis | Associate Producer
Produced by The CBS Television Network in association with Paisano Productions
Samuel Newman | Story Consultant

Raymond Burr as Perry Mason
Barbara Hale as Della Street
William Hopper as Paul Drake
Wiliam Talman as Hamilton Burger
Ray Collins as Lt. Tragg

Cast

Torin Thatcher as Walter Frazer
Gerald Mohr as Medeci
Diana Millay as Sue Ellen
De Forest Kelley as Peter Thorpe
Alan Hale as Lon Snyder
Wesley Lau as Lt. Anderson
Melora Conway as Amanda Thorpe
Bryan Grant as Gregson Frazer
Willis Bouchey as Judge
Ben Young as Cary Duncan
George E. Stone as Court Clerk
Emile Meyer as Patrolman

Uncredited Actors
Don Anderson as Plainclothes Officer (spotted by FredK 11/3/2010)
Lee Miler as Sgt. Brice (spotted by gracep 12/10/2010)

Crew

Director of Photography … Robert G. Hager
Art Direction … Lewis Creber
Assistant Director … Gordon Webb
Film Editor … John D. Faure
Casting … Harvey Clermont
Makeup … Irving Pringle
Hair Stylist … Annabell
Wardrobe Supervision … Ed McDermott, Evelyn Carruth
Set Decoration … Charles Q. Vassar
Properties … Ray Thompson
Production Sound Mixer … Herman Lewis
Script Supervision … M.E.M. Gibsone
Sound … Glen Glenn Sound Co.
Automobiles Supplied by … Ford Motor Company
Titles and Opticals … Pacific Title

Perry Mason \ A Film Presentation
A CBS Television Network Production

Trivia Edit

Sightings: The Little Old Lady in a Hat appears sitting behind Lon Snyder (Alan Hale) when Mason is questioning Medeci (Gerald Mohr) at the hearing. So does “Sasha Magaloff”. [See also Continuity item, below.] Blue Collar Guy is the bartender at Medeci’s night club. More about these people on the Who Is That? page. Submitted by Kenmore 9/15/10. Updated by alan_sings, 9/26/10.
+ Additionally, Distinguished Lady #1, sporting a an updated shorter hairdo, is sitting in the back row (prosecutor’s side) next to a hairline that looks like it might belong to Distinguished Gentleman #1. (Near the end, we see that it does). And Pencil Mustache Man is right next to the pianist Cary Duncan. Submitted by gracep, 12/10/2010.

Continuity: As regards to the Little Old Lady sighting above, we can see her the courtroom from the beginning, when Burger questions Tragg, but she teleports magically from one side of the courtroom to the other. Submitted by gracep, 12/10/2010.

Uncredited Actors: Don Anderson appears as a plainclothes policeman holding a notebook standing next to Diana Millay as Lt. Tragg searches the trunk of her car. Tragg gives him the order to take her downtown. Submitted by FredK, 3 Nov 2010.
+ Lee Miller as Sgt. Brice interviews (inaudibly) Lon Snyder at the Club Baroque. Submitted by gracenote, 12/10/2010.

Diana Millay and Alan Hale must have had some unsuspected chemistry in the opinion of the Mason production staff. They later appeared together in Episode #192 TCOT Bouncing Boomerang. Submitted by FredK, 3 Nov 2010.

Character Names: The Thorpes address the patrolman as Joe. Sue Ellen’s last name is of course Frazer as she is Gregson’s Unwelcome Bride, and Medici’s first name is Joe. To have omitted these latter two is strange when others had their full names. Submitted by gracep, 12/10/2010.

Location: Since the show likes locations to pull Double Duty, I suspect the Tudor house 3 minutes into this episode (probably in Hancock Park) is also the Tudor 3 minutes into “TCOT Injured Innocent.” Submitted by Eric Cooper, 26 May 2011.

Location Anomaly: About 25 minutes in, Paul drops Perry off at Joe and Amanda’s house in a quiet neighborhood. Tragg is out in the backyard of the house with his head in a car’s truck. See photo above by title. In actuality I believe he’s back at the studio. Why? (1) Most homes don’t go to the trouble of having parking spot strips painted in their backyard. (2) You can see a very large building not house in along the skyline. (3) I've seen the studio and the stucco building directly behind Tragg looks similar. Why did they do it? What’s the old joke? What I’m looking for is really over there… but the light is better here. Submitted by Eric Cooper, 26 May 2011.

Walter Frazer gives Perry Mason a call, and when the attorney answers, next to his phone is a cup and saucer from the Curious Coffee Set. Della has the same by her seat at his desk. Submitted by gracenote, 7/13/2011.

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