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#73: The Case of the
Blushing Pearls
Original Airdate: 10/24/59

Summary Edit

From The Perry Mason TV Show Book
Mitsou Kamuri has been seeing a great deal of Grove Nichols, son of wealthy businessman Hudson Nichols. But Hudson doesn't approve of his son's relationship. When the girl is "caught" with a string of valuable pearls belonging to Hudson's wife, the businessman agrees to drop all charges against her if stops seeing his son.

Perry gets involved and later the girl is charged with the murder of her uncle, who had originally strung the pearls. The uncle's death is made to look like a ceremonial suicide (as in hara-kiri) but the police know better.

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Credits Edit

Opening

Starring Raymond Burr
in The Case of The Blushing Pearls
Based Upon Characters Created By Erle Stanley Gardner
Barbara Hale, William Hopper
William Talman, Ray Collins

Trailing

Directed by Richard B. Whorf
Written by Jonathan Latimer
Herbert Hirschman Producer
Gail Patrick Jackson Executive Producer
Produced by The CBS Television Network in association with Paisano Productions
Seeleg Lester Associate Producer, Story Consultant
Arthur Marks Associate Producer
Music Composed and Conducted by Jerry Goldsmith

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

Cast

Nobu McCarthy as Mitsou Kamuri
Christine White as Alice Carson
Benson Fong as Itsubi Nogata
George Takei as Toma Sakai
Steve Terrell as Grove Nichols
Angela Greene as Thelma Nichols
Ralph Dumke as Hudson Nichols
John Gallaudet as Municipal Judge
Joe De Reda as Edgar Beals
Rollin Moriyama as Ito Kamuri
John Barclay as Judge
Bill Walker as Watchman
Lia Waggner as Maid
Tom Wilde as Detective
Jack Carol as Technician
Martha Wentworth as Landlady

Crew

Art Seid, A.C.E., Assistant to the Producer
Director of Photography Frank Redman, A.S.C.
Art Direction Lewis Creber
Film Editor John D. Faure
Assistant Director Morris Harmell
Casting Harvey Clermont
Makeup Irving Pringle
Hair Stylist Annabell, S.C.H.
Wardrobe Supervision William Zacha, Evelyn Carruth
Set Decorations Charles Q. Vassar
Sound Effects Editor Gene Eliot, M.P.S.E.
Music Editor Gene Feldman
Properties Ray Thompson
Production Sound Mixer Herman Lewis
Script Supervisor Robert Gary

Trivia Edit

The famous and award-winning Jerry Goldsmith "composed and conducted" music for this episode. Submitted by Wilson Maffetano, 7/22/03.

Jerry Goldsmith's score for this episode has been released along with some of his other work for Playhouse 90 and a few other things. You can get the CD at Screen Archives Entertainment and other places. Submitted by Douglas Monce, 12/31/07.

There are a couple of quick shots of the Miracle Mile, which was a pretty popular area at the time. Now it's home to the LACMA (L. A. County Museum), the La Brea Tar Pits and the Screen Actors Guild Headquarters. There's also a quick inset night shot of Miracle Mile with Orhbach's Dept Store and Van De Kamp's, which was a cool bakery in the 50s, 60s 70s. Submitted by Eric Cooper, 12/26/08. Some pictures and vidcaps here.

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