The Case Of The Velvet Claws (1936)

Famed lawyer Perry Mason (Warren William) marries his longtime secretary Della Street (Claire Dodd) but their honeymoon is interrupted when a woman (Wini Shaw) kidnaps him. Based on the first Perry Mason novel by Erle Stanley Gardner and directed by William Clemens (NANCY DREW...DETECTIVE). The fourth entry in the Perry Mason franchise from Warners and Warren William's final Mason film. Of the four Warren William as Perry Mason movies, this is by far the weakest. Everyone seems tired and the plot (I suspect it's not very faithful to the book) seems silly and rushed. Two more would follow sans William before Warners gave up. With Addison Richards, Clara Blandick and Eddie Acuff.