Movie review – Perry Mason # 4 - “The Case of the Velvet Claw” (1936) **

They didn’t go in for must cast continuity in the Perry Mason series – while Warren William returns as Perry there’s another new Della (bland one this time) and a new Supdsy (less snappy than Allen Jenkins; he performs a scene in drag). Perry isn’t so much the boozing womaniser in this one which starts off with Perry getting married to Della (their difficulties consummating the marriage is a running gag). However. Perry is still engaged in sharp practices – he puts on a fake Irish accent in one undercover scam, gets kicked out by the butler in another. He winds up accused of murder himself. Again, the actual mystery is quite satisfying but it’s done in by uninspired handling and the lacklustre support cast.