TCOT Podcast Episode 012 - Nine Dolls

 Thursday April 6, 2023

TCOT Podcast Episode 012 - Nine Dolls

Season 4 Episode 9

Originally aired November 19, 1960
The Case of the Podcast is a Perry Mason Fan Podcast. We love and enjoy episodes from a tv show from the late 1950’s and early 1960. It’s so old, it was filmed in Black & White.

With April & Dee and this week's Guest Co-Host Tamara

***Warning, there will Spoilers for this episode and other episodes of Perry Mason!***

Episodes of PM we are discussing in this episode:

Deadly Toy

Common Thread:

One child no one wants, another everyone wants!

Guest Stars:

Lauren Perreau - 70 years old/8 at filming - 1 of only 9 roles

Peggy Smith

(as Laurie Perreau)


Eleanor Audley - last role 9 eps of My 3 Sons/15 eps of Green Acres Eddie Albert-Oliver’s mother

Headmistress Lorimer


John Banner - Schultz, passed in 1973 - 63/50 at filming

The Lucy show in hogans heroes did a crossover, and he was featured

A. Tobler


Fred Essler

Mr. Kringle


John Bryant - 6 eps of PM (Mike Estridge / Arnold Keith /

Larry Osborne / George Clark / Stacey Chandler / Bob Wallace)MTS

Larry Osborne


Margaret Field - Sally Fields’ mother(started acting in 1945, SF was born in 1946)/MTS - 2 eps of PM BBrunette

Linda Osborne (as Maggie Mahoney)


Frances Helm - 3 eps PM

Helene Osborne


Eugene Borden - extra and 225 parts. Including my Man Godfrey with Kringle.

Swiss Waiter


Jeanette Nolan - 6 eps of PM / prolific actor/

Martha Benson


Francis X. Bushman - 3 eps of PM 2 x victim

Courtney Jeffers


Gage Clarke

Edgar Benson


Robert Karnes

Deputy D.A. Chamberlin


Nelson Leigh

Judge


James Chandler

Police Sgt. Willoughby






Fun Stuff:


Furniture/Design

So many good sets.

Peggy’s room is acute boarding school room with dolls on the back shelf.

Kringles toy store is adorable

The restaurant is nice

Jeffrey’s drawing room has a awesome fireplace

Tobler’s hotel with nice couch and view


Fashion

In this episode with the exception of the last scene, Della is wearing shirt waist dresses instead of a suit. Also pleated skirts were a popular fashion trend because both Linda Osborne and Della both wear an outfit with pleats in it.

Cars

Nice train scene

Guest Host Tamara's Perry Mason FanFiction