The Case of the Velvet Claws (Warner Bros.) (1936)

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(7 minutes—No. 1409) (Vitaphone Comedies (20 minutes—No. 1120) i Bae Jans Peers epee eeeeieemretetan i aera tt each 50 to 99 : PUG OVER eins bce oi dee seed Ye EY x14 -BPhotosis....5scarn ee 75e a set 22K 2S PRO Rs ccecdscssoiccevs cis ..80c a set PRICES 6-SHEETS WINDOW CARDS \ INSERT CARDS HERALDS epson eesbsoroeeccsvceceseensepos00 Per M LOBBY DISPLAYS (8 in set—colored) (2 in set—colored) WARREN WILLIAM $A: ope | ee SLIDE HE STORY | CAST | a The popular Warren William again returns to the screen as Perry Mason, the brilliant attorney-detective created _ by Author Erle Stanley Gardner — this time in “The Case of the Velvet Claws,” a baffling, thrilling murder drama. Packed with suspense from first scene to fade-out and not lacking humor, the picture is said to be the best plot yet created by Gardner who wrote three other stories starring William, ‘‘The Case of the Lucky Legs,’”’ “The Case of the Curious Bride’ and “The Case of the Howling Dog.”’ The picture starts off with a wedding. ‘Mason is married by Judge Mary i O’Daugherty (Clara Blandick) to his secretary, Della Street (Claire Dodd). The couple prepare to leave on their honeymoon when Mason is dragged from the arms of his bride, at the point of a gun, by Mrs. Eva Belter (Winifred Shaw) who insists he take a case for her. She tells Mason he must protect the name of Peter Milnor (Kenneth Harlan) from the publisher of a blackmailing sheet because if the publisher, George C. Belter (Joe King) reveals Milnor was seen with a certain married woman, his career as a politician will be ruined. Mason learns, while visiting the publisher, that Mrs. Belter is his wife and that she was the woman Milnor was out with. While on the visit, he meets Milnor, Carl Griffin (Gordon Elliott), a good looking, likable chap, the favorite nephew of Belter, Norma Veite (Paula Stone), daughter of the Belter housekeeper, Mrs. Veite (Ruth Robinson), and Digley (Stuart Holmes), the husky butler. With Perry Mason... Warren William cans the exception of Griffin, all act as though Dei ge eee ne ee Claire Dodd Warr en William they wouldn’t mind seeing Belter resting Eva Belter____ __Winifred Shaw —— on_a slab in the morgue. Carl Griffin. Gordon Elliott Warren William was born in Aitken, That night Belter is murdered. EveryGeorge C. Belter_ Joseph King Minn. He always wanted to be an one, including Mrs. Belter, accuses Mason Frank Locke -Addison Richards actor, but it wasn’t until after he had of doing the job. To Mason, everyone Spudsy> Drake 22) = ae ddie Acuff served in the Engineer’s Corps of the looks guilty, including some of Belter’s editorial aides he met at the office of the scandal sheet, including Frank —Locke (Addison Richards), the editor; Crandall (Dick Purcell), the ace reporter, and Locke’s blonde girl friend, Esther Linton (Carol Hughes). While Mason is dodging police and phoning his bride he’ll be home pretty soon to carry out their honeymoon plans, Spudsy Drake (Eddie Acuff), Mason’s henchman whose ambition is to become a champion weight lifter, snoops around and picks up a few clews. The bride gets tired of waiting for Mason and _ visits Judge O’Daugherty. She says she wants a divorce, figuring it would be better to sD happy secretary than a disappointed ride. Finally Mason solves the crime, much to the surprise of Mrs. Belter who thought Crandal Wilbur Stron_. Peter Milnor... : See ae Dick Purcell Mrs. Veite Norma Veite __. Sergt. Hoffman. Digley = Esther Linton. 2 Carol Hughes peo tee Ruth Robinson Official Billing A.E.F. and the armistice had been signed that he joined a_ theatrical troupe, organized to tour the army camps in Europe. When he returned to America, managers inclined a favorable ear and soon Warren found himself in a road company of “I Love You.” A season in stock ensued, then Broadway gave him a chance in Rachel Crothers’ ‘“E%xpressing Willie.” His more recent pictures include “Times Square Playboy,” “Hard Luck Dame,” “The Woman from Monte Carlo,” “The Case of the Lucky Legs,”’ “The Case of the Curious Bride,” “Dr. Monica,” “Smarty” and “Upperworld.” The latest film in which he appears is “The Case of the Velvet Claws which comes to the UP Olin Howland ._Kenneth Harlan Clara Blandick <= Paula Stone Robert Middlemass ees _ Stuart Holmes THE CASE OF she had committed the murder. Griffin THE VELVET CLAWS 100% ; did the job after Belter told him he had with willed him his estate, because his wife Warren William 85% Legs crossed him and then tried to kill Claire Dodd—wWinifred Shaw 75% im. iott— i Mason talks Della into returning to FS eae boa er ane ae him _ by promising he will never handle Olin Howland—Dick P 1 p< Director | Sa, ) William Clemens another exciting case and they leave for at owner ee SCR. 10%) eee Play obys ee Tom Reed a honeymoon rendezvous. Their car is Directed by William Clemens 20% Story by. Erle Stanley Gardner followed by another carrying a sub-machine A First National : 40% — Photography Dyas es Sid Hickox, A.S.C. gun toting a gangster who has a case Productions Corporation 5% _ Film Editor... Jack Saper for Mason to handle—or else. Picture 25% Art Direcaor Esdras Hartley | BIOGRAPHIES | Claire Dodd The theatre and_ stage interested Claire Dodd but mildly until a vacation visit to California. A screen test resulted in a contract for an important role in Eddie Cantor’s “Whoopee” and Ziegfeld hired her for the Broadway production, ‘‘Smiles.”” Later she returned to the West Coast under a long term contract to Warner Bros. Her more recent pictures include “Two Against the World,” “Murder by an Aristocrat,’ ‘‘The Singing Kid,” “Don’t Bet on Blondes,” “The Case of the Curious Bride,” “The se and the Gander,” “Babbitt” and “I Sell Anything.’”’ She was born in Iowa. Her current picture is “The Case of the Velvet Claws’? which comes to Cheeta Theatre ‘OM. fec.ccc.s.1..0. next. Winifred Shaw Winifred Shaw started her stage career at six with her parents in -vaudeville and later made a hit on Broadway in musical comedy, being not only an accomplished actress, but a singer, Her biggest successes on the stage were “Rain or Shine’ and “Simple Simon.” She was also in the Ziegfeld Follies for two seasons. 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