Perry Mason, A Love Story: The TV Clues You Missed

You probably missed some tell-tale signs that Perry and Della were a lot closer than you thought on the original "Perry Mason" TV show. An air of 'Romantic Longing' surrounded their relationship from the very beginning, largely because of the chemistry that existed between Raymond Burr and Barbara Hale. Burr told author Brian McFadden that the two actually actually met more than a decade before "Perry Mason" began and shared a fondness for each other that couldn't help but come through on the show. That's why, even though Erle Stanley Gardner wanted no hint of romance on the program, any attempt to have Barbara and Raymond actually play their roles that way was doomed to failure. And Barbara later admitted that their sense of humor sometimes got the better of them and they enjoyed seeing just how much they could get away with. As this book shows, they got away with quite a lot!