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Sheet attached to photograph reads as follows: WALTER PIDGEON portrays an attorney who defends a scatterbrained young heiress held on a murder charge in "The Case of the Surplus Suitor" on "Perry Mason" Thursday, Feb. 28 (8:00–9:00 PM, EST) on the CBS Television Network. SUBJECT: WALTER PIDGEON PROGRAM: "PERRY MASON" -- "THE CASE OF THE SURPLUS SUITOR" ON AIR: THURSDAY, FEB. 28, 8:00–9:00 PM, EST T26581-50-Full 2/8/65
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