Gentlemen Thieves!

In this episode of Attaboy Clarence...

Charles Aznavour guides us, musically, into this week's theme... thieves!

It's John vs Lionel in the Battle Of The Barrymores, but who will come out on top? Arsene Lupin the master thief, or the detective trailing him? The answer may surprise you, in 1932's Arsene Lupin, one of the racier crime thrillers of the pre-code era...

We're then in the company of that most refined of gentleman thieves - Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman from 1930, starring Ronald Colman and Kay Francis, and featuring a wonderful second act heist!

We'll take a trip back in time for another edition of Who The Hell Is That Hollywood Legend?

And there's radio entertainment from the Screen Director's Playhouse!

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Suffering In Mink

This week…

MUSIC from Gene Kelly!

An ANNOUNCEMENT about a very exciting upcoming event!

A chance to guess the identity of a mystery Hollywood star in WHO THE HELL IS THAT HOLLYWOOD LEGEND!

A trio of movie reviews, featuring Claude Rains and Merle Oberon in a mystery drama, dastardly mind games with Cary Grant, Kay Francis and Carole Lombard, and Bette Davis and Paul Henreid suffering on the high seas!

Radio entertainment comes from the Lux Radio Theatre!

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Monicas And Mannequins

In this week’s show…

Gorgeous music from Bing Crosby and Kay Kyser!

Joan Crawford and Spencer Tracy glam it up in a fairytale of New York!

Kay Francis and Warren William find a very unorthodox pathway to parenthood…

And much more, including an interesting announcement…

Radio entertainment comes from the Screen Guild Theatre, and features an array of stars!

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Episode 90: Auf Wiedersehen

Attaboy Clarence is back!

In this episode, hear the most (un)impressive song that ever sold a beer!

There’s a brace of musical delights from Benny Goodman and Johnny Mercer!

The Question Pot throws up more queries…

There’s a rather huge announcement!

Enter the Audrey Hepburn competition!

An icon of horror pops in to send things viral!

Sookie has a plan!

PLUS…

Reviews of two classic movies from 1932, both of which feature one of classic cinema’s greatest pairings, William Powell and Kay Francis!

Radio entertainment this week comes from the Lux Radio Theatre

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Episode 63: Pre-Code Gals

Hitch up your skirts, and put on your high heels, because this week, we're off to the forbidden land of Pre-Code cinema, to look at a trio of lesser-known films starring some remarkable women...

Betty Compson plays a principled prostitute who comes between a father and son in 'The Lady Refuses' (1931). Kay Francis and Lilyan Tashman play a pair of determined New York escorts looking for the real thing in 'Girls About Town' (1931), and Alice Brady plays the mother from hell to Maureen O'Sullivan's fresh-faced dancer in 'Stage Mother' (1933).

There's also a raft of thank yous, a few liberally distributed Canterburys (including a brand new Barack Obama flavoured version...), plus The Question Pot throws up three more echoey enquiries...

Radio entertainment comes courtesy of the Lux Radio Theatre, and their adaptation of a notorious Pre-Code classic.

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Episode 32: Red, Green, Blue, Yellow and White!

Welcome to the Ninja-sode, the one that came from nowhere to attack you in the dark!

This week, news bulletins and high fives, along with Ivory Flakes (or something), plus why must Adam spend every lunchtime alone?

Movie reviews come threefold today, courtesy of 'Angel On My Shoulder', 'Confession', and 'Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House', and the Lux Radio Theatre supplies us with another wonderful hour of comedy with one of cinema's true greats.

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