After Hours

In this edition of Attaboy Clarence...

What was ever wrong with waxy hair?

What's the movie that's caused your biggest swing in opinion?

Gorgeous music from Louis Armstrong and Nat King Cole!

A duo of reviews - Clark Gable And Constance Bennett are crime-solvers in love from the wrong side of the tracks, and Film Noir takes a holiday...

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Appointment With Romance

Love is in the air this time, and what better way to make your heart beat faster than in the company of threeclassic romantic comedies.

First up, Carole Landis and John Hubbard are switching places, literally, in 1940 body-swap comedy Turnabout. James Cagney is romancing Gloria Stuart on the high seas in 1934's Here Comes The Navy. And Charles Boyer and Margaret Sullavan have the most unorthodox marriage you can imagine in 1941's Appointment For Love.

We've got music from Cagney himself, as well as dreamy tunes from Doris Day and Jo Stafford. We're playing another round of Who The Hell Is That Hollywood Legend?

And radio entertainment this week comes courtesy of Charles Boyer and Myrna Loy!

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A Very Dark Trio

In this episode of Attaboy Clarence...

Film Festival news!

A trio of very dark tales featuring terrible dilemmas at their core…

First up, did the professor kill his pretty young student when she threatened to reveal their ‘PERSONAL AFFAIR (1953)’?

Just how deep does a sister’s love for her brother go, and what is the terrible secret behind the ‘DOUBLE DOOR (1934)’?

A detective falls foul of the most fatal of femmes, but with everything on the line, is there enough good in him to do the right thing in ‘NIGHT EDITOR (1946)’?

Radio entertainment comes straight from the Night Editor’s desk!

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Wanna Bette?

In this episode of Attaboy Clarence...

Film Festival news!

Why on earth have a barbershop quartet taken to shaving fruit?

Musical greatest from Glenn Miller and Louis Jordan!

And a trio of reviews, featuring the "King Of Pre-Code", a dual-performance from a Warner Queen, and William Powell with rabies!

Radio entertainment this time comes in a double-bill! We're taking care of a very special house-guest with Burns and Allen, and Bette Davis brings an intriguing premise to the air...

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Fireball!

In this edition, we'll discuss the relative merits of the "watch pile" and why interrupting is always unwelcome!

The Question Pot is dusted off for a new bunch of enquiries...

Hear reviews of three stellar movies, 1938's Law Of The Underworld, 1943's London Blackout Murders and 1941 Barbara Stanwyck classic, Ball Of Fire!

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Hail Mary

In this week’s show…

There’s music from Bing Crosby, news about new podcasts, a special documentary, and a chance to grab yourself a copy of the fabulous noir publication, The Dark Pages!

Reviews are centred around two Pre-Code treats - one a Capra-esque light comedy about an ancient town founder suddenly finding himself muscled out by progress, and the other a tawdry tale of girl doing all she can to pull herself up out of the gutter.

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Funkles And Faces

In this week’s show…

Ella Fitzgerald swings us along with some groovy (oh dear) vibes (oh dear, oh dear)…

Guessing time in another edition of Who The Hell Is That Hollywood Legend?

Dennis The Dietician is here with some healthy advice!

Reviews of two movies, one featuring a very fun uncle (funkle) and a very unique face…

Radio entertainment from the Lux Radio Theatre!

Come on in - the skimmed milk’s fine…

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Beauty & Queens

In this week’s episode…

We’ve got world peace courtesy of Reynolds Aluminium!

Rob Bowman returns with more hidden musical treasures!

It’s guessing time once more as we play Who The Hell Is That Hollywood Legend!

News of a fabulous new event for patrons!

A duo of reviews, as Cary Grant takes to the piano in the utterly bizarre, ‘Kiss And Make-Up’, and Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn take to the rapids in ‘The African Queen’!

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The Attaboy Clarence Christmas Cracker 2020!

It’s a festive celebration of Yuletide radio musical and movie magic in The Attaboy Clarence Christmas Cracker special!

Starring Basil Rathbone, Ella Fitzgerald, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy McGuire, Ginger Rogers, Santa Claus. Perry Como, Ronald Colman, Pat O’Brien, Billie Holiday, Bing Crosby and many, many more!

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Word Smith

In this week’s show…

…Some guys are REALLY into cars…

…Fred Astaire’s here to put some pep in your step!

…Another mystery guest joins us for Who The Hell Is That Hollywood Legend?

…Reviews of three movies, including Edward G. Robinson as The Last Gangster, Warren William as a wily “doctor” in Bedside, and James Stewart as the man on his way to glory in Mr Smith Goes To Washington!

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Whipsmart!

In this week’s show…

… a TRIO of fabulous movies to tell you about!

1932’s ‘The Beast Of The City’, an ultra-violent Pre-Code prototype of the Scorsese movies to come!

1935’s ‘Whipsaw’ sees a cat-and-cat game of wits between jewel robber, Myrna Loy and lovestruck government agent, Spencer Tracy!

And common-sense reigns supreme, all the way to the Supreme Court in fact, in Columbia’s delightfully intelligent comic-drama, ‘The Talk Of The Town’ from 1942, starring Cary Grant, Jean Arthur and Ronald Colman.

Sookie drops in to talk about how she’s managing in the current situation, and radio entertainment comes courtesy of the Lux Radio Theatre!

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Keep Those Spirits High!

In this week’s show, we’re keeping those spirits high with beautiful music from Judy Garland!

There’s a fabulous competition, news on the upcoming Film Festival, and a lot of shout-outs!

Reviews of a trio of classic movies, including Monty Woolley as a grumpy professor who’s forced into child-care, Basil Rathbone as a home-invasion mastermind, and the most annoying radio announcer ever born!

Radio entertainment is a swashbuckling revenge yarn for the ages, courtesy of the Lux Radio Theatre!

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Goosebump Fuel

In this week’s show…

…the QUESTION POT makes a “musical” return…

…learn how you can avoid that pesky SNEEZE-INDUCING soap…

…there’s another Golden Age SUPERSTAR to identify in Who The Hell Is That Hollywood Legend?…

…plus reviews of TWO suspense movies that’ll have those goosebumps standing to attention: Katharine Hepburn in ‘Undercurrent’, and Siobhan McKenna in ‘Daughter Of Darkness’…

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In The Year Of Our Claude

In this week’s show…

…what’s the BEST drink for tired men who’ve spent the whole day in a brothel?

…how on earth do you get EXCITED about visiting a car dealership?

…exactly who the hell IS that Hollywood legend?

…PLUS, news, music, and two reviews, one featuring Jean Arthur and Edward Arnold forming a very unlikely alliance over a fur coat, and one featuring a spellbinding performance from the one-and-only Claude Rains, who also stars in this week’s radio presentation!

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Ready Hedy Go!

This week’s show sees the Golden Age’s most glamorous import, Miss Hedy Lamarr take centre stage!

We’re reviewing her 1947 drama-thriller, ‘Dishonored Lady’, as well as featuring one of her greatest radio hits, co-starring alongside William Powell!

We’re cruising into court for a marvellous pre-code courtroom thriller, and Rita Hayworth may or may not have done it, in a swell-egant French comic drama alongside Glenn Ford!

Music comes from The InkSpots and Bing Crosby, and there’s even another chance for you to guess Who The Hell Is That Hollywood Legend?

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Thriller-Seekers!

In this week’s episode, we’re thrill-seeking with a trio of vintage suspense classics!

Charles Laughton and Ella Raines make a very unlikely romantic couple! Claudette Colbert is an amnesiac with a gun! And George Sanders is stripped to the waist and ready for duelling!

Music comes from Peggy Lee and Kitty Kallen!

There’s a brain-teaser for you, a dive into the Question Pot, and even a brand new raft of thank-yous!

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Pre-Code Paramours

In this week’s show, catch up on the many ways in which Sookie is loving quarantine!

There’s news of the new Secret History Of Hollywood series!

Hear about the incredible line-up of The Attaboy Clarence Film Festival!

There’s music from Fred Astaire and Marlene Dietrich!

Special guest, Brook Darnell drops in for a conversation with Adam as they pick their Top Five Pre-Code movies!

Reviews of TWO Pre-Code classics!

Radio entertainment this week stars the King Of Pre-Code himself, Mr Warren William!

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Dinner Pests

In this week’s show, there’s some exciting news!

Keep your spirits up with music from Dean Martin and Harry Belafonte!

Scottish Deborah Kerr becomes Irish-Scottish in a comic-thriller from the minds who gave you The Lady Vanishes and Green For Danger!

And grumpy Monty Woolley comes for a very extended dinner party in a small town!

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Chase Away Them Blues

It’s been a battle against the flu, but the show finally returns, along with…

…the most DEPRESSING ad for tyres ever!

…the Mistletoe Kiss Polka!

…the wonderful Brook Darnell and her festive movie recommendations!

…a visit to the Lux Radio Theatre!

…PLUS three movies, 1940’s Christmas In July, 1935’s Rendezvous, and 1942’s Kid-Glove Killer!

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Lighter Than Air

Take my hand and waltz with me through a very special episode dedicated to the world’s greatest musical-dance-comedy team, Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire!

I’ll be reviewing three of their movies, as well as presenting a gallery of clips, some of the finest music to have ever featured in a Fred and Ginger movie, a double helping of radio appearances by the duo, AND my personal Top 5 Fred & Ginger Supporting Players!

All this and lots more in this bumper-sized, lighter-than-air edition of Attaboy Clarence!

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