Attaboy Clarence
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Sign Up Now For These Cinematic Storytelling Treasures!
May 12, 2021 21:45 - 11 minutes - 10.7 KBSigning up at www.patreon.com/attaboysecret only takes a moment and in return, you’ll gain instant access to HUNDREDS more hours of Golden Age of Hollywood entertainment! CLICK HERE
Goodnight, Mr Lloyd
May 12, 2021 08:43 - 31 minutesA brief tribute to Mr Norman Lloyd, who left us a few hours ago, and whose hands the stewardship of the Golden Age's spirit has been kept well for over a century Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Queens Of Cinema - The New Series
May 02, 2021 00:12 - 2 minutes - 2.93 KBProudly announcing a new regular Secret History Of Hollywood series: Queens of Cinema Hear the stories behind some of the most influential female voices in film, from screen stars to animation pioneers - from directors to producers - women in cinema’s history have played a far larger role in its story than many realise. To gain access to this exclusive series, as well as hundreds more hours of bonus content go to www.patreon.com/attaboysecret Or follow this link
Sinister Warnings
April 29, 2021 13:07 - 53 minutesIn this week’s show, there’s a special guest… well, kind of… We have music from Billie Holiday and Sir Lancelot! Reviews of two classic thrillers - Johnny Stool Pigeon from 1949, and Black Hand from 1950, both of which feature stars playing against type… We’re even taking a dive into the Question Pot! Radio entertainment comes courtesy of Suspense… To become a patron of the shows go too www.patreon.com/attaboysecret Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Stardust Over The Homestead
April 09, 2021 14:57 - 49 minutesIn this week’s show… Hoagy Carmichael provides a duo of sterling hits to keep you swooning… There’s another chance for you to guess the identity of Hollywood star in Who The Hell Is That Hollywood Legend?… I’ll be telling you about two movies featuring stars who took some of the inimitable Hollywood stardust all the way home to Britain, in a romantic fairytale and a horror hit! And there’s radio entertainment from Boris Karloff! To become a patron of the shows go too www.patreon.com/attab...
Queens Of Cinema - The New Series - Available Now
April 01, 2021 14:16 - 2 minutes - 2.93 KBProudly announcing a new regular Secret History Of Hollywood series: Queens of Cinema Hear the stories behind some of the most influential female voices in film, from screen stars to animation pioneers - from directors to producers - women in cinema’s history have played a far larger role in its story than many realise. To gain access to this exclusive regular series - along with hundreds more hours of bonus listening - CLICK HERE
The Little Grey Cellblocks
March 16, 2021 12:06 - 1 hourIn this week’s show… It’s a beautiful affair indeed, as we’re visited a church quartet with a very transgressive message… Brook Darnell pops in to talk about Golden Age detectives! Frank Sinatra provides a duo of musical escapes… We’ve got two wildly different movies to tell you about, including a prison escape thriller starring Clark Gable, Joan Crawford and Jesus Christ (!) in 1940’s Strange Cargo - plus Austin Trevor as the screen’s first Hercule Poirot in 1934’s Lord Edgware Dies… Ra...
Funkles And Faces
February 18, 2021 13:43 - 1 hourIn 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… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Very Different Darkness...
February 03, 2021 14:12 - 54 minutesIn this week’s show… Let your imagination take you on a journey to… some… bar…? Rob Bowman returns with another delightful musical selection! Another chance to guess the mystery star in Who The Hell Is That Hollywood Legend? Reviews of two movies, both on the theme of darkness but in a very different way… Firstly, Edward G. Robinson sells his soul for a story in the terrifyingly bleak ‘Five Star Final’, and then Irene Dunne and Robert Taylor must find their way back to the light in ‘Magni...
Queens Of Cinema
February 01, 2021 13:49 - 2 minutes - 2.93 KBProudly announcing a new regular Secret History Of Hollywood series: Queens of Cinema Hear the stories behind some of the most influential female voices in film, from screen stars to animation pioneers - from directors to producers - women in cinema’s history have played a far larger role in its story than many realise. To gain access to this exclusive regular series - along with hundreds more hours of bonus listening - CLICK HERE
Beauty & Queens
January 18, 2021 19:25 - 1 hourIn 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’! Radio entertainment this week comes from the Lux Radio Th...
Hijinks Ensue!
January 05, 2021 16:39 - 57 minutesIt’s a New Year! So let’s keep those spirits high as we revel in some glorious music, courtesy of musical director, Rob Bowman and his special guests, Nat King Cole and Phyllis Robins! Any New Year’s resolutions to adhere to? What could possibly derail Adam’s own Dry January plans…? There’s a puzzling mystery to solve in this week’s Who The Hell Is That Hollywood Legend? A winner has been decided in the Ann Dvorak competition! Is it you…? And HIJINKS ENSUE in our pair of movies this week,...
The Attaboy Clarence Christmas Cracker 2020!
December 20, 2020 21:45 - 2 hoursIt’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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Queen Ann
December 08, 2020 21:36 - 2 hoursThis week’s show is a real bonanza! The fantastic Rob Bowman joins the show as musical director, introducing some classic tunes to get those toes tapping! Christina Rice, the author of ‘Hollywood’s Forgotten Rebel’ drops in to talk about this week’s featured star, Ann Dvorak! There are not one, but two stars to identify in Who The Hell Are Those Hollywood Legends! There’s news of a Christmas Film Club, an INCREDIBLE competition, reviews of THREE Ann Dvorak classics, plus a radio play feat...
Penthouse Pets
November 17, 2020 22:10 - 1 hourIn this week’s show, is there anything we’re NOT doing…? We’re listening to gorgeous melodies from Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra and Count Basie, and the Question Pot songstrel…ahem… We have news of a very special Film Club,… We’ve got reviews of three FABULOUS movies, including Ronald Reagan in a hysterical crime life-lesson, Wallace Beery in a prison chiller, and perhaps the best film this year so far in the shape of a Myrna Loy crime-comedy thriller… Myrna also stars in our radio pres...
Word Smith
November 09, 2020 14:25 - 1 hourIn 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! Radio entertainment comes from the Lux Radio Theatre Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad...
By Special Invitation!
October 20, 2020 10:10 - 1 minute - 2.93 KBYou are cordially invited to attend The 2nd Attaboy Clarence Film Festival on the 24th and 25th October, 2020! For more details, including full listings, and access CLICK HERE
Whipsmart!
October 17, 2020 09:49 - 1 hourIn 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 an...
Cavalries And Nightmares
September 30, 2020 18:05 - 55 minutesIn this week’s show, we’re rootin’ and tootin’ our way through an Errol Flynn Western, and drenching ourselves in shadows with Tyrone Power! We’ve got music from Dinah Shore and Margaret Whiting, plus I’ll announce the winner of last time’s competition! Radio entertainment comes courtesy of Cavalcade Of America! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Keep Those Spirits High!
September 16, 2020 10:25 - 1 hourIn 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...
Suffering In Mink
September 03, 2020 19:30 - 1 hourThis 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! Learn more about your ad choices....
They Seek Him Here...
August 24, 2020 13:42 - 1 hourIn this week’s show, there’s a glorious new SONG! Even more musical heaven from Helen Forrest, Artie Shaw and Bing Crosby! A trio of reviews, featuring the most unromantic romance you ever saw, a Hollywood tramp in search of trouble, and one of literature’s greatest heroes! Radio entertainment comes this week from the Lux Radio Theatre Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Goosebump Fuel
June 29, 2020 12:16 - 1 hourIn 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’… …radio entertainment comes courtesy of the Lux Radio Theatre! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...
Things That Make You Go... YIKES!
June 16, 2020 12:55 - 51 minutesThis week’s show is VERY uncomfortable affair as we explore two Pre-Code movies that you may need to watch through your fingers, for very different reasons… Lionel Atwill is a big-game hunting millionaire with a penchant for gory tailor work in ‘Murders In The Zoo, and Irene Dunne plays a newlywed who discovers that her husband’s mother fosters a deeply unhealthy obsession with him in ‘The Silver Cord’… We’ve got music from The Ink Spots, a helpful guide on how to use coffee to reduce crime...
The Queen Of Crime
June 04, 2020 14:05 - 1 hourThis week, murder’s in the air as we take a look at two Golden Age examples of Agatha Christie movie adaptations! Firstly, Charles Laughton is attempting to determine the guilt of Tyrone Power in Billy Wilder’s stunning 1957 screen take on Witness For The Prosecution. And then it’s sleuthing ahoy with Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple, in 1961’s Murder, She Said! Radio entertainment comes in the form of an Agatha Christie double-bill; Orson Welles plays Hercule Poirot in The Murder Of Roge...
The Rest Is Mystery
May 19, 2020 18:49 - 52 minutesIn this week’s show… …Kool-Aid addicts are breaking quarantine! …Ed Sheehan joins a singing bull quartet! …music from Harry James, Helen Forrest, and almost Jeanette MacDonald! …another celebrity waits to be identified in Who The Hell Is That Hollywood Legend? …reviews of two mystery movies that are definitely worth your sleuthing time! …and a radio murder mystery to solve with a very surreal climax… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In The Year Of Our Claude
May 13, 2020 12:35 - 1 hourIn 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! Learn more about y...
Blondell Bombshell
May 01, 2020 13:25 - 1 hourIn this week’s show, Joan Blondell takes centre-stage, as we review three Blondell movies, as well as present a double-bill of her radio appearances! There’s more mystery in Who The Hell Is That Hollywood Legend? Plus music from Joan herself, Etta Moten, and Dick Powell! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bella Bèla
April 23, 2020 18:38 - 1 hourendearingly so. The first stars the most annoying human being ever born. The second stars the most unemotional strangler ever born. And the third stars a horror icon as a Teen Wolf/Abraham Lincoln ape monster with a penchant for hats and coats! Music come from Bing, Bog and the 1940’s answer to Johnny Rotten, Mr Jimmy Dorsey! There’s another brain-teaser as we try to guess… Who The Hell Is That Hollywood Legend? There’s a dive into the QUESTION POT! AND there’s a classic episode of radio...
Ready Hedy Go!
April 18, 2020 14:00 - 1 hourThis 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 anot...
Thriller-Seekers!
April 07, 2020 14:41 - 1 hourCharles 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! Radio entertainment comes courtesy of the Lux Radio Theatre! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Pre-Code Paramours
April 01, 2020 22:14 - 1 hourIn 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 Warr...
Dinner Pests
March 22, 2020 09:57 - 1 hourIn 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! Radio entertainment comes from the Lux Radio Theatre! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Monicas And Mannequins
March 15, 2020 15:22 - 52 minutesIn 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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mint Spies
March 12, 2020 23:56 - 50 minutesWe’ve got music from Peggy Lee and Perry Como! James Cagney is a master spy and action man in ‘13 Rue Madeleine’! And J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI are clearing house! In fact, they’re clearing ‘The House On 92nd Street’! Radio entertainment comes courtesy of Stars On The Air and Humphrey Bogart! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Wax On - Wax Off
March 02, 2020 22:38 - 45 minutesIn this week’s show, discover the truth about RED MAGIC! Why is that man STARING at me? What could be worse than murdered in a chair at a fair in Delaware in the company of Jessie Ware? Hear movie reviews of 1936’s ‘Midnight At Madame Tussaud’s’ and 1944’s ‘Murder In The Air’! And radio comes courtesy of the screen’s (and radio’s) greatest detective team! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Top That!
February 04, 2020 20:05 - 51 minutesHappy 2020! The show returns with Jessie Matthews, Audrey Hepburn, Gary Cooper and this week’s special guest star, Roland Young! There’s a Brighton Strangler competition for you to enter! There’s a delightful radio comedy featuring everyone’s favourite haunted banker, Topper! There’s a visit to the Question Pot! Plus reviews of 1957’s ‘Love In The Afternoon’ and 1933’s ‘Pleasure Cruise’ All aboard, folks… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chase Away Them Blues
December 29, 2019 10:09 - 1 hourIt’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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Wizard Himself
December 05, 2019 23:37 - 56 minutesThis week’s show is dedicated to the Wizard himself, one of the Golden Age’s greatest character actors, Mr Frank Morgan! We’ll be conjuring up reviews of two of his lesser-seen yet equally as charming film appearances, 1935’s The Perfect Gentleman and 1934’s The Affairs Of Cellini. There’s a dive into the Question Pot, a chance to get a Christmas Card, and the latest in audio torture devices, courtesy of a famous breakfast cereal… Radio entertainment comes this week from our special guest!...
Pools Of Darkness
November 29, 2019 10:31 - 1 hourIn this week’s noir-themed edition of Attaboy Clarence, I’ll be telling you about a trio of shadow-soaked dramas to spice up your Noirvember viewing… Victor Mature goes head-to-head with Laird Cregar in 1941’s ‘I Wake Up Screaming’ Robert Cummings is on the run from the law and from vicious gangsters in 1946’s ‘The Chase’ Kirk Douglas sinks lower than most men in 1951’s ‘Ace In The Hole’ Radio entertainment comes from the mighty quills of both Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, as we ...
Oh Johnny, Heavens Above!
November 12, 2019 18:33 - 1 hourIn this week’s show… Who would be the best Golden Age SUPERHEROES? How did Adam become a classic movie LOVER? How did Sookie become a REALITY TV star? There’s MUSIC from Eddie Cantor and The Andrews Sisters, PLUS… Reviews of THREE movies featuring Ronald Colman, Ginger Rogers, William Powell, Jack Carson and The Great Profile himself, John Barrymore! Radio entertainment comes this week from The Sealtest Show, and it’s a real treat… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad...
Agony Uncle
November 04, 2019 23:15 - 1 hourThis week… …winter’s closing in, and if only there was some way of achieving a certain dream… …the Question Pot features a singing dog, a trip to Ocono… Oconwo… to somewhere… plus a discussion on fish out of water… …there’s music from Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters… ‘‘‘reviews of three movies, including a Vincent Price SHOCKer, a Bluebeard tale with a Hitchcock twist, and a love triangle with a pitch black centre… Jump on in to your new weekly Attaboy Clarence podcast...
Killer B's!
September 20, 2019 22:32 - 1 hourIn this week’s show, we’re diving into the second tier of Hollywood for three awfully-brilliant, brilliantly-awful B-movie shockers! We’ll be watching a killer man-cat, a Hitler impostor/assassin, and a jungle bride who can’t make up her jungle mind! We’re also bobbing for questions in the Question Pot, debating the wisdom of Tootsie Roll Pops, and trying to survive a sneak attack from a very dangerous hat! So jump on in to this week’s Attaboy Clarence! Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...
Something To Show You
September 03, 2019 08:58 - 12 minutes - 10.7 KBThere might be something in here you’ll like To become a Co-Producer of the shows CLICK HERE Credits
Lighter Than Air
August 22, 2019 08:20 - 2 hoursTake 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 Att...
Sunshine And Psychopaths
July 22, 2019 20:49 - 1 hourIn this week’s show… …who knew cigarettes could be so refreshing? …advice on how to make yourself irresistible to the opposite sex? …sublime music from Jo Stafford and Tommy Dorsey! And reviews of two movies! One’s a battle of the sexes set around rival cab firms and the other is a tense noir-thriller about a cold-blooded killer on the rampage! Radio entertainment comes from the Theatre Guild On The Air. So welcome to Attaboy Clarence, welcome to summer, and welcome to the new episode!...
Happy Birthday, Mr Cagney!
July 17, 2019 12:04 - 39 minutesIn this special episode, we give a salute to a very special birthday guy, Mr James Cagney! Hear a review of the movie you voted for, as well as a special radio appearance from the man himself Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Is There A Doctor In The House?
June 28, 2019 06:03 - 1 hourThis time it’s a deep dive into one of the greatest film series’ from the Golden Age! Yes, the Dr Kildare series from MGM provided audiences then and now with a collection of the best stars, the best scripts, and the best stories, all from the hand of Kildare’s original author, Max Brand. But why exactly did it work so well? And why did it come to a sudden and abrupt end? Find out inside… There’s music from The Andrews Sisters, alcohol advice from a man who considers himself VERY harassed...
The Hundredth Episode!
May 31, 2019 13:58 - 1 hourWhat a thrill it’s been to make one hundred of these shows, so let’s celebrate in the only way I know how, namely to tell you about some amazing movies, to present a wonderful piece of old-time radio, to snap our fingers to some classic music, and… …TIME TRAVEL back with me to some of the highs and lows, including my best impression of a 1970’s radio DJ, and the review that caused me to almost collapse… …endure… I mean enjoy a CANTERBURY RETROSPECTIVE! … come along for the moment that I me...
Poison Ivy
April 17, 2019 15:50 - 53 minutesIt’s Episode 99… goodness me… Well, having clambered across ninety-eight episodes of the podcast to get here, let’s see what’s inside… There are some CANTERBURYS to dish out! You have an all-new EXCELLENCY ear worm! There’s music from SIR LANCELOT, and THE INKSPOTS! The QUESTION POT throws up some brand new queries! Plus two movie reviews! One’s a college comedy starring the fabulous Susan Peters, Herbert Marshall and Mary Astor. The other is a wickedly black thriller set at the turn of...