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  • Attaboy Clarence returns with a bumper edition of Old Hollywood treasures, including...
    ...music from Rosemary Clooney, Judy Garland and George Sanders!
    ...reviews of two movies - a blissful 1938 romantic comedy that's as soothing as a bowl of ice cream, and an Anna May Wong thriller from 1939 that sees our intrepid hero as a doctor fighting to save the life of a crime kingpin!
    ... special guest, comedian and author Ian Moore joins the show to discuss the endless talents of everyone's best pal, David Niven!
    ...and two sterling radio appearances from Niven himself. First, his tender reading of one of history's great love letters. Secondly, Niven's in villain mode as he plays a fraudster out to net a fortune at the expense of an elderly lady for Suspense!
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  • By supporting the shows, you're not just preserving history; you're becoming a crucial part of the narrative. Your support helps unveil the untold stories, forgotten legends, and the behind-the-scenes secrets that shaped an era. Embrace the enchantment of Old Hollywood, and let's weave its captivating stories together. Signing up is simple - go to https://www.patreon.com/attaboysecret today and become a guardian of cinematic history.
    You'll get access to the complete Secret History of Hollywood catalogue, including THIN: The Thin Man Story, The Adventures Of Alfred Hitchcock, The Game Is Afoot, Bullets And Blood, and much more...
    Queens Of Cinema Series 1, plus instant access to Series 2, which has just begun with the two-part story of Ida Lupino!
    An ALL-NEW Classic Movie Library, designed from scratch - a whole new experience created to allow you to get the best out of Old Hollywood, including trailers, deeper information, and even curated playlists of films!
    Small Tales - short fiction with a sinister edge...
    Bonus review shows!
    Blueprints - a bitesize version of The Secret History Of Hollywood - extra chapters that help to further enhance the stories you've already heard!
    The Seventh Heaven Radio Hour - a bi-weekly music show in which I present the best in Golden Age music as well as the film scores that became legend
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  • Welcome to the New Year, and to kick off the classic movie jamboree...
    ...two reviews, both of an intriguing nature - Myrna Loy is a very pre-code espionage queen in 1934's Stamboul Quest, while Jack Warner is the methodical detective on the trail of a grisly killer in 1962's Jigsaw...
    Bing's here to sing us into the new year, and it's a positive radio festival in the company of MGM and their nostalgia laden Good News show!
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  • The holidays are here again, and to kick off the festive season, join me on Attaboy Clarence for a Christmas Cracker of yuletide delights, including...
    ...MUSIC from Nat King Cole, Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra...
    ...a festive dive into the QUESTION POT...
    ...a visit from Mr Christmas himself, as he guides us around a very special establishment...
    ...a ghost story with a twist, courtesy of the fiendish minds at Suspense...
    ...and reviews of two very unlikely Christmas movies - a movie in which the villains gleefully take the centre stage, and another with a decidedly noir edge...
    Happy Holidays, and welcome to this year's Attaboy Clarence Christmas Cracker!
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  • In this edition of Attaboy Clarence, I'll be taking a tour through film noir with a brace of reviews...
    First, a twisty tale of loveless marriages and lovestruck marksmen in The Great Flamarion, starring Erick Von Stroheim, Dan Duryea and Mary Beth Hughes.
    Then Ray Milland is in spidery villain mode, turning good girl, Ann Todd into a femme fatale before our very eyes, in gaslight noir, So Evil My Love...
    I'm also joined by special guest and noir expert, Karen Hannsberry, who shares her fascinating list of five noir stunners that may have passed you by.
    You'll also have a chance to guess the identity of the noir star in Who The Hell Is That Hollywood Legend? And radio entertainment comes from the great Suspense, with a sequel to one of noir's greatest hits...
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  • In this special, Halloween edition of Attaboy Clarence, we're visited by three spirits... of radio, as Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi and The Great Gildersleeve provide chills and laughs...
    I'll be directing your attentions to three movies that might send a chill up your spine this Spooktober, including The Monster Walks, The Flying Serpent, and The Catman Of Paris!
    Join me for a spooky, ooky ride into the weird and wonderful...
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  • A bumper edition of Attaboy Clarence this time, including...
    ...a dive into the Question Pot in which I'll name my favourite Golden Age studio in terms of stars, and my Top Five Movie Series...
    ...a very special appearance from stand-up comedian, The Simpsons producer, part-time orang-utan, and classic movie lover, Dana Gould...
    ...reviews of TWO spellbinding crime thrillers - 1931's Bad Company featuring Ricardo Cortez as a megalomaniac murderer, and 1944's A Night Of Adventure, featuring Tom Conway in a tale that must've twisted the censors up in knots...
    Radio entertainment this time comes courtesy of some old friends and some new friends, in a blood-curdling detective mystery!
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  • In this edition of Attaboy Clarence, join me as I review three classic movies, including an all-timer of a rom-com, a noir thriller set in the world of golf (no, really...), and a police procedural with a decidedly modern flavour.
    There's music from Hank Williams, a chance for you to guess the identity of another Hollywood legend, and a radio play that'll twist you in all kinds of knots (it's a real cracker...)
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  • In this all-new edition of Attaboy Clarence...
    What's the most awkward out-of-context thing you've ever heard a family member say?
    What's the best cheese-related game ever to hit the planet?
    A swirling dive into the Question Pot!
    Plus, a stellar trio of movies to tell you about - a Billy Wilder-scripted gem of a high school comedy, a Florence Foster Jenkins caper for the ages, and a movie where wrestling is the answer to any problem!
    Seconds out for an all-new Attaboy Clarence bonanza!
    Radio entertainment this time comes from the Old Gold Comedy Hour
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  • Attaboy Clarence returns, and to usher in the summer let's step into the shadows with two fine examples of Golden Age thrillers that bear more than a passing resemblance to the work of The Master Of Suspense - one tells the tale of a blind playwright who overhears a most diabolical plot, and the other is the twisted story of a murderous couple with very different ideas about the outcome of their relationship...
    There's another chance to guess the identity of a famous Hollywood star in Who The Hell Is That Hollywood Legend? See whattawa it's all about with the all-new Ottawa Song, and there's a radio entertainment headed your way directly from the hand of Alfred Hitchcock himself, but with a twist...
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  • In this episode of Attaboy Clarence, the spotlight falls on one of Hollywood's most talented, yet undersung leading men - Ricardo Cortez - the man who brought a certain sense of sparkle to every genre in Old Hollywood (he was cinema's first ever Sam Spade!)
    I'll be taking you through three Ricardo Cortez classics, including a Pre-Code shocker from the pen of Anita Loos, a murder mystery with an intriguing background, and a satirical take on Hollywood life with added espionage!
    Radio entertainment this time comes courtesy of a strangely-named, but endearingly charming hour from the past...
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  • Saddle up and let's head on off... out... in (?) to adventure as I embrace the genre that's always been a little elusive to me - the western!
    I'll tell you all about two examples of western storytelling that I consider to be just swell. One is a genre-bending horror thriller produced by cinema's greatest horror maestro. The other is the deeply affecting tale of three criminals who find themselves on the road to redemption when they decide to save the life of a child...
    There's music from Hank Williams, some painting advice from everyone's favourite screen star, and a gut-wrenching radio adventure featuring one of the true greats...
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  • This time round, we turn the show over to France's gift to the Golden Age of Hollywood, the man who always made something to surprise his audiences: Jacques Tourneur!
    Many remember him as the man who helped Val Lewton to establish a new and unique brand of cinematic horror, but his back catalogue also contains some wonderfully dramatic programmers, gothic melodramas, and of course, film noir...
    In this episode I'll tell you about two fantastic, under-seen Tourneur gems - Experiment Perilous starring Hedy Lamarr, and Phantom Raiders starring Walter Pidgeon and Donald Meek!
    There's a dip into the Question Pot, a flight upon some very odd "Wings", the answer to why girls won't dance with you, and a very special radio presentation featuring a certain actor/madman...
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  • In this all-new edition of Attaboy Clarence...
    Some delightful melodies from Louis Armstrong and Henry Hall (one of which might be more fitting for Halloween...)
    We answer the question: What must your diet be if you need an Airwick freshener?
    Another guessing game from Who The Hell Is That Hollywood Legend! (Clue: it's a swashbuckler who once starred in a film with a HUGE twist)
    And then we're in the very capable hands of Warner Brothers as we take a look at two of their 1937 hits - one a dark tale of resentment and prejudice, and the other an empowering but brutal tale of ladies vs gangsters - and both starring one of their most iconic leading men.
    He's also back to star in one of Warner's most famous weepies for the radio in a truly wonderful piece of fantasy casting
    Welcome to The Warner Corner!

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  • It's a bonanza edition of Attaboy Clarence to celebrate the best of Yuletide in 2022!
    The finest Christmas music of yesteryear, the best in Hollywood Christmas cheer, reviews of two outstanding cinematic Christmas fairytales, as well as some warm-hearted radio festive stories, a dip into the Question Stocking, AND a visit from Sookie...
    Welcome one and all to The Attaboy Clarence Christmas Cracker 2022!
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  • In this edition of Attaboy Clarence...
    A shadowy noir thriller in which a cop renowned for his rough ways must warp an investigation from the inside when he accidentally kills a suspect! Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney reunite again for 1950's Where The Sidewalk Ends.
    And then, Lionel Barrymore and Spring Byington are the heads of a small-town family who have to use their wits in order to prevent their children lives from being ruined by nefarious businessmen in 1937's A Family Affair - a film that would give birth to one of the most enduring and successful box-office phenomenons of the Golden Age!
    And radio entertainment comes from that very same family...
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  • We've arrived in Noirvember, and so it's time to embrace the chills, the shadows and the cigarette smoke...
    I've got reviews of two very different, but equally compelling noir classics that might have passed you by - 1947's The Web starring Edmond O'Brien, Ella Raines and Vincent Price, and the twisted psychological noir, The Locket from 1946, starring Laraine Day, Robert Mitchum and Brian Aherne.
    Mitchum pops up again to give us a tune, and see if you can guess the identity of the famous Golden Age star when we play another round of Who The Hell Is That Hollywood Legend?
    To top it all off, hear from a genuine queen of Hollywood, as I'm joined by actress Shelley Taylor Morgan, who discusses her love for Old Hollywood, and the ways in which she's spreading the love for cinematic music.
    Radio entertainment this time comes from the Lux Radio Theatre, and their stellar presentation of a noir classic...
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  • Join me for a brief tribute to the marvellous Miss Angela Lansbury, who sadly departed from us this week.
    I'll tell you about two of her Golden Age movies that are definitely worth checking out if you're keen to revisit some of her superb screen work. We'll take a glance back at the time she visited the What's My Line studio as a mystery guest, plus hear one of her most famous film songs - a new and old version.
    Angela Lansbury also heads the bill in an old-time radio thriller that'll send a shiver up your spine...
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  • It's a bumper Attaboy outing this time!
    We've got toe-tapping calypso beats from Val Lewton's favourite songstrel, and a dulcet melody from Deanna Durbin.
    Reviews of a charming family comedy in which a wealthy banker must pretend to be "RUINED", as well as a Warner Brothers comic caper paper story starring two of their finest players.
    Superstar podcaster, Scott Phipps, joins me for an in-depth look at a Cary Grant comedy.
    Guess the identity of the famous Hollywood star in another edition of Who The Hell Is That Hollywood Legend?
    Find out if doctors recommend smoking, how to sell shoes with the use of a song, what the magic ingredient in Sunbeam bread is, and a novel way of finding out if your eggs are boiled (no, really...)
    And radio entertainment comes courtesy of a Cary Grant double-bill! 
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  • It's a bumper edition this time as we present MUSIC from Gene Kelly, Harry Belafonte and Bing Crosby...
    MOVIE REVIEWS of He Walked By Night, Starchers In The... STRANGERS In The Night, and the gloriously bad Jungle Captive, featuring an all-new "worst assistant to a scientific villain"!
    All of this, PLUS, I talk to a genuine Hollywood megastar screenwriter about the ways in which Old Hollywood has influenced some of the most iconic characters of contemporary cinema.
    Radio entertainment this time is truly the entertaining kind...
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