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The Dreamy Team Feb 07, 2022

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In this episode of Attaboy Clarence...

We're in the company of Britain's answer to Fred & Ginger - the duo who lifted the hearts of a nation, and who, to this day, hold a very impressive box-office record - Anna Neagle and Michael Wilding!

Hear all about the startling success of 1948's Spring In Park Lane, as well as the film itself - a lighter-than-air romance containing some truly dazzling moment. We'll also be skipping down the street to Piccadilly for Neagle and Wilding's first ride out together - 1946's Piccadilly Incident, a film that could not be more different...

We've got music from Benny Goodman and Larry Clinton, a very befuddling edition of Who The Hell Is That Hollywood Legend? - plus a return to a very familiar pot...

Radio entertainment comes this time from the Screen Guild Theatre

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Gentlemen Thieves! Jan 24, 2022

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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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The Attaboy Clarence New Year Special 2021 Dec 31, 2021

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Hear the Top Ten Classic Movies that wowed me this year (including some I haven't yet told you about...)

Hear reviews of two classic movies with a New Year flavour - a murder mystery set at the stroke of midnight in The Night Club Lady (1932) and a trio of ghosts return to set a love affair in order just in time for New Year in Beyond Tomorrow (1940)...

We have New Year radio adventures with Holmes and Watson and Our Miss Brooks!

A special New Year edition of Who The Hell Is That Hollywood Legend?

Some classic music to see in the New Year, courtesy of Bing Crosby, Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgeraldand The Maguire Sisters

PLUS... don't you just love classic radio advertisement music with a sinister twist?

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A Very Dark Trio Nov 15, 2021

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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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The Halloween Spooktacular 2021 Oct 29, 2021

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In this frightful, spooktacular Halloween Special, join Adam for a triple bill of reviews, as well as three ghoulish radio outings that’ll leave your blood chilled and your heart thrilled!

We’re taking a trip out with three movies including a vampire detective story, a fairytale murderer brought to life, and a mad professor hellbent on miniaturising the world!

In radio land, join Peter Lorre, who may or may not be possessed by a spirit, a warlock back from the dead and in search of fresh blood, and a startling found-footage prototype from radio’s outstanding theatre of thrills!

We’ve also got a trio of spooky musical treats from Kay Starr, Louis Armstrong and Cab Calloway…

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Wanna Bette? Oct 13, 2021

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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! Sep 21, 2021

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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!

Radio entertainment comes this week courtesy of the Lux Radio Theatre

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Horrorama! Aug 06, 2021

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There are reviews of two horrortastic classics, including a very handy hand of death, some atrocious accent work, and the secretary/astrologist/librarian career you'd never imagined could exist in 1946's The Beast With Five Fingers!

Then we're over to 1943 for the best Dracula sequel you've never heard of, Return of The Vampire, featuring Bela Lugosi as Armand Tesla (no relation to Elon Musk), the vampire with a tall chihuahua man for a personal assistant.

PLUS... there's a ghoulish, macabre slice of old time radio, so turn up the volume and turn down the lights....

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Warner Intrigue! Jul 02, 2021

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In this week's Attaboy Clarence, a trio of Warner Brothers movies on an intrigue theme...

1946's The Verdict - a locked room mystery starring Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre

1947's That Hagen Girl - a timely tale of a gossiping town out to destroy a young girl's life, starring Ronald Reagan, Shirley Temple and Lois Maxwell

And 1945's Danger Signal - the story of a psychopath who sends a family to war, starring Zachary Scott and Faye Emerson.

There's music courtesy of some radio jingles (no, really...), and a classic story brought to audio life by the Lux Radio Theatre!

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What's The Crime, Mr Wolfe? Jun 10, 2021

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This week, we’re in Golden Age Of Detective Fiction country, as we look at the two Nero Wolfe movies, based upon Rex Stout’s imnimitable, beer-guzzling, orchid-loving detective and his loyal sidekick, Archie Goodwin!

We’ll also hear from a very interrupty rubber salesman, take a visit to see if we can guess Who The Hell Is That Hollywood Legend, and luxuriate in a radio detective double-bill…

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