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Queen Ann Dec 08, 2020

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This 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 featuring one of Ann’s most illustrious co-stars! Take off your hats ands boots and drop in for a jam-packed Golden Age festival of treats!

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Penthouse Pets Nov 17, 2020

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In 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 presentation for this week, from the Silver Theatre!

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Word Smith Nov 09, 2020

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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! Radio entertainment comes from the Lux Radio Theatre

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Whipsmart! Oct 17, 2020

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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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Cavalries And Nightmares Sep 30, 2020

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In 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!

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Keep Those Spirits High! Sep 16, 2020

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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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Suffering In Mink Sep 03, 2020

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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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They Seek Him Here... Aug 24, 2020

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In 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

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Goosebump Fuel Jun 29, 2020

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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’… …radio entertainment comes courtesy of the Lux Radio Theatre!

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Things That Make You Go... YIKES! Jun 16, 2020

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This 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, and a game show appearance from Basil Rathbone, who has a secret… Radio entertainment comes this week from the wonderful Lights Out!

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