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Mint Spies Mar 12, 2020

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We’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!

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Wax On - Wax Off Mar 02, 2020

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In 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!

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Top That! Feb 04, 2020

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Happy 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…

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Chase Away Them Blues Dec 29, 2019

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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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The Wizard Himself Dec 05, 2019

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This 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!

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Pools Of Darkness Nov 29, 2019

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In 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 join Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe for two mysterious outings.

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Oh Johnny, Heavens Above! Nov 12, 2019

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In 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…

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Agony Uncle Nov 04, 2019

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This 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! Radio entertainment comes this week from NBC Best Shows

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Killer B's! Sep 20, 2019

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In 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!

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Lighter Than Air Aug 22, 2019

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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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