Attaboy Clarence

By Adam Roche

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Attaboy Clarence episodes:

June 02, 2018 Episode 88: All About Myrna
This week's show is dedicated to a very special lady...
Myrna Loy remains one of the Golden Age's most beloved stars. But do you know how she got her start? And what can the marvellous Brook Darnell dig up about her from the Library Of Congress in this week's edition of 'Brook's Inside Looks'?
There's also music from Bob Hope, as well as a flying visit to the Question Pot!
Reviews this week are of four Myrna movies: I Love You Again (1940), The Thin Man Goes Home (1945), Too Hot To Handle (1938), and Libeled Lady (1936).
Radio entertainment this week comes from the Lux Radio Theatre AND Suspense...

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2h 16min
May 17, 2018 Episode 87: Hoods In The Woods
In this week's episode, some belated thank yous, gorgeous music from Perry Como, Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly...
PLUS...
Reviews of three movies... 1947's 'When The Bough Breaks' (most definitely NOT a psychological thriller), 1948's 'Here Comes Trouble' (most definitely almost a David Lynch film), and perhaps Adam's new most favourite film ever, 1944's 'Timber Queen' starring Richard "Grumpy Russell "Russ" Evans" Arlen, Sheldon Leonard, and the best character names ever! Oh and the best fight ever! And the worst plan ever! And... you'll see...
Radio entertainment this week comes from Suspense

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56min
May 09, 2018 Episode 86: Gumshoes And Gentlemen
Welcome back to an all-new series of Attaboy Clarence!
In this week's show, the benefits of fanfares, the most romantic song ever about a food product, more chances to guess at 'Who The Hell Is That Hollywood Legend?', PLUS...
News of a brand new FILM CLUB...
An ANNOUNCEMENT! (kind of...)
Another dive into the QUESTION POT...
REVIEWS of three classic movies, 'Jim Hanvey - Detective' from 1937, starring Donald Tru... Guy Kibbee! 1939's 'The Amazing Mr Williams' starring Joan Blondell and Melvyn Douglas, and 1938's 'The Baroness And The Butler' starring William Powell and Annabella!
Radio entertainment this week comes from the Lux Radio Theater

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1h 19min
March 08, 2018 Episode 85: CENSORED
In this week's episode...
The "clever mademoiselle" herself, Miss Brook Darnell returns for another edition of 'Brook's Inside Looks'...
There's a new Canterbury, courtesy of Smokey from Rated H...
The competition winner is announced. Have you won?
The Question Pot throws up three new classic movie queries...
Gorgeous music from Sophie Tucker and Fred Astaire....
And a trip into the darker side of classic cinema, as we take a look at three movies from the Golden Age that were BANNED!
Radio entertainment comes from The Screen Director's Playhouse

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1h 60min
February 21, 2018 Episode 84: Look At The Stars

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1h 3min
February 01, 2018 Episode 83: The Same Procedure As Every Year
Welcome back, everyone!
To kick off 2018, there's news of a new REWARD for audiophiles!
Behold the CHRISTENING of an ALL-NEW CANTERBURY!!!
FIND OUT what Sookie's favourite song is!
A brand new edition of 'Who The Hell IS That Hollywood Legend?'
A dip into the QUESTION POT!
The most BORING ad about explosives EVER!
Plus...music from Sophie Tucker, Fred Astaire and Judy Garland, and reviews of two classics: 1946's 'The Postman Always Rings Twice', and European cultural phenomenon 'Dinner For One' from 1963.

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1h
December 23, 2017 The Attaboy Clarence Christmas Special 2017
It's the Attaboy Clarence Christmas Special for 2017, featuring...
Gene Autry, Janet Leigh, Robert Mitchum, Greer Garson, Brook Darnell, Sherlock Holmes, Dr Watson, a very old-time radio version of the nativity, the Christmas Pot, Sookie, Frank Sinatra, and of course, YOU the listeners!

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1h 56min
December 11, 2017 Episode 81: What, Ho!
In this episode...
Hear all about the BFI meetup!
Sing-along with a classic calypso melody!
And brace yourself for a... brace of reviews... 1937's 'Think Fast, Mr Moto', starring Peter Lorre, an Austro-Hungarian, playing a Japanese secret agent, disguised as an Egyptian... or something, plus a very early big-screen outing for P.G. Wodehouse's inimitable duo, Jeeves & Wooster, in 1936's Thank You, Jeeves'... but is it worth your time?

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56min
November 15, 2017 Episode 80: My Fair Girl
In this, the OAK Anniversary episode, we'll hear music from George Formby and Doris Day, PLUS...
A chat with Secret History Of Hollywood researcher, Brook Darnell...
Who The Hell Is That Hollywood Legend has even the great Orson Welles stumped...
It's the Christmas season, so get those greetings in for the Festive Special...
Listeners have been in touch with all kinds of messages, including a cinema that needs rescuing and a serial killer's head!
Plus, reviews of two movies featuring a very early Audrey Hepburn, 1951's 'One Wild Oat, and 1952's 'Secret People'...
Radio entertainment this week is very unorthodox...

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41min
October 03, 2017 Episode 79: Time To Kill
In this week's show...
EMAILS from a nostalgic film lover, a Swedish girl with great taste, an almost-murder victim, and a PR guru who hasn't done her research...
MUSIC from The Andrews Sisters, Ray Noble and Billie Holiday...
NEWS of Film Festivals and Film Screenings...
DISGUISES courtesy of 'Who The Hell Is That Hollywood Legend?'...
SOOKIE has a grand idea...
...and REVIEWS of two macabre classics: the fiendish 'The Three Weird Sisters' from 1948, and the time-travelling noir thriller, 'Repeat Performance' from 1947...
Radio entertainment comes this week from Suspense...

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54min

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