Attaboy Clarence

Charles Laughton and Ella Raines make a very unlikely romantic couple! Claudette Colbert is an amnesiac with a gun! And George Sanders is stripped to the waist and ready for duelling! Music comes from Peggy Lee and Kitty Kallen! There’s a brain-teaser for you, a dive into the Question Pot, and even a brand new raft of thank-yous! Radio entertainment comes courtesy of the Lux Radio Theatre! Learn m...

In this week’s show, catch up on the many ways in which Sookie is loving quarantine! There’s news of the new Secret History Of Hollywood series! Hear about the incredible line-up of The Attaboy Clarence Film Festival! There’s music from Fred Astaire and Marlene Dietrich! Special guest, Brook Darnell drops in for a conversation with Adam as they pick their Top Five Pre-Code movies! Reviews of TWO P...

In this week’s show, there’s some exciting news! Keep your spirits up with music from Dean Martin and Harry Belafonte! Scottish Deborah Kerr becomes Irish-Scottish in a comic-thriller from the minds who gave you The Lady Vanishes and Green For Danger! And grumpy Monty Woolley comes for a very extended dinner party in a small town! Radio entertainment comes from the Lux Radio Theatre! Learn more ab...

In this week’s show… Gorgeous music from Bing Crosby and Kay Kyser! Joan Crawford and Spencer Tracy glam it up in a fairytale of New York! Kay Francis and Warren William find a very unorthodox pathway to parenthood… And much more, including an interesting announcement… Radio entertainment comes from the Screen Guild Theatre, and features an array of stars! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit m...

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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me...

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...

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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho...

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, cour...

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 ent...

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 Se...

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 lov...

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 dang...

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 S...

In this week’s show… …who knew cigarettes could be so refreshing? …advice on how to make yourself irresistible to the opposite sex? …sublime music from Jo Stafford and Tommy Dorsey! And reviews of two movies! One’s a battle of the sexes set around rival cab firms and the other is a tense noir-thriller about a cold-blooded killer on the rampage! Radio entertainment comes from the Theatre Guild On T...

In this special episode, we give a salute to a very special birthday guy, Mr James Cagney! Hear a review of the movie you voted for, as well as a special radio appearance from the man himself Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This time it’s a deep dive into one of the greatest film series’ from the Golden Age! Yes, the Dr Kildare series from MGM provided audiences then and now with a collection of the best stars, the best scripts, and the best stories, all from the hand of Kildare’s original author, Max Brand. But why exactly did it work so well? And why did it come to a sudden and abrupt end? Find out inside… There’s...

What a thrill it’s been to make one hundred of these shows, so let’s celebrate in the only way I know how, namely to tell you about some amazing movies, to present a wonderful piece of old-time radio, to snap our fingers to some classic music, and… …TIME TRAVEL back with me to some of the highs and lows, including my best impression of a 1970’s radio DJ, and the review that caused me to almost col...

It’s Episode 99… goodness me… Well, having clambered across ninety-eight episodes of the podcast to get here, let’s see what’s inside… There are some CANTERBURYS to dish out! You have an all-new EXCELLENCY ear worm! There’s music from SIR LANCELOT, and THE INKSPOTS! The QUESTION POT throws up some brand new queries! Plus two movie reviews! One’s a college comedy starring the fabulous Susan Peters,...

In this week’s show… There was a meet-up in London, and people came! Imagine, if you will, that you are a struggling musician… And imagine if you will, the tune you’d write to make you immortal… I have podcast recommendations for you! We’re diving into the Question Pot! I have the funkiest song in HISTORY! Plus a gorgeous bop from Jo Stafford! And today’s reviews are all dedicated to the eternal J...

In this week’s episode… Sookie drops in to tell us about her week! The Question Pot is open for business! There’s music from Doris Day and The Andrews Sisters! AND we’ll be taking a look at two supernatural films that aren’t out to scare you (although you may find yourself eeried out…), 1945’s The Enchanted Cottage and 1948’s Portrait Of Jennie. Radio entertainment is from the Lux Radio Theatre Le...

In this week’s episode… We’re touring the world with the help of a very special guide book! There’s a whole bunch of thank-yous! There’s a very TUMS remedy to consider! And then we’ve got a dive into some unconventional noir… The first is a Jules Dassin classic set in and around the endlessly winding alleyways of London’s Soho, and the second is a date with Bette Davis in sweaty Singapore for a ve...

Welcome back to a new season of Attaboy Clarence, edging ever closer to the 100th episode… In this week’s show… Sookie has made a chart! Jim has got B.O! Bing Crosby has some advice! The Merry Macs have got it in for my spellchecker! There’s a real over use of exclamation marks!! And then… there’s a trio (A TRIO) of radio adventures with one of Adam’s favourite old-time characters, followed by rev...

Dear listeners, a very Merry Christmas from myself, Sookie, Brook et al! To become a supporter of the podcast CLICK HERE For more information on The Lives Of Harry Towers CLICK HERE Talking Pictures TV Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week’s show… SING along with a Mexican stereotype! Do you have enough BLADES? Tap your foot to music by Charles Trenet and Freddy Martin! And THRILL to the tale of Universal Horror icon, the “Queen Of The Screamers”, Miss Evelyn Ankers! There’s also news afoot! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices