The Secret History Of Hollywood is far larger than you may realise. TWELVE series are waiting for you right now, including the all-new experience... THIN: The Thin Man Story The lives and legends of Alfred Hitchcock, Audrey Hepburn, the Warner Brothers, Universal Horror, a murder mystery, Holmes & Watson, Cary Grant, Val Lewton, and so much more... A weekly Film Club invitation, movie commentaries, eBooks, appendix documentaries that run alongside the larger episodes, a private podcast...

This time round, we turn the show over to France's gift to the Golden Age of Hollywood, the man who always made something to surprise his audiences: Jacques Tourneur! Many remember him as the man who helped Val Lewton to establish a new and unique brand of cinematic horror, but his back catalogue also contains some wonderfully dramatic programmers, gothic melodramas, and of course, film noir... In this episode I'll tell you about two fantastic, under-seen Tourneur gems - Experiment Perilous...

The Secret History Of Hollywood is far larger than you may realise. TWELVE series are waiting for you right now, including the all-new experience... THIN: The Thin Man Story The lives and legends of Alfred Hitchcock, Audrey Hepburn, the Warner Brothers, Universal Horror, a murder mystery, Holmes & Watson, Cary Grant, Val Lewton, and so much more... A weekly Film Club invitation, movie commentaries, eBooks, appendix documentaries that run alongside the larger episodes, a private podcast...

In this all-new edition of Attaboy Clarence... Some delightful melodies from Louis Armstrong and Henry Hall (one of which might be more fitting for Halloween...) We answer the question: What must your diet be if you need an Airwick freshener? Another guessing game from Who The Hell Is That Hollywood Legend! (Clue: it's a swashbuckler who once starred in a film with a HUGE twist) And then we're in the very capable hands of Warner Brothers as we take a look at two of their 1937 hits - one a...

Once upon a time in Hollywood... The Secret History Of Hollywood is far larger than you may realise. TWELVE series are waiting for you right now, including the all-new experience... THIN: The Thin Man Story The lives and legends of Alfred Hitchcock, Audrey Hepburn, the Warner Brothers, Universal Horror, a murder mystery, Holmes & Watson, Cary Grant, Val Lewton, and so much more... A weekly Film Club invitation, movie commentaries, eBooks, appendix documentaries that run alongside the...

It's a bonanza edition of Attaboy Clarence to celebrate the best of Yuletide in 2022! The finest Christmas music of yesteryear, the best in Hollywood Christmas cheer, reviews of two outstanding cinematic Christmas fairytales, as well as some warm-hearted radio festive stories, a dip into the Question Stocking, AND a visit from Sookie... Welcome one and all to The Attaboy Clarence Christmas Cracker 2022! Sign up now and gain access to hundreds more hours of this show at...

In this edition of Attaboy Clarence... A shadowy noir thriller in which a cop renowned for his rough ways must warp an investigation from the inside when he accidentally kills a suspect! Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney reunite again for 1950's Where The Sidewalk Ends. And then, Lionel Barrymore and Spring Byington are the heads of a small-town family who have to use their wits in order to prevent their children lives from being ruined by nefarious businessmen in 1937's A Family Affair - a film...

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We've arrived in Noirvember, and so it's time to embrace the chills, the shadows and the cigarette smoke... I've got reviews of two very different, but equally compelling noir classics that might have passed you by - 1947's The Web starring Edmond O'Brien, Ella Raines and Vincent Price, and the twisted psychological noir, The Locket from 1946, starring Laraine Day, Robert Mitchum and Brian Aherne. Mitchum pops up again to give us a tune, and see if you can guess the identity of the famous...

Get to know the Hollywood of your dreams by signing up for a world of Hollywood storytelling right now - everything from Pre-Code Cinema to Sherlock Holmes, from Alfred Hitchcock to Cary Grant, from real life murder mysteries to on-screen gangster battles, from Audrey Hepburn to Myrna Loy! It only takes a moment to sign up at https://www.patreon.com/attaboysecret and you'll instantly unlock the hidden Hollywood! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Join me for a brief tribute to the marvellous Miss Angela Lansbury, who sadly departed from us this week. I'll tell you about two of her Golden Age movies that are definitely worth checking out if you're keen to revisit some of her superb screen work. We'll take a glance back at the time she visited the What's My Line studio as a mystery guest, plus hear one of her most famous film songs - a new and old version. Angela Lansbury also heads the bill in an old-time radio thriller that'll send a...

It's a bumper Attaboy outing this time! We've got toe-tapping calypso beats from Val Lewton's favourite songstrel, and a dulcet melody from Deanna Durbin. Reviews of a charming family comedy in which a wealthy banker must pretend to be "RUINED", as well as a Warner Brothers comic caper paper story starring two of their finest players. Superstar podcaster, Scott Phipps, joins me for an in-depth look at a Cary Grant comedy. Guess the identity of the famous Hollywood star in another edition of...

It's a bumper edition this time as we present MUSIC from Gene Kelly, Harry Belafonte and Bing Crosby... MOVIE REVIEWS of He Walked By Night, Starchers In The... STRANGERS In The Night, and the gloriously bad Jungle Captive, featuring an all-new "worst assistant to a scientific villain"! All of this, PLUS, I talk to a genuine Hollywood megastar screenwriter about the ways in which Old Hollywood has influenced some of the most iconic characters of contemporary cinema. Radio entertainment this...

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In this all-new edition of Attaboy Clarence, we're celebrating the return of summer with music from Frank Sinatra and more. Reviews of two movies - a sports drama about a very famous bunch of trick-shot specialists, plus a turn-of-the-century musical romance about music piracy! Special guest Lilly Ramin joins the show as we both discuss our top five favourite ever episodes of Golden Age radio entertainment. And, let's hear one of the classics we discuss, courtesy of Academy Award Theater To...

In this all-new edition of Attaboy Clarence, we're celebrating the return of summer with music from Frank Sinatra and more. Reviews of two movies - a sports drama about a very famous bunch of trick-shot specialists, plus a turn-of-the-century musical romance about music piracy! Special guest Lilly Ramen joins the show as we both discuss our top five favourite ever episodes of Golden Age radio entertainment. And, let's hear one of the classics we discuss, courtesy of Academy Award Theater To...

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In this edition of Attaboy Clarence... What was ever wrong with waxy hair? What's the movie that's caused your biggest swing in opinion? Gorgeous music from Louis Armstrong and Nat King Cole! A duo of reviews - Clark Gable And Constance Bennett are crime-solvers in love from the wrong side of the tracks, and Film Noir takes a holiday... Radio entertainment comes from the Lux Radio Theatre To become a Co-Producer/Patron of the shows go to www.patreon.com/attaboysecret or CLICK...

In this bumper edition of Attaboy Clarence, there's a hopping offering from Dean Martin... We answer the burning question, "What does Vaseline have against brunettes?" We're feeling a little of the "Lubitsch Touch" with an adventure in the company of a plucky plumber and a down-at-heel professor... And then Lenore Aubert proves that she's just as good at playing Zorro as the men! And we cap it all off with a radio double-bill! Charles Boyer and Dorothy McGuire light up the airwaves, and can...

Love is in the air this time, and what better way to make your heart beat faster than in the company of threeclassic romantic comedies. First up, Carole Landis and John Hubbard are switching places, literally, in 1940 body-swap comedy Turnabout. James Cagney is romancing Gloria Stuart on the high seas in 1934's Here Comes The Navy. And Charles Boyer and Margaret Sullavan have the most unorthodox marriage you can imagine in 1941's Appointment For Love. We've got music from Cagney himself, as...

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...

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...

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...