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Attaboy Clarence

Attaboy Clarence

By: Adam Roche
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 Join Adam for talk about classic movies and old-time radio shows, featuring a specially selected episode each week. Art
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  • Blondells Have More Fun

    Blondells Have More Fun
    Oct 20 2025
    Before we step into the shadows of Halloween, it's time for one last glimpse of sunshine, as I whirl you through the back catalogue of Joan Blondell! I've got two Joanie movies to tell you about, including a romantic crime thriller set in the fast-moving world of telephone... engineering...? And then we're off to Paris, as Joan puts into action a series of schemes designed to teach a haughty royal a lesson about how to treat girls. Radio entertainment this time comes courtesy of the Lux Radio Theatre, and a rare comedic outing for a very famous pirate... Sign up now at Patreon and gain access to hundreds more hours of this show at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/attaboysecret⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ as well as the Classic Movie Library, and a weekly Film Club! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • The Gateway To Halloween

    The Gateway To Halloween
    Sep 29 2025
    We're in that strange nether-period, when the lights are drawing low and a chill is in the air. However, it's still slightly too early to jump feet first into Halloween... So this time round, let me show you around two chilly tales that might keep your inner ghoul satisfied until Spooktober arrives! First of all, a shadowy, supernaturally-tinged murder mystery with a very famous pair of investigators, and following that, a death note arrives for a very bad man in the shape of a mysterious doll... Radio entertainment this time comes courtesy of Suspense... Sign up now at Patreon and gain access to hundreds more hours of this show at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/attaboysecret⁠⁠⁠⁠ as well as the Classic Movie Library, and a weekly Film Club! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    45 mins
  • See Those Girls, Watch Those Scenes

    See Those Girls, Watch Those Scenes
    Aug 19 2025
    Attaboy Clarence returns with a double-bill of juvenile energy! Shirley Temple heads up a forerunner of The Parent Trap in 1940's Kathleen, her first role away from curls and lollipops, trying her darnedest to match Herbert Marshall with Laraine Day, while scheming to keep Gail Patrick at bay... And in Mad About Music, Deanna Durbin's doing the exact opposite - trying to match Herbert Marshall with Gail Patrick, while dealing with school bullies, mistaken identities, and that elusive High C note! Radio entertainment this time comes from the Lux Radio Theatre! Sign up now at Patreon and gain access to hundreds more hours of this show at ⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/attaboysecret⁠⁠⁠ as well as the Classic Movie Library, and a weekly Film Club! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 10 mins
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Hours and hours of spellbinding entertainment listening to Adam as he reveals things you never knew about the Golden Age of cinema and to radio plays from yesteryear (which brings back memories of doing housework with Mum enlivened by gripping stories on the radio…miss that). There’s laughter, nostalgia, facts abound and you’ll always be left wanting more. Just brilliant and when you throw in the magical “Question Pot” and “Brook” theme songs, well you just can’t go wrong!

Attaboy Indeed

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Whether you’re a fan of Old Hollywood or just someone who appreciates stepping back to the thirties and forties, this podcast provides hours of entertainment. Adam is genuinely funny and engaging, and the stories told have to introduced me to an entire world of cinema that I never knew. An absolute cracker of a podcast.

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