In this edition of the show, allow me to introduce you to two of the weirdest, yet joyously entertaining B movies from one of Hollywood's pioneering studios on Poverty Row... First up, its bloodsuckers ahoy in 1945's The Vampire's Ghost starring one of the most unlikely leading men of the forties. Then we're heading into supernatural mind swap territory for 1945's The Phantom Speaks, in which one of the best character actors of the Golden Age turns to the spirit world to prove his theories, with disastrous results... Radio this time comes from Arch Oboler's masterful Lights Out, and one of the most meta horror stories ever broadcast on the air To gain instant access to an entire universe of bonus extras sign up NOW at https://www.patreon.com/attaboysecret Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this edition of Attaboy Clarence, join me as I review three classic movies, including an all-timer of a rom-com, a noir thriller set in the world of golf (no, really...), and a police procedural with a decidedly modern flavour. There's music from Hank Williams, a chance for you to guess the identity of another Hollywood legend, and a radio play that'll twist you in all kinds of knots (it's a real cracker...) Sign up now at Patreon and gain access to hundreds more hours of this show at https://www.patreon.com/attaboysecret Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

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

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

Attaboy Clarence returns with exciting news of BBC Old-Time Radio treats! Also... There's a dangerously BREATHTAKING ad for Dentine... THANK YOUS to fling around! MUSIC from Hoagy Carmichael and Cole Porter! And MENU RECOMMENDATIONS to go with the two movies I've chosen for you this week... Murderous brothers can't keep a maid hidden in Fritz Lang's 1950 gothic noir, 'House By The River', and sexism runs rampant in 1939's 'Day-Time Wife', a film that's shocking for all the wrong reasons! Radio entertainment for this week comes courtesy of the Hollywood Star Time show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The show is on a temporary break (the school holidays are punishing!), but I just couldn't resist dropping in with an episode to keep you going!  This slightly diet-edition version of the normal show features reviews of two classics, 1949's 'Whisky Galore' from Ealing, and 1958's 'Indiscreet', starring Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman. Also, I'll be giving you a very brief slice of Hollywood history, a whistle-stop story about a very famous screen credit... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week's show... A new radio star has been born! (literally... I have proof!) Who knew that boys toys could be for girls, too? Someone's been visiting another podcast to talk about stuff. See if you can guess who...? Who The Hell Is That Hollywood Legend will be over in a flash, so get your answers ready! The Question Pot throws up all sorts of queries! There's music from Cliff Edwards, Judy Garland, and the one and only Mr. George Formby! PLUS reviews of two movies starring the inimitable Mr. Cary Grant. One is perhaps the romantic movie ever made (and reviewed in the most shamelessly romantic way possible), and the other features our hero as courtesan to a teenage girl (although it's not as weird as it sounds...) It's all here as we embark upon Episode 77 of Attaboy Clarence! Radio entertainment this week comes courtesy of the Lux Radio Theatre. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week's episode, we'll be flinging around a few birthday wishes, PLUS... REVEALED! The winner of the James Cagney competition... REVIEWS! Three more classic movies to enjoy, including Joan Blondell in a battle of the sexes (1935's Traveling Saleslady), Jon Pertwee in a murder-mystery-vaudeville-comedy-thriller (1949's Murder At The Windmill), and the first screen role for Fred Astaire (1933's Dancing Lady) There's MUSIC from Fred Astaire, Nat King Cole, and a very, VERY unusual blast from Adam's past... PLUS another new competition that'll give one lucky winner a chance to own an instant bundle of RKO B-Movie classics! Radio entertainment this week comes from the Screen DIrector's Playhouse Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's a hat-tastic return to your ears as Episode 75 comes to town! Featuring gorgeous music from Glenn Miller and Dinah Shore... Plus... more 'Who The Hell Is That Hollywood Legend?' More questions from the Question Pot! Reviews of two classic movies... 1939's 'The Story Of Alexander Graham Bell', the 20th Century Fox biopic that makes wiring exciting, and 1948's 'A Foreign Affair', Billy Wilder's acidic swipe at wartime morale. And as if that wasn't enough, there's a humdinger of a James Cagney competition for you to enter... Radio entertainment this week comes from the Screen Director's Playhouse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, hear all about the wonderful thing that "SCIENCE" discovered lately... There's some classic MUSIC from Johnny Mercer, Bing Crosby and Bea Wain... 'Who The Hell Is That Hollywood Legend?' RETURNS with a new mystery to solve... Find out who's won the VAL LEWTON competition... Plus reviews of two movie favourites, the James Cagney & Pat O'Brien comic drama 'Ceiling Zero', and the scintillating 'The Farmer's Daughter' starring Loretta Young and Joseph Cotten. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to Attaboy Clarence, now with a decided Calypso flavour... Play another round of 'Who The Hell Is That Hollywood Legend?'! Fumble for answers in The Question Pot! Thrill to FOUR reviews this time, featuring a very British murder in a very public place, a French waiter trying to save a girl from her psychopathic husband, James Stewart and the pitfalls of being lucky, and James Mason as a murderer who goes caravanning... Music this week is from Sir Lancelot and Fats Pichon, while radio entertainment comes courtesy of the Screen Director's Playhouse, which features a very special guest star... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week's show... Let's forget all about the old cannibalism and torture and necrophilia and incest for a moment shall we, and concentrate on the happy-go-lucky BLOOD CRISIS!! The Question Pot throws up a very interesting William Powell related query... The Caseite Jingle arrives to haunt our dreams... There's more 'Who The Hell Is That Hollywood Legend?' And this week's reviews are dedicated to one of classic cinema's true pioneers, a lady who shrugged off a studio suspension to focus her efforts on becoming a trailblazing director: Miss Ida Lupino. We'll be shining a light on two of her most powerful and controversial films, 'Outrage' from 1950, and the nerve-shredding 'The Hitch-Hiker' from 1953. Radio entertainment comes this week from 'Suspense'... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, the most bizarre ad EVER! The Question Pot is once again open for business! There's a ridiculously hard edition of 'Who The Hell Is That Hollywood Legend?' Reviews this week come courtesy of Humphrey Bogart's breakout hit, the dramatic consequences of a one-night-stand, and a silent screen star's star turn in a very glossy wartime thriller... Radio entertainment comes courtesy of the Screen Guild Theatre. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the 70th, and therefore PLATINUM edition of 'Attaboy Clarence'! To celebrate, we'll listen to a very confusing advertisement, plus test our strength with Cheerios! PLUS another round of 'Who The Hell Is That Hollywood Legend?' The Question Pot throws up another handful of conundrums... We'll also unveil the winner of the Val Lewton competition... This week's movies all star that most dazzling of British actresses, Margaret Lockwood, and include a newlywed bride harbouring a dark secret, a nurse who just can't seem to stop being tried for murder, and a blind girl in peril... Radio entertainment comes this week from the Lux Radio Theatre. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week's episode... HOW MANY adjectives does it take to describe a record player? We talk NUN-sense, RELAXATION and GANGSTER NURSES in the QUESTION POT! There's another HOLLYWOOD LEGEND for you to identify... PLUS... Reviews of three incredible Golden Age movies, including a very subversive British thriller, a remarkably tender Edward G. Robinson movie, and a starring performance from The Wizard Of Oz himself... Radio entertainment comes courtesy of Suspense! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Attaboy Clarence is back! In this episode, Thank Yous, Canterburys, Bulletins and more questions from the Question Pot! PLUS... Another game of 'Who The Hell Is That Hollywood Legend?'! Sookie muses on her Christmas! Competition time! Reviews of three movies featuring octopus villains, eternal youth and a con man with a heart of gold! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, there's a new game in town, as well as an all new (very overactive) catchphrase! PLUS... The reviews are over to you... And hear about a trio of very curious movies in which you'll find a lovesick mermaid, a David-Lynch-ian parade of dogs, and a superhero with the worst super-power you've ever heard of! It's all here, so dive on into Episode 66! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This time round... THANK YOUs fly to some very special people, including the proprietor of the greatest hair salon on Earth, which features as part of its decor 'THE BRIGHTON STRANGLER!', automatically earning the greatest soft-rock "Canterbury!" yet... PLUS... the happiest cigarette song ever sung! New questions are PLUCKED from The Question Pot! BE A REVIEWER for The Attaboy Clarence Podcast by watching terrible films and telling the world about them! And hear all about three films that were lost, and then rediscovered, including a creaky drama starring Madeleine Carroll, a British sea-side noir thriller starring Peter Lorre, and a very peculiar silent film starring 'The First Lady Of Radio', Arlene Francis! Radio entertainment comes courtesy of a classic quiz show! Welcome to Episode 65! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, we're celebrating one of the Golden Age's greatest directors, and Columbia's saviour, Mr Frank Capra, with a look at three of his finest films... Also... HEAR an ad that features a song that doesn't rhyme! ROCK WITH LAUGHTER at America's "funniest" comedy duo (?)... DISCOVER why the great financial crisis happened... ...and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This week, see what happens when scientists apply themselves to the task of advertising... PLUS... ...HELP(?) is provided to a listener who is addicted to the Question Pot song... ...NEWS of an upcoming THIRD show... ...HEAR the films that are an instant turnoff... ...followed by a concise guide to one of the most revered and respected animation series of all time, Walt Disney's laboratory of animation technique, the Silly Symphonies, which were the genesis of much of Disney's success... aking of which, radio entertainment comes courtesy of Walt Disney himself... PLUS... ...the competition winner is announced... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Attaboy Clarence returns, and to usher in the summer let's step into the shadows with two fine examples of Golden Age thrillers that bear more than a passing resemblance to the work of The Master Of Suspense - one tells the tale of a blind playwright who overhears a most diabolical plot, and the other is the twisted story of a murderous couple with very different ideas about the outcome of their relationship... There's another chance to guess the identity of a famous Hollywood star in Who The Hell Is That Hollywood Legend? See whattawa it's all about with the all-new Ottawa Song, and there's a radio entertainment headed your way directly from the hand of Alfred Hitchcock himself, but with a twist... Sign up now at Patreon and gain access to hundreds more hours of this show at https://www.patreon.com/attaboysecret Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This time, there are announcements to be made, The Question Pot overfloweth, hear of how to prepare noodles like granny used to make, AND my condolences to those of you with "L & M"... Also... ...Journey in to a mysterious realm of real-world mysteries on film, with reviews of 1924's 'Waxworks', 1956's 'Anastasia', and 1934's 'The Secret Of The Loch'; Golden Age movies based on real life legends, and hear of the weird folklore behind them all... PLUS, it's competition time again. Join in and solve a mystery in order to win a bumper pack of very mysterious prizes... Radio entertainment comes courtesy of 'Suspense'. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, it's a celebration bonanza, with birthdays and anniversaries all over the place, including this, the Diamond jubilee of 'Attaboy Clarence'! PLUS... Cookie Man runs out of lyrics... Jello Chocolate Pudding just like grandmother used to make (shudder...)... The Question Pot overflows... Sookie runs through her modelling plans... ...and this week's reviews are dedicated to a trio of films from the Grand Dame of Hollywood herself, Olivia De Havilland, including 'The Dark Mirror', 'Libel', and 'Call It A Day'. Radio entertainment comes courtesy of The Screen Director's Playhouse Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, the SECRET of how to save yourself from drowning (by drinking a what?)... The Top 10 "THAT GUYS/GALS"... Find out which five movies Adam would choose to take to a DESERT ISLAND... PIMPLE fun! AND reviews on a very scholarly theme, as we take a trip back to school for a pair of Golden Age school movies that are very much worth your time; 1938's 'A Yank At Oxford', and 1940's 'Tom Brown's School Days'. Radio entertainment comes courtesy of the Screen Guild Theatre, who present a very special story starring a very special guest... Also, let prizes be drawn, and let prizes be announced! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, it's competition time, and entering couldn't be simpler! Listen on for details, as well as news of the upcoming patron prizes... Also... How about a completely ridiculous summer drink? And whoever heard of a blue tiger? Questions are plucked from the question pot, PLUS hear all the wonderful words of wisdom from the YouTube channel that Adam was completely unaware of... As for movies, this week is devoted entirely to just one masterpiece, the movie that brought Ingrid Bergman to Hollywood; 1939's 'Intermezzo' Radio entertainment comes courtesy of the Lux Radio Theatre Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, HEAR the way that cars should be sold! THRILL to some doctors advice regarding laxatives! LISTEN to reviews of two films directly inspired by the "Master Of Suspense", Alfred Hitchcock; 'Non-Stop New York' starring Adam's new crush, Anna Lee (floaty music), and 'Night Train To Munich' starring the irrepressible duo, Charters and Caldicott! Radio entertainment this week comes from the Screen Director's Playhouse, a very interestingly cast version of Hitchcock's personal favourite movie... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week's accursed offering comes courtesy of Schaefer Beer, when one drink is never enough! There are thank yous to dish out! Questions clanking their way into The Question Pot! A very perplexing piece of advice concerning Salem (?) AND... ...reviews of two extremely fine "cursed" films, 1957's 'Curse Of The Demon', and 1944's 'The Curse Of The Cat People'... Radio entertainment comes courtesy of 'Escape' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To celebrate Episode 55, how about we find out which movie was the highest grossing of 1955. The answer may surprise you... There's Popsicles, okaysicle? Sookie returns at the behest of of a listener! The Question Pot throws up some very interesting posers! And reviews this week include a movie that badly wanted to be a Hitchcock film, and an incredibly dark British thriller from 1940 that MGM tried their best to destroy! Radio entertainment this week comes courtesy of the Lux Radio Theatre, and Ingrid Bergman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's a cosmic return for the Attaboy Clarence podcast as the hiatus ends, and a new, weekly, and most definitely un-improved show returns! This week, milestones have been hit, and there's a new section, the shiny new Question Pot! Throw a question into it, won't you... ALSO... Hear Ricey-something being sold via the use of sound effects, and hear the classiest ode to alcoholism ever! Hear reviews of a gangster movie starring Mrs Danvers, and the most preposterous science-fiction film ever made... PLUS, radio entertainment comes courtesy of the fabulous X-Minus-One, and a chillingly accurate tale of the future... It's all here, so strap yourselves in for the new weekly show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A bittersweet episode this week... On one hand, a celebration of a true Golden Age legend, the divine Miss Claudette Colbert with reviews of four of her classic performances, and a radio performance not to be missed! On the other hand, this is a brief farewell, as Adam disappears back into the Secret History of Hollywood. Attaboy Clarence will return in a few weeks time, but for now, strap on some flavoured laxatives, draw your Canterburys, sing your emails and join me, won't you, for Episode 53: The French Girl... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Creep on into Episode 52, as new diets are put to the "tesht"... Adam discovers a trade secret, and we get hygiene tips from Sookie... Reviews this week include'The Man Who Broke The Bank At Monte Carlo', 'Quiet Please - Murder!', and 'The House On 92nd Street'... Radio entertainment comes courtesy of The Screen Guild Theatre, the place where a rather sinister assassination attempt once took place... Come on in and hear all about it... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Attaboy Clarence, the spotlight falls on one of Hollywood's most talented, yet undersung leading men - Ricardo Cortez - the man who brought a certain sense of sparkle to every genre in Old Hollywood (he was cinema's first ever Sam Spade!) I'll be taking you through three Ricardo Cortez classics, including a Pre-Code shocker from the pen of Anita Loos, a murder mystery with an intriguing background, and a satirical take on Hollywood life with added espionage! Radio entertainment this time comes courtesy of a strangely-named, but endearingly charming hour from the past... Sign up now at Patreon and gain access to hundreds more hours of this show at https://www.patreon.com/attaboysecret Listen to The Rainbow Valley Chart Show RIGHT HERE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, we're hanging out at the dark end of the street, as Adam presents three classic crime movies: 1932's 'The Hatchet Man', 1939's 'King Of The Underworld', and 1947's 'Kiss Of Death'... Also, listen to how survey men used to waste their time... Discover some fascinating new uses for Carnation evaporated milk... Hear an entirely new range of Canterburys, including the "Canter-Betty", the "Candy-Bury Man" and the all new "Metallicanterbury"... Plus, radio entertainment from the Lux Radio Theatre! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week a SHOUTY MAN gets Adam on the straight and narrow... ...discover the answer to that question you've often asked yourself, namely "What Are The Four Maddest Songs From Years Gone By?"... ...a completely unexpected advert, AND... ...reviews of three more classic movies: Charlie Chan In The Secret Service (1944) The Little Giant (1933) Midnight (1939) Radio entertainment comes courtesy of the Lux Radio Theatre. To become a patron of the show click here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Attaboy Clarence returns featuring... ...vegetable cocktails, thank yous, computer-operating dogs, AND... ...three movies featuring Humphrey Bogart as a pilot, a cowboy, and a visitor to the east! Radio entertainment comes courtesy of a very special pairing... Welcome back to Attaboy Clarence! Take a seat and relax. To become a patron and receive exclusive rewards, click here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Merry Christmas, and welcome to the second annual festive edition of Attaboy Clarence, featuring... A completely natural conversation about a Letter To Santa! A festive Disney Christmas gift! Santa playing 20 Questions! Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson undergoing a very special identity crisis! A warm and fuzzy adaptation of a true Christmas classic! PLUS... Special appearances from Bing Crosby, Walt Disney, Judy Garland, Sookie the dog, Arthur Askey,The Three Little Pigs, Basil Rathbone, Donald Duck, Perry Como, The Brighton Strangler, Nigel Bruce, Dinah Shore, Frank Sinatra, YOU GUYS, and the return of Humphrey... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Adam returns to horror once more, reviews of three classic scary movies: The Ghost Train (1941), House Of Horrors (1946), and The Uninvited (1944). There's annoyance aplenty in the form of Arthur Askey, lumbering murderers in the form of The Creeper, and chills on the coast with Ray Milland... ALSO, hear an ad translated on the fly, LISTEN to the most niche medical product of all time, and TURN DOWN THE LIGHTS as the Screen Director's Playhouse provides the thrills... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Adam receives some unwanted attention from a bad piano player, and tries to work out what the hell the "green can" song is all about... CANTERBURYS of all varieties! A competition WINNER! A special GUEST! AND... THREE movies to tell you about: 'Dodsworth' (1936), 'Reckless' (1935) and the ridiculous (and ridiculously entertaining) 'Tarzan's New York Adventure' (1942), otherwise known as 'Tarzan Goes To Court'. Radio entertainment comes courtesy of the Lux Radio Theatre, and features the superlative talents of Cary Grant and Claudette Colbert. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, we're tiptoeing into the shadows once more, as a light is thrown onto some amazing creature features: 'The Valley Of Gwangi' (1969) and 'The Fly' (1958)... But it isn't all good news, because Adam also accidentally watched his NEW WORST FILM OF ALL TIME, 1956's 'Indestructible Man' starring Lon Chaney Jr... (shudder...) We'll also SING disturbing songs around a campfire, MARVEL at how cool popcorn can't be, and throw out some very international CANTERBURYS, so cringe in fear... It's Episode 45: Here Be Monsters! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Notable occurrences! Bowling! Creepy phone calls! Hip-Hop-Hippity-Hop Robot Canterburys! They're all here... But this week also belongs to Ireland's most indomitable redhead, a star who has long carried the torch of the Golden Age, but who has now sadly departed to join her co-stars, Ireland's finest, and The Queen Of Technicolor herself, Miss Maureen O'Hara. Adam will be shining a torch on three of his favourite Maureen O'Hara films, 'The Hunchback Of Notre Dame' (1939), 'Sentimental Journey' (1946), and 'The Quiet Man' (1952), along with a double bill of her radio appearances, from 'Suspense', and 'The Lux Radio Theatre'. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Attaboy Clarence returns with... ...a visit from Adam's dog! Hygiene tips with Stinky Sue! Canterburys of every variety! News of a Hitchcock competition! A song about a cat that isn't rude in any way! Mrs Evans, the woman who just loves some orange juice! And reviews of three classic movies that have seen remakes in recent years: Out Of The Past (1947), The Big Clock (1948), and Brewster's Millions (1945). Radio entertainment comes courtesy of the Old Gold Comedy Theatre, and Harold Lloyd himself. @attaboyc @moviehistories Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Ronald Colman takes centre stage as Adam presents reviews of three of his movies, along with a double bill of his radio appearances. Elsewhere, there's a listener with a superhero name, some macho shampoo, a rapping uncle and some terribly translated movie quotes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Saddle up and let's head on off... out... in (?) to adventure as I embrace the genre that's always been a little elusive to me - the western! I'll tell you all about two examples of western storytelling that I consider to be just swell. One is a genre-bending horror thriller produced by cinema's greatest horror maestro. The other is the deeply affecting tale of three criminals who find themselves on the road to redemption when they decide to save the life of a child... There's music from Hank Williams, some painting advice from everyone's favourite screen star, and a gut-wrenching radio adventure featuring one of the true greats... Sign up now at Patreon and gain access to hundreds more hours of this show at https://www.patreon.com/attaboysecret Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week the Devil pops up in three movies, pimps receive some wonderful news, the Brighton Strangler returns, and Adam's father helps him to get rid of a cold-remedy Genie! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Adam is going through a midlife crisis, plus reviews of three Ealing classics, and a golden piece of radio entertainment... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week: how not to improve classic movie lines, birthday celebrations, news of future specials, an amicable split, mailing lists and Cagney, Cagney, Cagney! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Adam puts a whole new slant on Shakespearean names, enters a competition live on air, and creates a new classic movie fan (with your help)... We'll take a look at Humphrey Bogart's chilling 1951 thriller, 'The Enforcer', Mickey Rooney's preposterously befuddling attempt at going gangster in 1950's 'Quicksand', and take a trip through the creation of the Earth, hand in hand with "De Lawd", in the often controversial, but surprisingly delightful 'The Green Pastures' from 1936. Radio entertainment this week comes from the Lux Radio Theatre, in a very biblical adaptation, starring Victor Mature and Hedy Lamarr. ALSO WITH ADDED Mentalfloss! Podcast Awards! 1980's High Fives! Machine-Gun-Canterburys! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, we're going Full Rathbone, as we look at three of his films, as well as a double bill of a very special radio show, starring Basil The Great himself as... well, you'll see... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices