Murphy’s Town Hall Cinema Athenry 11 Journal). NB: Directed by Mervyn LeRoy. 4th November 1934 – Song O’ My Heart, a 1930 Fox Film starring Alice Joyce, Maureen O’Sullivan, Tommy Clifford, Effie Ellsler, John Garrick, Edwin Schneider and Count John McCormack was screened by Carron Brothers (source: Hall Journal). NB: Directed by Frank Borzage, it was his first sound picture. 11th November 1934 – The Eagle and the Hawk, a 1933 Paramount Pictures WW1 Film was screened in the Hall by Carron Brothers (source: Hall Journal). The cast includes Cary Grant, Fredric March, Carole Lombard, Sir Guy Standing and Jack Oakie. Also shown was a movie titled Parachute Jumper. This 1933 Warner Brothers Comedy stars Bette Davis, Douglas Fairbanks Jr and Frank McHugh. NB: Parachute Jumper was directed by Alfred E Green, produced by Darryl F Zanuck, with a screenplay by John Francis Larkin, based on a Rian James story, titled Some Call It Love. 7th December 1934 – Chandu the Magician, a 1932 Fox Film Corporation Fantasy Film starring Edmund Lowe (as Frank Chandler aka Chandu), Bela Lugosi (Roxor), 22 Irene Ware (Princess Nadji) and Herbert Mundin was screened by Carron Brothers. A 1932 Fox Film Comedy, titled Rackety Rax, was also shown in the Hall on this date. It stars Victor McLaglen, Greta Nissen and Nell O'Day (source: Hall Journal). NB: Rackety Rax was directed by Alfred Werker. 16th December 1934 – Penalty of Fame (aka Okay America!), a 1932 Universal Pictures Film was screened in the Hall by George Coates’ Travelling Cinema Show (source: Hall Journal). Maureen O’Sullivan stars (as Sheila Barton), along with Lew Ayres (Larry Wayne), Louis Calhern (Mileaway Russell) and Edward Arnold (Duke Morgan). 18th January 1935 – The Desert Song, a 1929 Warner Bros Musical was screened in the Hall by Carron Brothers (source: Hall Journal). It stars Myrna Loy, Carlotta King, John Boles and Louise Fazenda. NB: Myrna Loy’s real name was Myrna Adele Williams. The Danish title was Den Hvide Sheik, which translates into the English language simply as, The White Sheik. NB: Directed by Roy Del Ruth. 1st February 1935 – Blossom Time, (aka April Blossoms and April Romance), a 1934 British International Pictures Musical was screened in the Hall by Carron (source: Hall Journal). Richard Tauber, Jane Baxter, Carl Esmond and Athene Seyler star in this Paul L Stein directed film. GH Clutsam is credited with composing the Music. 8th March 1935 – The Devil is Driving, a 1932 Paramount Pictures Film starring Edmund Lowe, Lois Wilson and Wynne Gibson was screened by Carron Brothers (source: Hall Journal). NB: Directed by Benjamin Stoloff. 15th March 1935 – The Lost Chord, a 1933 Drama was screened by Carron Brothers (source: Hall Journal). Directed by Maurice Elvey, this film stars Elizabeth Allan, John Stuart, Mary Glynne, Anne Grey and Jack Hawkins. NB: Would be screened again on 21st August 1947, see below. 22nd March 1935 – The Girl in 419, a 1933 Paramount Pictures Drama was screened in the Hall by Carron Bros (source: Hall Journal). It stars Gloria Stuart (as Mary Dolan), James Dunn, (as Dr Daniel French), Shirley Grey (as Irene Blaine), David Manners (as Dr Martin Nichols), William Harrigan (Peter Lawton), Vince Barnett (Otto Hoffer), Johnny Hines (Slug) and Jack La Rue. NB: It was directed by Alexander Hall and George Somnes. 20th to 21st April 1935 – Carnival Boat, a 1932 RKO Pictures Adventure Film was screened by Daniels (source: Hall Journal). Directed by Albert S 22 Bela Lugosi would later get to play the role of Chandu in the 1934 sequel, The Return of Chandu Figure 10 – Murphy Collection
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