Murphy’s Town Hall Cinema Athenry 12 Rogell, it stars Ginger Rogers, William Boyd, Fred Kohler, Hobart Bosworth, Edgar Kennedy and Marie Prevost. 31st May 1935 – Captured! (aka Fellow Prisoners), a 1933 Warner Bros WW1 POW Film starring Leslie Howard, Douglas Fairbanks Jr and Margaret Lindsay was screened in the Hall by Carron Brothers (source: Hall Journal). NB: Directed by Roy Del Ruth, the screenplay was based on Sir Philip Gibbs’ 1930 short story, Fellow Prisoners. 7th June 1935 – A Southern Maid a 1933 Associated British Pictures Musical was screened by Carron Brothers (source: Hall Journal). Bebe Daniels, Clifford Mollison, Hal Gordon and Lupino Lane star in this film. 23 NB: Directed by Harry Hughes, the screenplay was based on Harold Fraser-Simson’s 1917 Three Act operetta, A Southern Maid. 14th June 1935 – No Escape, a 1934 Warner Bros Drama was screened by Carron Bros (source: Hall Journal). This Ralph Ince directed film stars Ian Hunter, Binnie Barnes, Molly Lamont, Madeline Seymour, George Merritt and Ince himself. The screenplay was written by W Scott Darling. 21st June 1935 – The Kid’s Last Fight (aka The Life of Jimmy Dolan), a 1933 Warner Bros Drama was shown by Carron Brothers (source: Hall Journal). Directed by Archie Mayo, it stars Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Loretta Young, Guy Kibbee and John Wayne. 24 NB: Warners remade this story in 1939 under the title, They Made Me a Criminal, starring John Garfield and Claude Rains. The 1939 version was shown in the Hall on 27th September 1940 by Leo Caslin. Confusingly, there is also a 1933 Jack Hayes Comedy Short titled, The Kid’s Last Fight, which stars Shirley Temple, Georgie Smith and Lawrence Harris. However, it is only 11 minutes long, so it seems unlikely that it was shown here as a main feature? For that reason, we are not proposing it as the film screened on this date. 4th October 1935 – The Thundering Herd, a 1933 Paramount Pictures Western starring Randolph Scott, Judith Allen, Buster Crabbe and Noah Beery Sr was screened by Carron Brothers (source: Hall Journal). NB: Directed by Henry Hathaway, the screenplay was based on Zane Grey’s 1925 novel. Buster Crabbe (i.e. Clarence Linden Crabbe II) was a Gold Medal winning Olympic swimmer before turning to acting. He is probably best remembered for the playing the lead roles in the Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers serials made by Universal Pictures. 24th October 1935 – The Bengal Lancers (aka The Lives of a Bengal Lancer), a 1935 Paramount Pictures Adventure film starring Gary Cooper, Kathleen Burke, Franchot Tone, C Aubrey Smith, Richard Cromwell, Guy Standing and Douglass Dumbrille was screened by Carron Brothers (source: Hall Journal). Directed by Henry Hathaway, the screenplay was based on Francis Yeats-Brown’s 1930 autobiography, The Lives of a Bengal Lancer. NB: Screened again on 4th November 1952. 8th November 1935 – The Lemon Drop Kid a 1934 Paramount Pictures Comedy starring Lee Tracy, Helen Mack and William Frawley was screened by Carron Brothers (source: Hall Journal). This Damon Runyan story was later remade by Paramount, in 1951, starring Bob Hope and this later version would be screened in June 1953. William Frawley featured in both the 1935 and 1951 versions. NB: Directed by Marshall Neilan. 22nd November 1935 – The Little Giant, a 1933 Warner Bros Comedy Romance was screened in the Hall by Carron Brothers (source: the Hall Journal). It stars Edward G Robinson, Mary Astor, Helen Vinson and Russell Hopton. NB: Edward G Robinson’s real name was Emanuel Goldenberg. 29th November 1935 – The Mystery of the Wax Museum, a 1933 Warner Bros Horror Film was screened in the Hall by Carron Brothers (source: Hall Journal). It stars Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Glenda Farrell and Frank McHugh. NB: Fay Wray is probably best remembered for her role as Ann Darrow, in the original 1933 King Kong movie, (see 9th May 1940 entry below). 6th December 1935 – Car 99, a 1935 Paramount Pictures Thriller, directed by Charles Barton, was screened by Carron Brothers (source: Hall Journal). Fred MacMurray, Ann Sheridan, Guy Standing, Marina Schubert (Koshetz), Dean Jagger, William Frawley and Frank Craven star in this film. NB: Edited by Eda Warren, with Cinematography by William C Mellor. MacMurray plays Michigan State Trooper Ross Martin. 23 Lupino Lane was a cousin of fellow film star, Ida Lupino 24 This is a minor early screen role for John Wayne
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