Murphy’s Town Hall Cinema Athenry 13 10th January 1936 – You Belong To Me, a 1934 Paramount Pictures Drama starring Lee Tracy, Helen Mack, Helen Morgan, David Holt, Arthur Pierson, Lynne Overman and Dean Jagger was screened in the Hall by Carron Brothers (source: Hall Journal). 17th January 1936 – Arizona to Broadway, a 1933 Fox Film Corporation movie starring James Dunn, Joan Bennett, Herbert Mundin, Merna Kennedy and Theodore von Eltz was screened in the Hall by Carron Brothers (source: Hall Journal). NB: This same storyline later formed the basis for a 1943 Laurel & Hardy Comedy Feature Film, where it was reworked by Twentieth Century Fox as, Jitterbugs. A 1933 Fox Film Drama titled, Marooned, was also shown in the Hall on this date. It stars Edmund Gwenn, Viola Lyel and Hal Walters. 7th February 1936 – The Narrow Corner, a 1933 Warner Bros Drama was screened by Carron Brothers (source: Hall Journal). It stars Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Patricia Ellis and Ralph Bellamy. NB: The screenplay was based on W Somerset Maugham’s 1932 novel of the same name. 14th February 1936 – Lone Cowboy, a 1933 Paramount Pictures Western was screened in the Hall by Carron Brothers (source: Hall Journal). This film stars Jackie Cooper, Lila Lee and Addison Richards. NB: Jackie Cooper was 11 years old when this film was released. 5th March 1936 – Thank Your Stars (aka Shoot the Works) a 1934 Paramount Pictures Musical Comedy starring Jack Oakie, Dorothy Dell, Arline Judge, Roscoe Karns, Alison Skipworth, Spencer Tracy and Ben Bernie & His Band was screened in the Hall by Carron Brothers (source: Hall Journal). Quote: “It’s Fast! It’s Funny! It’s Even Furious!” 11th March 1936 – Son of a Sailor, a 1933 Warner Bros Comedy was screened by Carron Brothers (source: the Hall Journal). It stars Joe E Brown, Jean Muir, Frank McHugh, Thelma Todd, Johnny Mack Brown and Sheila Terry. 23rd March 1936 – Rocky Mountain Mystery, a 1935 Paramount Pictures Western starring Randolph Scott, Ann Sheridan and Mrs Leslie Carter was screened in the Hall by Carron Brothers (source: Hall Journal). 24th April 1936 – The Girl in Pawn (aka Little Miss Marker) a 1934 Paramount Pictures Comedy was screened in the Hall by Carron Brothers (source: Hall Journal). NB: The screenplay was based on a 1932 Damon Runyon story and stars Shirley Temple, Adolphe Menjou and Dorothy Dell. This film was Shirley Temple's first starring role in a major motion picture. It was remade by Paramount in 1949, as Sorrowful Jones, starring Bob Hope, Lucille Ball and Mary Jane Saunders (in the Shirley Temple role). Sorrowful Jones would be shown in the Hall on 22nd October 1952. 15th May 1936 – The Gay Divorcee (aka The Gay Divorce) a 1934 RKO Pictures Musical starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton and Betty Grable was screened by Carron Brothers (source: Hall Journal). 22nd May 1936 – A film titled A Thousand Loves is documented as having been screened in the Hall by Carron Brothers on this date (source: Hall Journal). Unfortunately we have been unable to identify this movie. 5th June 1936 – A film titled Melody Cousins is documented as having been screened in the Hall by Carron Brothers (source: Hall Journal). Unfortunately we have been unable to identify this movie. 13th June 1936 – The Limerick Leader carried the following Billy Walsh Talkies note on page 12, under the heading Bruff Notes: “Mr. Billy Walsh's touring ‘talkies’ paid a three days' visit to the local hall, where interesting screen programmes were presented.” 26th June 1936 – Shadows of SingSing, a 1933 Columbia Pictures Gangster Film starring Mary Brian, Bruce Cabot and Grant Mitchell was screened in the Hall by Carron Brothers (source: Hall Journal). 9th October 1936 – Now and Forever, a 1934 Paramount Pictures Drama starring Shirley Temple, Gary Cooper and Carole Lombard was screened in the Hall by Carron Brothers (source: Hall Journal). 4th January 1937 – A film called The Spy was screened in the Hall by Billy Walsh’s Talkies (source: Hall Journal). This was probably a 1931 Fox Film titled The Spy, starring Kay Johnston, Neil Hamilton, John Halliday and Milton
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