Murphy’s Town Hall Cinema Athenry 15 17th September 1937 – The Prescott Kid, a 1934 Columbia Pictures Western was screened in the Hall by Billy Walsh Talkies (source: Hall Journal). It stars Tim McCoy, Sheila Mannors (Bromley) and Walter Brennan. 24th September 1937 – Law Beyond the Range, a 1935 Columbia Pictures Western was screened in the Hall by Billy Walsh Talkies (source: Hall Journal). Tim McCoy, Billie Seward, Robert Allen, Guy Usher, Harry Todd and Walter Brennan star in this film. 1st October 1937 – Eight Bells, a 1935 Columbia Pictures Adventure Film starring Ann Sothern, Ralph Bellamy and Catherine Doucet was screened in the Hall by Billy Walsh Talkies (source: Hall Journal). The screenplay is based on Percy G Mandley’s 1933 Three Act stageplay of the same name. 8th October 1937 – White Lies, a 1934 Columbia Pictures Gangster Film starring Victor Jory, Fay Wray and Walter Connolly was screened in the Hall by Billy Walsh Talkies, (source: Hall Journal). 5th November 1937 – I Give My Heart (1935) and Juggernaut (1936) were screened in the Hall by Billy Walsh Talkies (source: Hall Journal). The Tuam Herald of 6th November 1937 notes as follows on page 2: “At Athenry Town Hall on Friday night, Boris Karloff in Juggernaut will be thrown on the screen. Four people at the mercy of an insane physician. The famous musical play that was the sensation of two continents, I Give My Heart, will also be shown.” I Give My Heart is a 1935 Associated British Pictures Musical, sometimes known under the alternative title, The Loves of Madame Dubarry. This film stars Gitta Alpar, Patrick Waddington, Margaret Bannerman, Owen Nares, Arthur Margetson & Hugh Miller. The screenplay was adapted from Carl Millöcker’s stage operetta, The DuBarry. We know from the Tuam Herald (see above) that Juggernaut (aka The Demon Doctor) was also screened at this time. Juggernaut is a 1936 Associated British Pictures Horror Film starring Boris Karloff, 27 Joan Wyndham, Arthur Margetson, Mona Goya, Antony Ireland, Morton Setten, Mina Boucicault, Gibb McLaughlin and HH Roberts. NB: Directed by Henry Edwards with a screenplay adapted from Alice Campbell’s 1929 novel, Juggernaut: A Golden Age Mystery. Arthur Margetson appears in the cast of both movies. 12th November 1937 – The Tenth Man, a 1936 Associated British Pictures Drama was screened in the Hall by Billy Walsh Talkies (source: Hall Journal). John Davis Lodge, Antoinette Cellier and Athole Stewart star in this film. 19th November 1937 – A Star Fell from Heaven, a 1936 Associated British Pictures Comedy was screened in the Hall by Billy Walsh Talkies (source: Hall Journal). It stars Joseph Schmidt, Florine McKinney and Billy Milton. 26th November 1937 – The Old Curiosity Shop, a 1934 Associated British Pictures big screen adaptation of Charles Dickens’ 1841 novel of the same name, was screened in the Hall by Billy Walsh Talkies (source: Hall Journal). It stars Elaine Benson (as Nell), Ben Webster (Grandfather), Hay Petrie (Quilp) and Reginald Purdell (Dick Swiveller). 3rd December 1937 – Dusty Ermine (aka Hideout in the Alps and also Love in the Alps), a 1936 Julius Hagen Productions Crime Drama was screened in the Hall by Billy Walsh’s Talkies (source: Hall Journal). Anthony Bushell, Jane Baxter, Margaret Rutherford and Ronald Squire star in this film. 28 The support feature was Those Were the Days, a 1934 Associated British Comedy starring Will Hay, Iris Hoey and John Mills. NB: This Comedy’s screenplay was based on Arthur Wing Pinero's 1885 play, The Magistrate, a Stage Farce in Three Acts. As an added bonus, the Pathé Gazette was also shown on this date (source: Hall Journal, see also Billy Walsh’s advertisement in the Tuam Herald 4th December 1937). Doors opened at 8.00pm and the show commenced at 8.30pm. NB: The very same bill had been shown in Headford Town Hall on 2nd December 1937. Admission: Adults, 1s/4d or 9d and for Children under 12, it was 9d or 4d. 10th December 1937 – Someone at the Door, a 1936 Associated British Pictures Comedy Thriller was screened by Billy Walsh’s Talkies (source: the Hall Journal). Aileen Marson, Billy Milton, Noah Beery, John Irwin and Edward Chapman star. NB: Remade in 1950 by Hammer Films starring Michael Medwin, Yvonne Owen & Garry Marsh. The screenplay for both films was adapted from Dorothy & Campbell Christie’s popular West End play of that name. 19th December 1937 – Two Hearts in Harmony, a 1935 Time Films Comedy Drama starring Bernice Claire, George Curzon and Enid Stamp-Taylor was screened in the Hall by Billy Walsh’s Talkies (source: Hall Journal). 31st December 1937 – A Cowboy Picture was screened in the Hall by Billy Walsh’s Talkies (source: Hall Journal). Unfortunately, the Hall Journal gives no further details about this Western. 27 Boris Karloff’s real name was William Henry Pratt (1887-1969) 28 “A Thrilling Chase on Skis!” see Billy Walsh’s advertisement in the Tuam Herald 4th December 1937 for this quote. Dusty Ermine’s screenplay was adapted from Neil F Grant’s 1936 Three Act Stage Play, also titled Dusty Ermine.
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