Murphy’s Town Hall Cinema Athenry 19 16th December 1938 – (The Mighty) Tundra, a 1936 Burroughs Tarzan Pictures Drama was screened in the Hall by Carron Brothers (source: Hall Journal). This film stars Merrill McCormick, Frank Baker and Earl Dwire. NB: Directed by Norman Dawn. 30th December 1938 – Juggernaut (aka The Demon Doctor), a 1936 Associated British Horror Film was screened in the Hall by Carron Brothers (source: Hall Journal). Boris Karloff, Joan Wyndham, Arthur Margetson, Mona Goya, Antony Ireland, Morton Setten, Mina Boucicault, Gibb McLaughlin and HH Roberts star in this Henry Edwards film. NB: It had been shown film just over a year earlier, on 5th November 1937 by Billy Walsh Talkies, see above. 26th January 1939 – The Early Bird, a 1936 Paramount Pictures Comedy starring Richard Hayward, Jimmy Mageean and Charlotte Tedlie was screened by Daniel Ryan, Kilkee (source: Hall Journal). NB: Not to be confused with the 1965 Rank Organisation Norman Wisdom Comedy film. 31st January 1939 – In His Steps (aka Sins of the Children), a 1936 Grand National Pictures Drama starring Eric Linden, Cecilia Parker, Harry Beresford and Clara Blandick was screened by Daniel Ryan (source: Hall Journal). 2nd February 1939 – The Woman in Red, a 1935 Warner Bros Drama starring Barbara Stanwyck, Gene Raymond, Genevieve Tobin and Dorothy Tree was screened in the Hall by Daniel Ryan, Kilkee (source: Hall Journal). NB: Directed by Robert Florey, it was a screen adaptation of Wallace Irwin’s 1932 novel, North Shore. 6th February 1939 – Secret Lives (aka I Married a Spy), a 1937 Associated British Pictures WW1 Spy Thriller starring Brigitte Horney, Neil Hamilton and Raymond Lovell was screened in the Hall by Leo Caslin, Strokestown (source: Hall Journal). NB: Directed by Edmond T Gréville. 9th February 1939 – The Frog, a 1937 General Film Distributors Crime Drama starring Gordon Harker, Noah Beery, Jack Hawkins and Carol Goodner was screened in the Hall by Daniel Ryan (source: Hall Journal). NB: The film was adapted from Ian Hay’s 1936 West End play, which had in turn been adapted for stage from Edgar Wallace’s 1925 crime novel, The Fellowship of the Frog, featuring the character Inspector Elk of Scotland Yard. 16th February 1939 – Shipmates Forever, a 1935 Warner Bros Musical starring Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Lewis Stone, Ross Alexander, Eddie Acuff and Dick Foran was screened in the Hall by Daniel Ryan (source: Hall Journal). NB: Directed by Frank Borzage. 23rd February 1939 – Morgenrot (aka Dawn), a 1933 German Submarine Film set during WW1 was screened in the Hall by Leo Caslin (source: Hall Journal). It stars Rudolf Forster, Fritz Genschow and Adele Sandrock. 2nd March 1939 – Dr Socrates, a 1935 Warner Bros Crime Drama was screened in the Hall by Daniel Ryan (source: Hall Journal). Paul Muni, Mayo Methot, Barton MacLane and Ann Dvorak star in this film. NB: Directed by William Dieterle, see also 1st September 1940 entry below. 6th March 1939 – The 26 Martyrs of Japan, a 1931 Silent Film based on the martyrdom of 26 Catholic priests, was screened in the Hall by Fr Oliver, Dublin (source: the Hall Journal). The 26 Martyrs were a group of Catholics who were executed by crucifixion on February 5, 1597, in Nagasaki, Japan. 32 The Nagasaki Martyrs were canonized in 1862. 12th March 1939 – The High Command, a 1937 Fanfare Pictures screen adaptation of Lewis George Robinson’s 1936 novel, The General Goes Too Far, was shown in the Hall by Leo Caslin (source: Hall Journal). Lionel Atwill, Lucie Mannheim and James Mason are the stars of this film. NB: Directed by Thorold Dickinson (his directorial debut). 16th March 1939 – Boulder Dam, a 1936 Warner Bros Drama starring Ross Alexander, Patricia Ellis, Lyle Talbot and Eddie Acuff was screened in the Hall by Daniel Ryan (source: Hall Journal). Boulder Dam, which had been built on the Arizona/Nevada border, during the period between 1931 and 1936, would later be renamed, Hoover Dam, to honour President Herbert Hoover, who had approved its construction during his term in office. 112 people lost their lives as a result of this construction project. 32 Centuries later Nagasaki would become globally famous for suffering an Atomic Bomb blast in August 1945
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