Murphy’s Town Hall Cinema Athenry 26 26th December 1940 – Wide Open Faces, a 1938 Columbia Pictures Comedy was screened in the Hall by Leo Caslin (source: Hall Journal). It stars Joe E Brown, Jane Wyman and Alison Skipworth. NB: IMDb provides the following plot summary for this movie: “Criminals from all over the country converge on the Lakeside Inn in Willow Springs where bank robber Duke Temple (Stanley Fields) has stashed $100,000. Wilbur Keeks (Joe E Brown), soda jerk at the town drugstore, who had aided in the capture of Temple, tries to prevent the crooks from wrecking the inn.” 2nd January 1941 – I Am the Law, a 1938 Columbia Pictures Crime Drama starring Edward G Robinson, Barbara O'Neil, John Beal, Wendy Barrie, Otto Kruger, Arthur Loft, Marc Lawrence and Douglas Wood was screened in the Hall by Leo Caslin (source: Hall Journal). 5th January 1941 – The Affairs of Annabel, a 1938 RKO Radio Pictures Comedy starring Lucille Ball (as Annabel Allison), Jack Oakie and Ruth Donnelly was screened in the Hall by Leo Caslin (source: Hall Journal). This film was followed by Annabel Takes a Tour, later that same year, which also stars Ball, Oakie and Donnelly. 6th February 1941 – Juarez, a 1939 Warner Bros Biopic starring Paul Muni (as Benito Juarez), Bette Davis, Brian Aherne, Claude Rains, John Garfield, Donald Crisp, Joseph Calleia and Gale Sondergaard was screened in the Hall by Leo Caslin (source: Hall Journal). Benito Juárez was the 26th President of Mexico and was the first indigenous Mexican President. 25th February 1941 – The Saint in New York, a 1938 RKO Radio Pictures film adapted from Leslie Charteris’ 1935 Simon Templar novel of the same name, was screened in the Hall by Leo Caslin (source: Hall Journal). This movie marks the very first screen appearance of Simon Templar, aka The Saint. This was to be the first of eight RKO Radio Pictures films made with The Saint as the lead character. Louis Hayward stars here as the title character, with Kay Sutton playing his love interest. Quote from the Evening Herald 29th October 1938, page 9: “The Saint in New York is a straight, unadulterated thriller, incredible in spots, but packed with surprising twists. Strangely enough, the hero is a killer, but as he shoots off murderers with the permission of the police, whose hands are tied, he is immune from the law... Louis Hayward is a cool, cynical Saint, who plays his part with admirable sang froid.” 4th March 1941 – Only Angels Have Wings, a 1939 Columbia Pictures Adventure Film starring Cary Grant, Jean Arthur and Rita Hayworth was screened in the Hall by Leo Caslin (source: Hall Journal). NB: Howard Hawks directed. 9th March 1941 – The Gladiator, a 1938 Columbia Pictures Comedy starring Joe E Brown, Dickie Moore and June Travis was screened in the Hall by Leo Caslin (source: the Hall Journal). NB: The screenplay was adapted from Philip Gordon Wylie's 1930 novel, Gladiator. 18th March 1941 – Each Dawn I Die, a 1939 Warner Bros Gangster Film was screened in the Hall by Leo Caslin (source: Hall Journal). This film stars James Cagney, George Raft, Jane Bryan, George Bancroft, Maxie Rosenbloom, Stanley Ridges, Alan Baxter and Victor Jory. 25th March 1941 – The Old Maid, a 1939 Warner Bros Drama starring Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins, George Brent and Donald Crisp was screened in the Hall by Leo Caslin (source: Hall Journal). 17th April 1941 – Torchy Plays with Dynamite (aka Torchy Blane: Playing With Dynamite), a 1939 Warner Bros Mystery movie was screened in the Hall by Leo Caslin (source: Hall Journal). Jane Wyman stars (as Torchy Blane), along with a supporting cast including Allen Jenkins and Tom Kennedy. NB: This was the 9th and final Warner’s film in the Torchy Blane series. 6th May 1941 – Let Us Live, a 1939 Columbia Pictures Crime Drama starring Maureen O'Sullivan, Henry Fonda and Ralph Bellamy was screened in the Hall by Leo Caslin (source: Hall Journal). 13th May 1941 – Hoots Mon!, a 1940 Warner Bros Comedy starring Hal Walters, Florence Desmond, Max Miller and Davina Craig was screened in the Hall by Leo Caslin (source: Hall Journal). 20th May 1941 – Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase, a 1939 Warner Bros Mystery movie starring Bonita Granville as Nancy Drew, was screened in the Hall by Leo Caslin (source: Hall Journal). NB: It was the 4th and last
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