Murphy’s Town Hall Cinema Athenry 27 film in the Nancy Drew series released by Warner between 1938 and 1939. This was also Bonita Granville’s last film at Warner Brothers before she signed with MGM. 27th May 1941 – Dodge City, a 1939 Warner Bros Western was screened in the Hall by Leo Caslin (source: Hall Journal). Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Ann Sheridan and Bruce Cabot star in this Michael Curtiz directed film. NB: This was the 5th of 8 movies that Olivia de Havilland and Errol Flynn would star in together. 3rd June 1941 – Confidential Lady, a 1939 Warner Bros Comedy starring Ben Lyon, Jane Baxter, Athole Stewart, Ronald Ward, Jean Cadell and Vera Bogetti was screened in the Hall by Leo Caslin (source: Hall Journal). NB: Directed by Arthur B Woods with a Running Time of 1 hour and 14 minutes. 10th June 1941 – King of the Lumberjacks, a 1940 Warner Bros Western starring John Payne, Gloria Dickson and Stanley Fields was screened in the Hall by Leo Caslin (source: Hall Journal). NB: Directed by William Clemens, Music by William Lava with a Running Time of 58 minutes. 17th June 1941 – Q Planes (aka Clouds Over Europe), a 1939 Columbia Pictures Comedy Spy Film starring Ralph Richardson, Laurence Olivier, Valerie Hobson, Sandra Storme and John Laurie was screened in the Hall by Leo Caslin (source: Hall Journal). NB: John Laurie is probably best remembered for playing Private James Frazer in the Classic BBC TV sitcom, Dad’s Army, which is set in the fictional Walmington-on-Sea during World War 2. 22nd June 1941 – The Fighting 69th, a 1940 Warner Bros WW1 Film starring James Cagney, Pat O'Brien and George Brent was screened in the Hall by Leo Caslin (source: Hall Journal). 6th July 1941 – The Lone Wolf's Daughter, a 1929 Columbia Pictures Thriller was screened in the Hall by Leo Caslin (source: Hall Journal). This film stars Bert Lytell, Gertrude Olmstead, Charles Gerard, Lilyan Tashman and Donald Keith. NB: Michael Lanyard, aka The Lone Wolf, dates back to 1914, when the author, Louis Joseph Vance, created the character for a series of books, which would later be adapted into 24 Lone Wolf films by Columbia Pictures. 13th July 1941 – Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, a 1939 Columbia Pictures Comedy starring Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Claude Rains and Edward Arnold was screened in the Hall by Leo Caslin (source: Hall Journal). NB: This Frank Capra directed film received 11 Academy Award nominations, including Best Director, Best Picture and Best Actor, winning one Oscar for the Best Original Story. 20th July 1941 – The Amazing Mr. Williams, a 1939 Columbia Pictures ‘Screwball’ Comedy starring Melvyn Douglas, Joan Blondell, Clarence Kolb and Ruth Donnelly was screened in the Hall by Leo Caslin (source: Hall Journal). 29th July 1941 – The Devil on Wheels (aka Burn 'Em Up Barnes), a 1934 Mascot Picture was screened in the Hall by Leo Caslin (source: Hall Journal). Frankie Darro, Jack Mulhall (as Burn-'Em-Up Barnes), Lola Lane, Julian Rivero and Jason Robards Sr star in this feature length Racer, (originally released in Serial Form). NB: “The King of the Dirt Tracks!” 3rd August 1941 – Good Girls Go to Paris, a 1939 Columbia Pictures Romantic Comedy was screened in the Hall by Leo Caslin (source: Hall Journal). Melvyn Douglas, Joan Blondell, Walter Connolly and Joan Perry star in this film. 7th August 1941 – Kilmainham Jail: Bastille of Ireland, a 1938 Irish Documentary, narrated by Noel Hartnett and directed by PM Clifford, was screened in the Hall by Billy Walsh (source: Hall Journal). NB: Margaret Buckley wrote the script for this film. 8th August 1941 – Bob Hope in Double Exposure, a 1935 Warner Bros Comedy short with John Berkes, Jules Epailly and Loretta Sayers was screened in the Hall by Billy Walsh (source: Hall Journal). 10th August 1941 – The Return of Doctor X, a 1939 Warner Bros Sci-Fi Horror Film was screened in the Hall by Leo Caslin (source: Hall Journal). Wayne Morris, Rosemary Lane, and Humphrey Bogart star. 17th August 1941 – From The Manger To The Cross, 39 was screened in the Hall by The African Missionary Sisters, Cork (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 16th August 1941, page 7): “It packed the vast Albert Hall, London, for three months three times daily, and later played to record crowds in the London West End Cinema, The Cameo.” 19th August 1941 – Golden Boy, a 1939 Columbia Pictures Romantic Sports Drama was screened in the Hall by Leo Caslin (source: Hall Journal). Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou and William Holden star in this film. 28th August 1941 – Hell's Kitchen, a 1939 Warner Bros Thriller starring The Dead End Kids and Ronald Reagan was screened in the Hall by Leo Caslin (source: Hall Journal). 39 “Only sound film made of the Life of Our Lord”, as per the advertisement in the Connacht Tribune 16th August 1941.
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