Murphy’s Town Hall Cinema Athenry 44 15th August 1946 – Follies Girl, a 1943 Producers Releasing Corporation Musical Comedy was screened in the Hall by Daniel Ryan (source: Hall Journal). This film stars Wendy Barrie and Doris Nolan. 18th August 1946 – Hey Rookie, a 1944 Columbia Pictures Musical was screened in the Hall by Daniel Ryan (source: the Hall Journal). Ann Miller, Joe Besser, Larry Parks, Joe Sawyer, Jimmy Little, Barbara Brown and Doodles Weaver star. 20th August 1946 – Sweet and Low-Down, a 1944 Twentieth Century Fox film was screened in the Hall by Daniel Ryan (source: the Hall Journal). This film stars Benny Goodman & His Orchestra, along with Linda Darnell & Jack Oakie, and was a fictionalized glimpse into the life of Benny Goodman. 22nd & 23rd August 1946 – The Great Dictator, a 1940 United Artists Film was screened in the Hall by Daniel Ryan (source: Hall Journal). It stars Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie and Billy Gilbert. NB: This was Charlie Chaplin’s first true sound film. It was written, directed, produced, scored by and starred himself, in 2 leading roles no less, including the role of the Great Dictator, Adenoid Hynkel. 25th August 1946 – In Old Chicago, a 1938 Twentieth Century Fox Musical starring Alice Faye, Tyrone Power, Don Ameche, Alice Brady and Andy Devine was screened in the Hall by Daniel Ryan (source: Hall Journal). NB: The story takes place against a backdrop of the 1871 Great Chicago Fire. This film would be screened again on 5th July 1950. 27th August 1946 – Sunday Dinner for a Soldier, a 1944 Twentieth Century Fox Wartime Romance starring Anne Baxter, John Hodiak, Charles Winninger and Connie Marshall was screened in the Hall by Daniel Ryan (source: Hall Journal). NB: The screenplay was based on a novelette by Martha Cheavens. 29th August 1946 – Spotlight Scandals (aka Spotlight Revue), a 1943 Monogram Pictures Musical Comedy starring Frank Fay, Billy Gilbert and Bonnie Baker was screened in the Hall by Daniel Ryan (source: Hall Journal). 1st September 1946 – Counterfeit, a 1936 Columbia Pictures Crime Drama starring Chester Morris, Marian Marsh, Margot Grahame and Lloyd Nolan was screened in the Hall by Daniel Ryan (source: Hall Journal). 3rd September 1946 – Don’t Cod Me a 1940 Ealing Studios Comedy starring George Formby, Phyllis Calvert, Garry Marsh and Romney Brent was screened in the Hall by Daniel Ryan (source: Hall Journal). NB: Alternative titles for this film include, Let George Do It! and also, To Hell with Hitler. 5th September 1946 – In the Meantime Darling, a 1944 Twentieth Century Fox Drama starring Jeanne Crain, Gale Robbins and Eugene Pallette was screened in the Hall by Daniel Ryan (source: Hall Journal). NB: Directed and Produced by Otto Preminger. See 13th & 14th May 1946 entry above: Laura, a 1944 Preminger directed Film Noir. 7th September 1946 – Arms and the Woman (aka Mr Winkle Goes to War), a 1944 Columbia Pictures WW2 Comedy was screened in the Hall by Daniel Ryan (source: Hall Journal). Edward G Robinson, Ruth Warrick and Bob Haymes star in this film. NB: The screenplay was based on Theodore Pratt’s 1943 novel, Mr Winkle Goes to War. Talking Pictures TV synopsis: “Mr Winkle, a mild-mannered, middle-aged bank clerk finds himself in battle in the South Pacific.” 10th September 1946 – Russian Guerrillas (aka Days of Glory), a 1944 RKO Radio Pictures WW2 Film starring Tamara Toumanova and Gregory Peck was screened in the Hall by Daniel Ryan (source: Hall Journal). NB: This film was Gregory Peck’s Hollywood screen debut. 12th September 1946 – Mr Muggs Steps Out, a 1943 Monogram Pictures Comedy starring The East Side Kids (Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Billy Benedict, Bobby Stone, Jimmy Strand and Buddy Gorman) with Joan Marsh and Noah Beery Sr was screened in the Hall by Daniel Ryan (source: Hall Journal).
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