Murphy’s Town Hall Cinema Athenry 9 10th January 1933 – The Millionaire, a 1931 Warner Bros Comedy was screened in the Hall by Carron Brothers (source: Hall Journal). Directed by John G Adolfi, it stars George Arliss, Florence Arliss, David Manners and Evalyn Knapp. NB: A young James Cagney also features, as Schofield, the Life Insurance Agent. NB: The movie cast from Page 1 of the 1931 Warner Bros & Vitaphone ™ Pressbook is shown on left. 11th January 1933 – The Argyle Case, a 1929 Warner Bros Mystery movie was screened by Carron Brothers (source: Hall Journal). Lila Lee, John Darrow, Thomas Meighan and ZaSu Pitts star in this Bretherton film. 12th January 1933 – The Hottentot, a 1929 Warner Bros Comedy was shown by Carron Brothers (source: the Hall Journal). Directed by Roy Del Ruth, it stars Edward Everett Horton, Patsy Ruth Miller, Douglas Gerrard, Edward Earle and Stanley Taylor. 18th February 1933 – The Donegal Democrat of this date, (see page 5), carries the following piece about Carron Bros under the heading Killybegs News: “Messrs Carrons’ Talkie Picture Co paid a visit to the town during the week-end and exhibited a number of very interesting and amusing films... This is the most modern touring talkie company visiting these parts and their films never fail to attract large crowds.” 24th February 1933 – The Showboat, a 1929 Universal Pictures Romantic Drama based on Edna Ferber’s 1926 novel Show Boat, was screened by Messrs Daniels (source: Hall Journal). Directed by Harold A Pollard, it stars Laura La Plante, along with Joseph Schildkraut, Emily Fitzroy and Alma Rubens. 25th February 1933 – All Quiet on the Western Front, a 1930 WW1 Picture, based on Erich Maria Remarque’s 1929 novel, Im Westen nichts Neues, was screened in the Hall by Messrs Daniels Travelling Picture Show (source: Hall Journal). Directed by Lewis Milestone, it stars Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres, John Wray, Arnold Lucy and Ben Alexander. 26th February 1933 – Broadway, a 1929 Universal Pictures Drama based on the 1927 play of the same title by Jed Harris, Philip Dunning & George Abbott was screened in the Hall by Messrs Daniels (source: Hall Journal). Glenn Tryon, Evelyn Brent, Thomas E Jackson, Robert Ellis, Paul Porcasi, Leslie Fenton and Otis Harlan star in this Paul Fejos directed film. 27th February 1933 – Dracula, a 1931 Universal Pictures Horror Film was screened by Daniels (source: Hall Journal). Bela Lugosi, Helen Chandler, David Manners, Dwight Frye, Edward Van Sloan, Herbert Bunston, Frances Dade and Joan Standing star here. NB: Directed by Tod Browning and Karl Freund, the screenplay was adapted from Bram Stoker’s Gothic novel, Dracula, first published by Archibald Constable & Company in 1897. It would be screened again on 11th August 1940 see below. 8th to 10th May 1933 – Carron Brothers showed several movies across these May dates, including the following (source: Hall Journal): Figure 5 – © Warner Bros, Vitaphone Figure 6 – Murphy Collection Figure 7 – © Universal Pictures Limited
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