Murphy’s Town Hall Athenry 40 23rd September 1947 – Athenry Agricultural Show Grand Dance was held in the Hall with Music from Bert Flynn’s No.1 Band, admission 7s 6d, supper extra (source: Hall Journal, an Agricultural Show Programme 1947, see also Connacht Tribune 20th September 1947, page 9). 29th September to 5th October 1947 – Richard & Lillian Carrickford’s Repertory Players performed 6 different plays in the Hall on 6 nights (source the Hall Journal): Children of the Mountain, by Lillian Carrickford The Highway Man, by James Struan Robertson Great Expectations, by Lillian Carrickford The Bells of St Marys, by Lillian Carrickford 73 Barren Soil, by Lillian Carrickford This Thing Called Love, by Lillian Carrickford 4th November 1947 – Waterloo Bridge, a 1940 movie, adapted from the 1930 play of the same name, starring Robert Taylor and Vivien Leigh was screened in the Hall by O. Smith Travelling Cinema Show (source: Hall Journal). 16th December 1947 – Ziegfeld Girl, a 1941 Musical starring James Stewart, Judy Garland, Hedy Lamarr, Lana Turner, Tony Martin, Jackie Cooper, Eve Arden, and Philip Dorn was screened in the Hall by O. Smith Travelling Cinema Show (source: Hall Journal). 25th December 1947 – Block-Heads, a 1938 Comedy starring Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy, was screened in the Hall by O. Smith Travelling Cinema Show (source: Hall Journal). The Running Time is 57 minutes. IMDb provides the following plot summary for this movie: 74 “Stan, who has remained faithfully at his World War I post for twenty years, finally comes home where his best friend, Ollie, takes him in, thus allowing him to discover the many conveniences of the modern world.” 26th December 1947 – The Pioneer Dance held in the Hall with Music by Jimmy Dooley's Band with Johnny Cox (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 20th December 1947, page 9). 13th January 1948 – The Thin Man Goes Home, a 1945 Comedy starring William Powell and Myrna Loy was screened in the Hall by O. Smith Travelling Cinema Show (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 10th January 1948, page 9). This was the fifth of the six Thin Man films starring Powell and Loy based on Hammett's 1934 novel The Thin Man. 73 The Bells of St Marys was performed on 2 nights during the week 74 See inside back cover for more movie frames from Block-Heads (1938) featuring Oliver Hardy. NB: Patricia Ellis played Mrs Gilbert.
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