Murphy’s Town Hall Athenry 41 18th January 1948 – Rage in Heaven, a 1941 Film Noir thriller starring Robert Montgomery, Ingrid Bergman, and George Sanders was screened in the Hall (source: Hall Journal, also a notebook with news cutting as displayed here, taken from the Connacht Tribune 17th January 1948, page 9). 25th January 1948 – Destry Rides Again, a 1939 comedy Western starring Marlene Dietrich and James Stewart was screened in the Hall (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 24th January 1948, page 9). Special Extra Feature: The Royal Wedding, the November 1947 wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten. 75 13th February 1948 – David Copperfield, a 1935 MGM film starring WC Fields, Freddie Bartholomew, Lionel Barrymore and Maureen O’Sullivan was screened in the Hall (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 7th February 1948, page 9). It was adapted from Charles Dickens’ 1850 novel. 2nd March 1948 – A Night At The Opera, a 1935 Marx Brothers comedy was screened in the Hall (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 28th February 1948, page 9). 5th March 1948 – Love Crazy, a 1941 ‘screwball’ comedy starring popular Hollywood couple William Powell and Myrna Loy, was screened in the Hall (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 28th February 1948, page 9). 30th March 1948 – Abbott and Costello in Hollywood, a 1945 comedy starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, was screened in the Hall (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 20th March 1948, page 9). 20th April 1948 – Tarzan Escapes, a 1936 Tarzan movie, starring Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O’Sullivan, was screened in the Hall (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 17th April 1948, page 9). 23rd & 25th April 1948 – Anchors Aweigh, a 1945 musical comedy film starring Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, and Gene Kelly, was screened in the Hall (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 17th April 1948, page 9). The film combined live-action with hand drawn animation. One sequence features Jerry, the cartoon mouse from Tom and Jerry dancing with Gene Kelly. 3rd to 9th May 1948 – Anew McMaster’s Travelling Dramatic Company played the Hall for 7 consecutive nights, performing a different play each night (source: Hall Journal and tour promo card from 1948): Pink String and Sealing Wax Macbeth Dr Angelus Trilby Oedipus the Tyrant The Crime of Margaret Foley Murder in Thornton Square 30th May 1948 – Brooklyn Orchid, a 1942 Comedy movie starring William Bendix, Joe Sawyer, Marjorie Woodworth, Grace Bradley, Richard "Skeets" Gallagher, Florine McKinney and Leonid Kinskey was screened in the Hall (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 29th May 1948, page 9). This was the first of the Taxi Comedies, featuring Bendix, Sawyer, and Bradley in the same roles. The other two Taxi Comedies were The 75 The future Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy MzM2OTY=