Murphy’s Town Hall Athenry 47 16th & 17th March 1951 – The Bandit of Sherwood Forest, a 1946 Robin Hood movie starring Cornel Wilde, was screened in the Hall, (source: Hall Journal, also Connacht Tribune 17th March 1951, page 10). 12th to 15th April 1951 – Brendan Smith’s Travelling Drama Company performed 4 nights in the Hall, a different play each night (source: Hall Journal): The Whip Hand The Mummy and the Mumps Ill Met By Moonlight (a 1946 play by Michéal Mac Liammóir) Jane Steps Out 9th May 1951 – Holiday Inn, a 1942 movie starring Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Marjorie Reynolds, Virginia Dale, Walter Abel and Louise Beavers was screened in the Hall at 9pm (source: the Hall Journal, also Connacht Tribune 5th May 1951, page 9). 27th May 1951 – Road To Singapore, a 1940 musical comedy starring Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour and Bob Hope, was screened in the Hall (source: the Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 26th May 1951, page 9). 13th June 1951 – Prince of Foxes, a 1949 movie starring Tyrone Power, Orson Welles and Wanda Hendrix (source: the Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 9th June 1951, page 9). 4th & 5th July 1951 – Going My Way, a 1944 Musical Comedy starring Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald was screened in the Hall (source: the Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 30th June 1951, page 9). Going My Way was nominated for 10 Academy Awards, winning 7 Oscars, including Best Actor (Bing Crosby), Best Supporting Actor (Barry Fitzgerald) and Best Picture. 29th August 1951 – Drums Along the Mohawk, a 1939 Western starring Henry Fonda and Claudette Colbert, was screened in the Hall (source: the Hall Journal). 5th September 1951 – The Black Rose, a 1950 adventure film starring Tyrone Power and Orson Welles was screened in the Hall (source: the Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 1st September 1951, page 9). 17th October 1951 – My Favourite Brunette, a 1947 comedy starring Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour, was screened in the Hall (source: the Hall Journal). 29th October to 4th November 1951 – G Bailey Travelling Company performed their All Star Variety, Songs, Gags & Sketches in the Hall on 7 nights (source: the Hall Journal). 11th November 1951 – The Maltese Falcon, a 1941 Film Noir starring Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade, along with Mary Astor, Gladys George, Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet was screened in the Hall (source: the Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 10th November 1951, page 9). The film was based on the 1930 Dashiell Hammett novel of the same name. 28th November 1951 – Go West, a 1940 comedy starring the Marx Brothers, was screened in the Hall (source: the Hall Journal). 23rd December 1951 – The Well Groomed Bride, a 1946 comedy starring Olivia de Havilland and Ray Milland, was screened in the Hall (source: the Hall Journal). 9th January 1952 – Road to Morocco, a 1942 Comedy starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Anthony Quinn and Dona Drake was screened in the Hall (source: the Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 5th January 1952, page 9). 16th to 18th January 1952 – The Athenry Choral Society performed The Mikado in the Hall, (source: the Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 12th January 1952, page 9 & 26th January 1952 page 7). Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Mikado (aka The Town of Titipu) is a Comic Opera in Two Acts, first performed in 1885.
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