Murphy’s Town Hall Athenry 55 6th November 1956 – The Dam Busters, a 1955 WWII movie starring Richard Todd and Michael Redgrave, was screened in the Hall (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 3rd November 1956, page 13). 4th December 1956 – Tight Spot, a 1955 Film Noir starring Edward G Robinson, Ginger Rogers and Brian Keith, was screened in the Hall (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 1st December 1956, page 13). 11th to 13th December 1956 – Athenry Players performed A Murder Has Been Arranged, a Ghost Story in Three Acts by Emlyn Williams (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 8th December 1956, pages 7 & 15). 14th December 1956 – On The Waterfront, a 1954 Crime Drama, starring Marlon Brando, Lee J Cobb, Karl Malden, Rod Steiger and Eva Marie Saint was screened in the Hall (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 8th December 1956, page 15). Total takings £12 & 13 shillings. 4th January 1957 – Hobson’s Choice, a 1954 romantic comedy, starring Charles Laughton, Brenda de Banzie and John Mills, was screened in the Hall at 8.30pm (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 29th December 1956, page 9). 11th January 1957 – Bad Day at Black Rock, a 1955 movie starring Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis, Walter Brennan, Ernest Borgnine and Lee Marvin was screened in the Hall (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 5th January 1957, page 11). 1st February 1957 – Doctor At Sea, a 1955 comedy starring Dirk Bogarde, Brigitte Bardot, James Robertson Justice, Brenda de Banzie and Joan Sims, was screened in the Hall (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 26th January 1957, page 15). Total takings £18 & 16 shillings. 26th March 1957 – Love Happy, a 1949 Marx Brothers Comedy, featuring an early screen role for Marilyn Monroe, was screened in the Hall (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 23rd March 1957, page 13). 29th March 1957 – Billy Wilder’s Sabrina (aka Sabrina Fair), starring Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart and William Holden was screened in the Hall (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 23rd March 1957, page 13). Total takings £15 & 17 shillings. 14th April 1957 – Seven Angry Men, a 1955 Western, starring Raymond Massey, Debra Paget and Jeffrey Hunter was screened in the Hall (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 13th April 1957, page 15). 1st & 2nd May 1957 – Athenry Drama performed Spreading the News in the Hall, a One Act comic play by Lady Gregory, along with The Shadow of the Glen, a One Act play by J Millington Synge, (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 27th April 1957, page 13). 3rd May 1957 – Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 Rear Window, starring Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly, was shown in the Hall (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 27th April 1957, page 13). Total takings £12 & 12 shillings. 23rd June 1957 – The Adventures of Robin Hood, a 1938 swashbuckler film starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone and Claude Rains was screened in the Hall (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 22nd June 1957, page 13). This film won 3 Academy Awards: Best Art Direction, Best Film Editing and Best Original Score (by Erich Wolfgang Korngold). 9th July 1957 – Seagulls Over Sorrento (aka Crest of the Wave), a 1954 WWII movie, made by the Boulting brothers, starring Gene Kelly was screened in the Hall at 8.45pm (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 6th July 1957, page 7). 30th August 1957 – Where There’s A Will, a comedy starring George Cole and Dandy Nichols was screened in the Hall (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 24th August 1957, page 13). 13th September 1957 – Meet Danny Wilson, a 1952 movie starring Frank Sinatra and Shelley Winters, was screened in the Hall (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 7th September 1957, page 13).
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