Murphy’s Town Hall Athenry 57 8th April 1958 – To Catch A Thief, a 1955 Hitchcock movie starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly was screened in the Hall (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 5th April 1958, page 13). 10th April 1958 – Athenry Drama again performed Margaret Gillan, a Three Act Tragedy by Brinsley McNamara, (source: Hall Journal). 6th May 1958 – Artists & Models, a 1955 comedy starring Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Shirley MacLaine, Eva Gabor & Anita Ekberg was screened in the Hall (source: Hall Journal, see Connacht Tribune 3rd May 1958, page 15). 20th June 1958 – The Trouble With Harry, a 1955 Black Comedy directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe, Mildred Natwick, Jerry Mathers and Shirley MacLaine 104 was screened in the Hall (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 14th June 1958, page 15). 15th July 1958 – Hell Below Zero, a 1954 movie starring Alan Ladd and Stanley Baker was screened in the Hall (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 12th July 1958, page 15). 12th August 1958 – The Wizard of Oz, a 1939 movie starring Judy Garland, Frank Morgan and Ray Bolger, was screened in the Hall (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 9th August 1958, page 13). 31st August 1958 – Calamity Jane, a 1953 Musical Western starring Doris Day and Howard Keel, was screened in the Hall (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 30th August 1958, page 13). 4th & 5th September 1958 – Dial M For Murder, a 1954 Hitchcock Thriller starring Grace Kelly and Ray Milland was screened in the Hall (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 30th August 1958, page 13). 24th September 1958 – The Court Jester, a 1955 Comedy Costume Drama starring Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone and Angela Lansbury was screened in the Hall at 9pm (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 20th September 1958, page 13). 3rd October 1958 – The Blackboard Jungle, a 1955 movie starring Glenn Ford and Sidney Poitier, was screened in the Hall. NB: Bill Haley’s Rock Around The Clock features as part of the movie soundtrack (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 27th September 1958, page 13). 19th October 1958 – Dance with Music by Billy Cummins & His Dance Orchestra (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 18th October 1958, page 14). 14th November 1958 – From Here To Eternity, a 1953 movie starring Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Montgomery Clift and Frank Sinatra, was screened in the Hall (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 8th November 1958, page 15). 11th & 12th December 1958 – Athenry Players performed The Will and The Way, a Three Act comedy play by (Michael Joseph) MJ Molloy, in the Hall (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 6th December 1958, page 14). 1st January 1959 – Suspicion, a 1941 Hitchcock thriller starring Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine, was screened in the Hall (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 27th December 1958, page 9). 20th January 1959 – High Noon, the iconic 1952 Western, starring Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly and Katy Jurado, was screened in the Hall (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 17th January 1959, page 13). 10th February 1959 – The Man Who Knew Too Much, a 1956 Hitchcock Thriller starring James Stewart and Doris Day was screened in the Hall (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 7th February 1959, page 13). The film won an Oscar for Best Original Song (Que Sera, Sera sung by Doris Day). 104 This was Shirley MacLaine’s film debut
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