Murphy’s Town Hall Athenry 63 10th August 1962 – Flying Leathernecks, a 1951 WWII movie starring John Wayne, Robert Ryan and Janis Carter (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 4th August 1962, page 13). 26th August 1962 – Rio Bravo, a 1959 Western starring John Wayne, Dean Martin, Angie Dickinson, Ricky Nelson, Walter Brennan, and Ward Bond was screened in the Hall (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 25th August 1962, page 15). 113 7th September 1962 – Some Like It Hot, a comedy starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon was screened in the Hall (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 1st September 1962, page 15). NB: previously screened in 21st May 1961. 21st October 1962 – Bottoms Up, a 1960 Comedy starring Jimmy Edwards, Vanda Hudson, Arthur Howard, Richard Briers and Melvyn Hayes was screened in the Hall (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 20th October 1962, page 15). 26th October 1962 – The FBI Story, a 1959 movie starring James Stewart and Vera Miles was screened in the Hall (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 20th October 1962, page 15). 23rd November 1962 – Career, a 1959 movie starring Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, Tony Franciosa and Carolyn Jones was screened in the Hall (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 17th November 1962, page 15). 4th December 1962 – Pillow Talk, a 1959 romantic comedy starring Doris Day, Rock Hudson (see picture opposite), Tony Randall and Thelma Ritter was screened in the Hall (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 1st December 1962, page 15). 2nd January 1963 – The Swingtime Aces played the Big New Year Dance in the Hall, Dancing from 8pm, admission 6 shillings (source: Hall Journal, surviving posters for the event, 114 see also Connacht Tribune 29th December 1962, page 11). 4th January 1963 – The Tartars (aka I Tartari), a 1961 Italian-Yugoslavian historical epic film starring Victor Mature, Orson Welles, Liana Orfei and Bella Cortez was screened in the Hall (Connacht Tribune 29th December 1962, page 11). 115 22nd January 1963 – A Touch of Larceny, a 1959 Comedy starring James Mason, Vera Miles and George Sanders was screened in the Hall (Connacht Tribune 19th January 1963, page 15). 6th February 1963 – Dance in the Hall with Music by The Swingtime Aces (source: Hall Journal, Connacht Tribune 2nd February 1963, page 14). 18th March 1963 – Arsenic and Old Lace, a 1944 comedy movie starring Cary Grant, Raymond Massey and Peter Lorre, directed by Frank Capra, was screened in the Hall (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 16th March 1963, page 15). 116 26th & 27th March 1963 – Athenry Players performed Juno & The Paycock, a Three Act Play by Seán O’Casey, in the Hall (source: Hall Journal, see also Connacht Tribune 23rd March 1963, page 15). 113 Rio Bravo must have been very well received in Athenry, as it was screened again in March 1963 114 See full page image of one of the posters in the images at the back 115 Screened again on 28th June 1963 116 NB: while the ad in the Tribune includes Boris Karloff in the cast, Karloff was not actually in the movie but he did perform that role in the stage play.
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