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This is a black and white photo of the the English actor Dawn Addams at the telephone exchange. Addams, in a light-coloured day dress, is wearing a headset and is shown connecting a call. She is seated next to two telephone operators, also wearing…

This is a black and white photo of the English actor Dawn Addams with the festival director Dermot Breen and his wife Vida. The three are in mid-conversation with both Vida and Dermot looking at Dawn Addams who is caught in the moment looking up to…

This is a black and white group photo of delegates at the 1957 Cork Film Festival. The formally dressed group are mostly standing facing the camera. The festival director Dermot Breen is crouched down on his haunches in the front of the group along…

This is a black and white photo of the film producter Vasgen Badal and Norma Crosbie greeting each other. Both are in formal wear and Badal looks on, vaguely distracted, while Norma Crosbie, dressed in a white lace dress, leans in to kiss him. The…

This is a black and white photo of the English actor Sir Alec Guinness standing with the festival director Dermot Breen. They are outdoors, possibly on a boat, standing side-by-side wearing heavy coats. Both are looking directly at the camera;…

This is a black and white photo of two unidentified glamorous women arriving at the Savoy cinema in Cork. They are wearing knee-length evening dresses, each accessorized with a fur stole and a small handbag. A large crowd gathers around them as far…

This is a black and white group photo of a Rank Organisation party which includes a large group of men and women dressed in formal attire. The Rank Organisation was a British film company whose contracted players included the English actor Tony…

This is a black and white photo, marked 1956, of the Italian actor Luisa Della Noce at the Woollen Mills. She is in conversation with a man, dressed in a light coloured waist-coat, who is helping drape a large swath of material around her right…

A black and white photo of the Yugoslav-born Italian actor Sylva Koscina fixing her hair while looking into a wall-sized mirror. She is wearing a full skirted three-quarter length off-the-shoulder dress (described as the 'famous dress' on another…

This is a black and white photo of the Yugoslav-born Italian actor Sylva Koscina, seated and holding up a stiletto high-heeled black shoe. The photo, taken in 1956, notes at the back that this is the first pointed high-heeled shoe in Cork. …