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This is a black and white photo of the festival director Dermot Breen flanked by the Italian actors Sylva Koscina and Luisa Della Noce. All three, smiling at the camera, are dressed in evening wear and Breen has his arms around the waist of the two…

This is a black and white photo of the Czech-born German actor Winnie Markus taken with a group of men identified as 'dockers' at the back of the photo. Cork had a rich history of dockers working at the Port of Cork, unloading ships berthed at the…

This is a black and white photo, dated 1956, of the Yugoslav-born Italian actor Sylva Koscina surrounded by local fans as far as the eye can see. She is wearing a Glen-check jacket with a festival pin on the left lapel. She appears to be signing her…

This is a black and white group photo of the 1956 Lord Mayor, Patrick McGrath, standing with Rank Stars listed as Josephine Griffin, June Thorburn, John Gregson, Tony Wright and Maureen Swanson. The Lord Mayor, wearing a dark suit with his chain of…

This is black and white photo of the English film actor Josephine Griffin (1928-2005), festival director Dermot Breen and the English actor June Thorburn (1931-1967). They are seated, and in animated conversation with each other. All three are…

This is a black and white photo of the English film actor Anna Neagle (otherwise known as Dame Florence Marjorie Wilcox) visiting children in a hospital during 1956. Wearing a tweed coat and a white hat, Neagle is chatting with two young children who…

This is a black and white photo of Father Burke with a group of film festival delegates from the first year of the festival in 1956. Father Burke is standing on the left in a dark suit and white-collar, his colleagues on the right are both in dark…

This is a black and white photo of the popular French film actor Barbara Laage (1920-1988) in a rural scene, riding on a cart being pulled by a white donkey. Laage, with her short wavy blond hair tied back in a light-coloured headscarf, is wearing a…

This is a black and white photo of the English actor Dawn Addams fishing on the River Lee along the South Mall in Cork. Wearing a light-coloured summer dress accessorised with a coloured headband tied into her dark hair, Addams is facing the river…

This is a black and white photo of Prince Vittorio Emanuele Massimo from Rome, the husband of the English actor Dawn Addams, taken at the Cork Telephone Exchange. Massimo is shown, wearing a light-coloured suit, laughing whilst bent over speaking…