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This is a black and white photo of Vida (née Daly) Breen with Prince Vittorio Massimo of Rome who was then the husband of the English actor Dawn Addams. Vida Breen was the wife of the film festival director, Dermot Breen, whom she married in 1952. In…

This is a black and white photo of President Seán T.O'Kelly in 1956 standing with the theatre and cinema impresario Louis Elliman, and others identified at the back of the photo as Father J.A.V.Bourke and Major Halliman. President Kelly is standing…

This is a black and white photo of the art deco façade of the Cork Savoy cinema on Patrick Street, advertising the 1959 festival. Flags of the participating countries adorn the building in a daytime street scene. A group of boys on the left of the…

This is a black and white photo of the film festival director Dermot Breen and three women marked as 'Italian Girls' on the back of the photo. Breen is shown laughing in the centre of the photo surrounded by the three women who are smiling towards…

This is a photo of the the English actor Dawn Addams embracing the film festival director Dermot Breen. Addams is shown in profile with her arms around Breen who is smiling up above the eyeline of the camera. Both are in formal wear with Addams…

This is a black and white photo of the English actor Dawn Addams being interviewed by the RTÉ broadcaster Maxwell Sweeney in 1957. Sweeney (1909-1991) was an RTÉ radio broadcaster and producer; the RTÉ archives notes that he started work with RTÉ in…

This is a black and white photo of the English actor Dawn Addams and her husband, Prince Vittorio Emanuele Massimo from Rome, at the Midleton Agriculture Show in 1957. They are shown standing in a field with a small dark bull, adorned with…

This is a black and white photo of the American theatre and film director Otto Preminger with the English actor Dawn Addams. In this picture Preminger, in a dark suit and bow-tie, is turned towards Addams with his left arm around her shoulders.…

This is a black and white photo of the French film actor Barbara Laage with two dogs. She is crouched down and air-kissing the short-haired dogs which appear to be pointing dogs (or gundogs). Laage, her eyes shut and her short, wavy blond hair…

This is a black and white photo of the Czech-born German film actor Winnie Markus taken in 1957 in front of the City Hall in Cork. Wearing a light-coloured summer dress, with white kitten-heeled slip-on shoes, she rests her right hand on the chained…