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This is a black and white photo of the English actor Dawn Addams fixing the tie of her husband, Prince Vittorio Massimo of Rome. Addams is wearing a light-coloured dress accessorised with a hairband tied into her dark hair. She is smiling as she…

This is a black and white photo of the Japanese actor and film director Sachiko Hidari with a colleague, both of whom are holding awards. Standing on the left Hidari is holding a St Finbarr statue, the design of which is attributed to the Cork-born…

This is a black and white photo of unidentified guests at the festival. They are formally dressed and might be arriving at a screening. The flash of the camera lights up the detail of the light-coloured dress as the two guests linger in the foyer and…

A black and white photo, dated 1956, of the Italian actor Luisa Della Noce and the English actor Tony Wright, both dressed formally, sitting at a dining table posing for the camera. The wife of Dermot Breen, Vida Breen, can be made out on the left…

This is a black and white photograph dated 1965 of Frank Poole standing with an unidentified lady and the film festival director Dermot Breen. A bespectacled Poole, standing on the far left, is smiling broadly at the camera next to a dashing…

This is a black and white photo of the closing night of the festival in 1967 and shows guests and dignitaries seated across the expanse of the City Hall stage. A small white table at the front of the stage displays four St Finbarr statuettes,…

This is a black and white photo taken of a small group seated around a table at the Cork Film festival club. The club was sponsored by Harp Lager whose name adorns the large umbrella in the background. The back of the photo identifies only Gerry…

This is a black and white photo of the Cork qualifying round of the Miss Movie Girl competition. The photo is dated 1975 and notes that this is the ‘evening attire’ segment of the competition. The girls had to qualify from this round to be considered…

This undated black and white photo shows Billy Newman holding up a film reel while examining a strip of film against the light. He is dressed in a dapper glen-check tartan jacket accessorised with a flower on the left lapel and is shown in profile…

This is a black and white photo of Peter Barry making a presentation to Gerry Jones. Both men are in dress suits accessorised with bow-ties. Jones on the left, with his trademark eye-patch, is shown in profile shaking the hand of Peter Barry. Jones…