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This is a black and white photo of the artist and journalist Frank Sanquest interviewing an unidentified festival colleague. Sanquest is turned to his guest, who is smiling and gesticulating, as he speaks to him. Sanquest was a Cork-born artist,…

This is a black and white photo of the artist Frank Sanquest with David Kossoff, Margaret Rose Mount and an unidentified companion. This is an early photograph of the Cork-born artist and journalist Sanquest, taken in the 1960s. As with other…

This is a black and white photo of the French film director François Truffaut and the festival director Dermot Breen at the Harp-sponsored festival club. They are standing close together in conversation. Breen is wearing a festival ribbon marked…

This black and white photo shows a formally dressed George McSweeney (or McSwiney) sitting at the piano of the Cork City Hall in a photo marked ‘60s or 70s’. It might be the 1970s as we have an archive photo of an award presentation that was…

This is a black and white photo of the German-born actor Ferdy Mayne on stage with the Irish actor Michael Twomey. Mayne on the left of this photo, with his distinctive dark eye brows, is speaking into the microphone while Twomey looks on, papers…

This is a black and white photo of the German actor Hannelore Elsner, wearing a heart-patterned dress, looking up at the camera smiling. Elsner’s long-standing career ended only with her death in 2019, age 77. In the early 1970s Elsner appeared in…

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 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…

This is a black and white photo of a group attending the Harp Lager-sponsored festival club, some of whom are identified at the back of the photo as the head of Guinness sales, Bobby Hoick, and Alan Buttanshaw, managing director from Player and Wills…

This is a black and white photo of a group, some standing and some seated, and all dressed formally. The three women, in evening wear and seated, include the English actors Josephine Griffin, Maureen Swanson, and June Thoburn. They are animated and…