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This is a portrait-type black and white photo of the Scottish actor Maureen Swanson dated 1956. She has her head tilted to her right and is smiling up towards the camera. Swanson is wearing an off-the-shoulder white dress with a fur stole around her…

This is a black and white photo of a convivial scene including Luisa Della Noce being fed spaghetti by festival director Dermot Breen. Della Noce is wearing a velvet fur-trimmed dress and holding a cigarette in her left hand as she leans in towards…

This is a black and white photo, marked 1956, of a Rank Organisation trip to Cobh, County Cork. The photo shows a small group of film festival visitors, dressed in daywear, both seated and standing on the deck of a boat. In the background, we can…

This is a black and white photo of festival attendees taken during the 1956 film festival. The group are dressed in formal evening wear, with the men wearing dark evening suits and Moira Lister wearing an off-the-shoulder long dark-coloured gown.…

This is a black and white photograph of festival delegates in a photo marked '1956'. All are dressed in formal evening wear with the men in dark suits and bow-ties and the women in evening wear. In particular, we notice the light-coloured…

This is a black and white photo of the Czech-born German film actor Winnie Markus (1921-2002) and the Fianna Fáil politician Jack Lynch presenting her with an award. Markus, in a light-coloured evening gown decorated with pearl beads, is shown in…

This is a black and white photo of the American theatre and film director, Otto Preminger, taken on Patrick Street outside the Savoy Cinema. In this picture Preminger, in a dark suit and bow-tie, is walking purposefully towards the cinema accompanied…

This is a black and white photo of the American theatre and film director, Otto Preminger being presented an award by the Fianna Fáil politician Jack Lynch (1917-1999). They are both wearing dark suits with a bow-tie, and Preminger is shown, on the…

This is a black and white photo of the Fianna Fáil politician Jack Lynch (1917-1999) on the right presenting a St Finbarr statuette to Vasgen Badal in his capacity as leader of the German delegation. The Press Comments section of the 1959 Festival of…

This is a black and white photo of the festival director Dermot Breen standing in front of a microphone with the Irish stage, television, and screen actor Noel Purcell. Purcell, with his trademark beard, and hands clasped before him, is looking at…