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This is a black and white photo of the English actor Tony Wright and Vida Breen. Wright was a Rank Organisation contract player for some years. He is shown in conversation with Vida Breen, the wife of the festival director Dermot Breen, at a dinner…

This is a black and white photo of six Miss Movie Girl participants sitting on the marble steps of an unidentified location. They pose for the camera in their best daywear, including short dresses accessorised with platform sandals, a crochet-fringed…

This black and white photo identifies this runway shot as part of the Miss Movie Girl competition. The competition had various rounds including ‘evening attire’ and swimwear. We note the Harp Lager promotional material providing a backdrop for an…

This is a black and white photo of the celebrated Cork-born poet Theo Dorgan, on the left in a leather jacket, with an unidentified companion. They are both looking down at the programme for the 31st Cork International Film Festival which took place…

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…

This is a black and white photo of the English actor Dawn Addams taken outdoors in a field of hay. Wearing a dark skirt and a light blouse, she is shown 'making hay' and is holding a small bale of hay aloft. She is accompanied by a man, shown in…

This is a black and white group photo of the Lord Mayor Patrick McGrath with the Italian actor Sylva Koscina, the French film producer Georges de la Grandière and Chris Curran. The group is dressed formally and Georges de la Grandière has one arm…

This is a black and white group photo of the German film actor Eva-Ingeborg Scholz with the Lord Mayor Seán McCarthy (1889-1974) and others identified at the back of the photo as Vida Breen, the Lord Mayor Seán McCarthy, Norma Crosbie, the Lord…

This is a black and white photograph of Éamon de Valera raising the Tóstal flag. While the photograph is not dated we might guess it was taken during the early tenure of his presidency in the fifties, during which time Patrick McGrath served as Lord…

This is one of a few colour photos in the archive. It shows the English actor Mollie Peters, sitting with the festival director Dermot Breen. They are seated side-by-side at a dinner table and Peters, wearing an emerald green dress, is shown in…