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This is a black and white group photo of a Rank Organisation party which includes a large group of men and women dressed in formal attire. The Rank Organisation was a British film company whose contracted players included the English actor Tony…

This is a black and white photo, marked 1956, of the Italian actor Luisa Della Noce at the Woollen Mills. She is in conversation with a man, dressed in a light coloured waist-coat, who is helping drape a large swath of material around her right…

A black and white photo of the Yugoslav-born Italian actor Sylva Koscina fixing her hair while looking into a wall-sized mirror. She is wearing a full skirted three-quarter length off-the-shoulder dress (described as the 'famous dress' on another…

This is a black and white photo of the Yugoslav-born Italian actor Sylva Koscina, seated and holding up a stiletto high-heeled black shoe. The photo, taken in 1956, notes at the back that this is the first pointed high-heeled shoe in Cork. …

This is a black and white photo of the festival director Dermot Breen flanked by the Italian actors Sylva Koscina and Luisa Della Noce. All three, smiling at the camera, are dressed in evening wear and Breen has his arms around the waist of the two…

This is a black and white photo of the Czech-born German actor Winnie Markus taken with a group of men identified as 'dockers' at the back of the photo. Cork had a rich history of dockers working at the Port of Cork, unloading ships berthed at the…

This is a black and white photo, dated 1956, of the Yugoslav-born Italian actor Sylva Koscina surrounded by local fans as far as the eye can see. She is wearing a Glen-check jacket with a festival pin on the left lapel. She appears to be signing her…

This is a black and white group photo of the 1956 Lord Mayor, Patrick McGrath, standing with Rank Stars listed as Josephine Griffin, June Thorburn, John Gregson, Tony Wright and Maureen Swanson. The Lord Mayor, wearing a dark suit with his chain of…

This is black and white photo of the English film actor Josephine Griffin (1928-2005), festival director Dermot Breen and the English actor June Thorburn (1931-1967). They are seated, and in animated conversation with each other. All three are…

This is a black and white photo of the English film actor Anna Neagle (otherwise known as Dame Florence Marjorie Wilcox) visiting children in a hospital during 1956. Wearing a tweed coat and a white hat, Neagle is chatting with two young children who…