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This is a sepia-toned black and white photo of President Seán T O’Kelly being escorted into the Savoy Cinema by the Irish impresario Louis Elliman. This was taken in 1956 during the first edition of the Cork International Film Festival and would have…

This is a black and white photo of the festival director Dermot Breen escorting an unidentified actor at the steps of the Savoy Cinema in Cork. Both are dressed in formal evening wear, Breen in a dark suit and the lady in a three-quarter length dress…

The 1975 Gala Premiere programme cover is off-white with a line drawing on the front of a cinema with outline figures of people queuing up outside to enter. To the right spotlights throw up star-flecked light towards the right edge of the programme.…

This is a black and white photo of the Italian film director and actor Vittorio De Sica leaving the Savoy cinema, Cork. Above De Sica we see posters advertising the comedy film Cannon Serenade (Wolfgang Staudte, 1958) in which De Sica starred as the…

This is a black and white photo of the art deco façade of the Cork Savoy cinema on Patrick Street, advertising the 1959 festival. Flags of the participating countries adorn the building in a daytime street scene. A group of boys on the left of the…

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 English actor, Dawn Addams, and a companion, arriving at the Savoy Cinema on Patrick Street, Cork in 1957. They are surrounded by a large crowd that extends back as far as the limestone façade of the Cash &…

This is a black and white photo of two glamorous women identified as 'Italians' on the back of the photo dated 1956. The actors, probably Lea Massari and Fiorella Mari, are wearing knee-length evening dresses accessorised with a fur stole and small…

This is a black and white photo of two unidentified glamorous women arriving at the Savoy cinema in Cork. They are wearing knee-length evening dresses, each accessorized with a fur stole and a small handbag. A large crowd gathers around them as far…

This is a black and white photo of the Italian film director and actor, Vittorio De Sica, arriving at the Savoy cinema, escorted by an entourage of seven men dressed in evening suits. The group include the festival director Dermot Breen at the far…