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This is a black and white undated photo of Gus Healy greeting an unidentified guest in a crowded room. The formally dressed pair, hands clasped in a handshake, seem pleased to meet each other. We can make out the festival committee member Dick…

This is a black and white photo marked ‘festival jury’ in a photo dated ‘1960s’. The small group of five sit on a leather-covered high-backed bench, and smile for the camera. While some faces are familiar to us from the archive they remain…

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 undated black and white photo shows Billy Newman holding up a film reel while examining a strip of film against the light. He is dressed in a dapper glen-check tartan jacket accessorised with a flower on the left lapel and is shown in profile…

This is a black and white photo of the Cork qualifying round of the Miss Movie Girl competition. The photo is dated 1975 and notes that this is the ‘evening attire’ segment of the competition. The girls had to qualify from this round to be considered…

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 the closing night of the festival in 1967 and shows guests and dignitaries seated across the expanse of the City Hall stage. A small white table at the front of the stage displays four St Finbarr statuettes,…

This is a black and white photograph dated 1965 of Frank Poole standing with an unidentified lady and the film festival director Dermot Breen. A bespectacled Poole, standing on the far left, is smiling broadly at the camera next to a dashing…

A black and white photo, dated 1956, of the Italian actor Luisa Della Noce and the English actor Tony Wright, both dressed formally, sitting at a dining table posing for the camera. The wife of Dermot Breen, Vida Breen, can be made out on the left…

This black and white publicity photo of the German actor Winnie Markus was taken by the German photographer Arthur Grimm (1908-1990) - one of the most important photographers of the Nazi era. In 1936 he was responsible for the publicity stills of…