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This is a black and white photo of Vida (née Daly) Breen with Prince Vittorio Massimo of Rome who was then the husband of the English actor Dawn Addams. Vida Breen was the wife of the film festival director, Dermot Breen, whom she married in 1952. In…

This is a black and white photo of Prince Vittorio Emanuele Massimo from Rome, the husband of the English actor Dawn Addams, taken at the Cork Telephone Exchange. Massimo is shown, wearing a light-coloured suit, laughing whilst bent over speaking…

This is a black and white photo of the English actor Dawn Addams fishing on the River Lee along the South Mall in Cork. Wearing a light-coloured summer dress accessorised with a coloured headband tied into her dark hair, Addams is facing the river…

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 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 photograph, marked '1956', of the English actor Tony Wright standing in front of the Tower House of the Blarney Castle, County Cork. He is dressed in a light-coloured pin-stripe wool suit and tie and is standing smiling…

This is a black and white photo of the popular French film actor Barbara Laage (1920-1988) in a rural scene, riding on a cart being pulled by a white donkey. Laage, with her short wavy blond hair tied back in a light-coloured headscarf, is wearing a…

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 eight programme sellers, identified at the back of the photo as the 'first programme sellers'. The young women are dressed in above-the-knee dresses and low-heeled court shoes. They stand together in a…

This is a black and white photo of the English actor June Thorburn leaning back to kiss the Blarney Stone at the Blarney Castle, Cork. Thorburn is dressed in a dark top with a light-coloured blouse and is smiling up at the camera as she leans…