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This is an undated black and white photo of the festival director Dermot Breen in a solitary pose. Breen is a familiar presence in the archive – he was a visionary and the driving force behind the inception of the festival in 1956 as part of An…

This is a black and white photo of the German film actor Eva-Ingeborg Scholz (1928-) standing with the festival director Dermot Breen, the Iranian-German film producer Vasgen Badal and Dinny Gould. All four are dressed in formal wear and smiling.…

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 the English actor and fashionista Virginia Wetherell with a guest identified at the back of the photo as the Canadian JJ McArdle. They are talking to each other, seated at a table laden with the detritus of a meal.…

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…

This is a black and white photo of the Italian film director and actor Vittorio De Sica stepping out of a car at Kent train station in Cork. The photo notes that he is accompanied by Ken Rives and the festival director Dermot Breen. A third man,…

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 group photo of delegates at the 1957 Cork Film Festival. The formally dressed group are mostly standing facing the camera. The festival director Dermot Breen is crouched down on his haunches in the front of the group along…

This is a black and white photo of the Czech-born German film actor Winnie Markus at a meal. She is shown mid-bite, eating a sausage, smiling up towards the camera. Markus is dressed in a light-coloured sleeveless evening gown decorated with…

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…