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This is a black and white photo of the Lord Mayor, Patrick McGrath, posing with the Irish film producer Louis Elliman and a representative from Rank Organisation. The photo has a note marked on the front in blue ink: First Cork International Film…

This is a black and white photo of the English film and television composer and conductor Philip Green in conversation Cardinal John Carmel Heenan. The photo is undated but it was probably taken in 1971 during the recording of St Patrick’s Mass which…

This is a black and white photo of the English actor Sally Thomsett with the actors Julian Glover and Shane Briant and others. The small group are standing in a busy room, decorated with promotional adverts for Harp Lager. A tentative Sally Thomsett,…

This is a black and white photo of the English film and television composer and conductor Philip Green. In this picture Green is conducting his composition St Patrick’s Mass, which was televised live from the Franciscan Church in Cork for the opening…

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 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…

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 English actor Tony Wright and Vida Breen. Wright was a Rank Organisation contract player for some years. He is shown in conversation with Vida Breen, the wife of the festival director Dermot Breen, at a dinner…

This is a black and white photo, marked 1956, of a Rank Organisation trip to Cobh, County Cork. The photo shows a small group of film festival visitors, dressed in daywear, both seated and standing on the deck of a boat. In the background, we can…

This is a black and white photo of the English film actor Anna Neagle (otherwise known as Dame Florence Marjorie Wilcox) (1904-1986) in conversation with the Lord Mayor of Cork, Patrick McGrath. Dressed in a dark suit which is accessorised with a fur…