Winnie Markus outside the Savoy Cinema, Cork

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Title

Winnie Markus outside the Savoy Cinema, Cork

Subject

Cork Film Festival, Winnie Markus, Dermot Breen, Cash & Co Department Store, Savoy

Description

This is a black and white photo of the Czech-born German film actor Winnie Markus stepping out of a car at the Savoy cinema during the 1956 Cork Film Festival. She is dressed in an elaborate fur-trimmed coat and evening dress and is photographed smiling to her right. An usher is holding a large umbrella over her as she leaves the car and we can see the festival director Dermot Breen just behind the usher.

Crowds gather behind the car as far as the eye can see right up to the limestone facade of the Cash & Co. department store at the junction of Patrick Street and Maylor Street. The origins of the Cash & Co department store began with a Mr Todd who opened a shop at this site known variously as Todds, or Carmichael and Company. It came to be known by locals as Cash's in 1877 when it became a private company with the official name of Cash and Company Limited. It was destroyed by fire, along with its neighbours on Patrick Street including Roches Stores, during the deliberate burning of Cork by Auxiliaries on the nights of 11 and 12 December 1920. A new store was built on the same site using limestone from Little Island, Cork. It has changed hands a few times since then until its sale to Brown Thomas and Company Limited in 1991 after which it is now named.

Creator

University College Cork, Cork Film Festival, RW Hammond

Source

Cork Film Festival Collection

Publisher

University College Cork

Date

1956

Contributor

RW Hammond

Rights

©RW Hammond. All rights reserved. Please credit Cork International Film Festival & provide a link back to this site.

Format

Photo
TIFF
JPEG

Language

English, eng

Coverage

1956
Cork, Ireland

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Photo

Physical Dimensions

165 x 215mm

Collection

Citation

University College Cork, Cork Film Festival, RW Hammond , “Winnie Markus outside the Savoy Cinema, Cork,” Cork International Film Festival Archive, accessed November 5, 2024, https://corkfilmfest.ucc.ie/items/show/34.