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.
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
TIFF
JPEG
Language
English, eng
Coverage
1956
Cork, Ireland
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.