Margaret Savage and others at the Martini Terrace in London

Margaret Savage and others at the Martini Terrace in London

Cork Film Festival, Margaret Savage, Martini Terrace, London, London Friends of Cork, The Black and White Minstrel Show

This is a black and white photo of guests at a reception for the Cork Film Festival at the Martini Terrace in London. The only guest identified at the back of this undated photo is the singer and dancer Margaret Savage, on the far left, wearing a fur hat accessorised with a fur scarf. She smiles broadly at the camera, arms folded, while her companions chat to each other. Savage was a singer and dancer who worked on The Black and White Minstrel Show with the choreographer Roy Gunson who also attended the London event. The man on the far right, holding liqueur glasses to be refilled, and chatting with an unidentified companion, might be Richard ‘Dick’ Beamish from Cork.

The reception, hosted by the London Friends of the Festival, was held at the Martini International Club whose logo is printed on the front of this promotional photograph. The Martini Terrace, built in 1959, is an iconic landmark that sits on the top floor of the 18-storey New Zealand House in London. The skyscraper is located at the corner of Haymarket and Pall Mall with a view, that we can just about glimpse, towards Trafalgar Square and beyond.

University College Cork, Cork Film Festival, HW Neale, London

Cork Film Festival Collection

University College Cork

HW Neale, London

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TIFF
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English, eng

Cork, Ireland
London, England

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219 x 162mm