Group photo from 1956 festival

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Title

Group photo from 1956 festival

Subject

Cork Film Festival, Josephine Griffin, June Thorburn, Maureen Swanson, Dermot Breen, Jim Cassidy, John E Walsh, Superintendent O'Dowd, Captain Tom McKenna, Professor Breanach, Seamus Fitzgerald, Brian Sinnott

Description

This is a black and white group photo from 1956 consisting of nine men and three women all dressed formally in evening wear. The three women are the English actors Josephine Griffin, June Thorburn, and Maureen Swanson and all are dressed in light-coloured shoulderless evening gowns. All three actors seated in the front row are animated, and shown in mid-conversation. Alongside them are seated two of the men, one of whom is the festival director Dermot Breen. The other men in the photo are identified (on the back of the photo) as Jim Cassidy, John E Walsh, Superintendent O'Dowd, Captain Tom McKenna, Professor Breanach, Seamus Fitzgerald, and Brian Sinnot.

Creator

University College Cork, Cork Film Festival, Liam Kennedy

Source

Cork Film Festival Collection

Publisher

University College Cork

Date

1956

Contributor

Liam Kennedy

Rights

©Liam Kennedy. 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

211 x 160mm

Collection

Citation

University College Cork, Cork Film Festival, Liam Kennedy, “Group photo from 1956 festival,” Cork International Film Festival Archive, accessed December 21, 2024, https://corkfilmfest.ucc.ie/items/show/93.