1960 Cork Film Festival programme content
Cork Film Festival, John Halas, Robert Aldrich, Vinicio Marinucci, Gilbert Salachas, Conor Sweeney, Fr Agnellus Andrew, Robert Breathnach, Carol Reed, Poland
The original 1960 programme is a soft card-bound issue measuring 24cm x 16.5cm. The bind is stapled and it has 40 numbered pages. It has some wear & tear on the cover – particularly around the rust-damaged staples. A pencilled name ‘Noel Ryan-Savoy’ is scribbled across the top edge of the programme. This pdf of the 1960 programme includes profiles of Jury president, the animator John Halas (1912-1995), American director Robert Aldrich (1918-1983), Italian director Vinicio Marinucci (1916-2001), film journalist Gilbert Salachas, writer Conor Sweeney, and the commentator Fr Agnellus Andrew (1908-1987), Vice-president of the Pontifical Commission for Social Communications. Articles include The Post-War Polish School of Filmmakers by Robert Breathnach et al (pp.36-38) and a tribute to Sir Carol Reed by Robert Breathnach (pp.39-40). As well as programme listings the brochure includes a number of advertisements from local and national companies across all sectors of the business world.
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Cork International Film Festival programme cover from 1960
This is a black and white photo, marked ‘1960s workshop’. A large audience fill the room with young listeners seated at the back and older listeners to the front. The speaker (or film) is off-camera and has the attention of the room. A double-reel movie projector is set up at the rear of the room. In the front row a man in a Macintosh coat, and recording equipment at his feet, leans forward holding a hand-held microphone listening attentively to the proceedings. (We note that while the photo is dated '1960s,' from the clothes we might suspect a date of 1970s?)
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1961 Cork Film Festival programme content
Cork Film Festival, Jerzy Bossak, Charles Ford, Klaus Hebecker, John Ormond, Seán ó Briain, Fritz Lang, George Morrison, Paul Rotha, Kamal Attia, Vittorio De Sica
The original 1961 programme is a soft card-bound issue measuring 20.5cm x 13.5cm. The bind is stapled and it has 40 numbered pages. The pdf of the 1961 programme includes profiles of the film critic Jerzy Bossak, film critic Charles Ford, German film critic Klaus Hebecker, filmmaker John Ormond, and cinéaste Seán ó Briain who also worked as an assistant editor for Mise Éire. Articles include The World Laughs (p.39) and A Tribute to Fritz Lang (p.40). Programme listings include a listing for Saoirese (George Morrison, 1961) (p.5). Saoirse is the second of the trilogy of documentary films intended to give a picture of the history of Ireland. Mise Éire (George Morrison, 1959) with music composed by Seán Ó Riada, covers the final page of the 1959 programme and details the magnitude of the task in making this documentary. Programme listings also include Das Leben von Adolf Hitler (The Life of Adolf Hitler) (1961) directed by Paul Rotha who came to the festival that year; Ressalah Ailallah (Letter to God) (Kamal Attia, 1961) and the award-winning La Ciociara (Two Women) (1960), starring Sophia Loren, whose director Vittorio De Sica was a visitor to the festival in its early years. As well as programme listings the brochure includes a number of advertisements from local and national companies across all sectors of the business world.
Cork Film Festival, Dermot Breen, Gus Healy, Richard Beamish, Dan Donovan, S Fitzgerald, Lord Mayor, Anthony Barry, Aloys Fleischmann, Robert Breathnach
Cork International Film Festival programme cover from 1961
1962 Cork International Film Festival promotional leaflet
Cork Film Festival, Sophia Loren, Award, Trophy
This is a promotional three-fold leaflet for the 1962 Cork International Film Festival. The leaflet describes the founding of the festival in 1956 and the plans for the seventh edition of the festival. There is a short description of the Festival Club and ticket options (£1 for festival club membership). An image of Sophia Loren on the inside of the leaflet is accompanied by text detailing her win of the 1961 Waterford Glass Trophy, for outstanding acting performance, for her part in Two Women (Vittorio de Sicca, 1960). Other images of celebrities from the 1961 festival decorate the opening page of the leaflet.
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Telegram from Sophia Loren to Dermot Breen
1965 Cork Film Festival programme content
Cork Film Festival, Minhea Gheorghiu, Sergio Amidei, Hugues Marie Joseph de Place, Ernst Krüger, Fr John C Kelly, Heinz Rühmann, Colm ó Laoghaire, Niall Tóibín, Louis Marcus, Conor Sweeny, Jean Benoit-Levy, Charles Ford, Billy Wilder, Robert Gessner, Dan Donovan, Mollie Plowright, Fr Holloway, Fr Kelly
The original 1965 programme is a slim soft card-bound issue measuring 26.5cm x 11cm. The bind is stapled and it has 84 numbered pages. There is minor wear & tear on the cover which is coming away from the rust-damaged staples. The 1965 pdf version includes profiles of Jury president Romanian writer Minhea Gheorghiu (1919-2011), Italian screenwriter Sergio Amidei (1904-1981), Hugues Marie Joseph de Place, German producer Ernst Krüger (1898-1995), and film critic Fr John C Kelly. Programme listings include a listing for Dr Hiob Praetorius (Kurt Hoffman, 1965) starring Heinz Rühmann who came to the festival that year. Irish productions, Saoire Ar Uisce (Holidays on Water) and Peictiuiri Chun Pleisiuir (Pictures for Pleasure), both directed by Colm ó Laoghaire, and with a commentary by Niall Tóibín, and Rhapsody of a River directed by Louis Marcus, with music by Seán Ó Riada, are listed this year. Articles include Ten Years Ago (recalling the birth of the film festival) by Conor Sweeny (pp.6-9), A Tribute to Jean Benoit-Levy: Humanist and Craftsman by Charles Ford (pp.71-74) and Billy Wilder: Court Jester to the World by Professor Robert Gessner, New York University (pp.75-79). As well as programme listings the brochure includes a number of advertisements from local and national companies across all sectors of the business world. We also note a symposium on Censorship and the Film was presented that year with Dan Donovan, Mollie Plowright, Fr Holloway, and Fr Kelly (p.74).
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Cork Film Festival, Dermot Breen, Gus Healy, Richard Beamish, Dan Donovan
Cork International Film Festival programme cover from 1965
1966 Cork Film Festival programme content
Cork Film Festival, Dilys Powell, Kashiko Kawakita, Jan Olof Olsson, Minhea Gheorghiu, Patrick Carey, Norman Cohen, Delbert Mann, Angela Lansbury, Alberto Lattuada, Trevor Howard, Cornelius Desmond, Noel Purcell, Maria Perschy, Margot Trooger, Carrigaline Pipe Band, Stanley Kramer, Robert Gessner
The original 1966 programme is a slim soft card-bound issue measuring 26cm x 11cm. The bind is stapled and it has 80 numbered pages. The pdf version includes profiles and images of Jury president film critic Dilys Powell (Britain), Kashiko Kawakita (Japan), Jan Olof Olsson (Sweden), Minhea Gheorghiu (Romania), and Patrick Carey (Ireland). Programme listings include a listing for Brendan Behan’s Dublin (1966) directed by Norman Cohen who was a regular visitor to the festival in its early years; Woman Without a Face (also known as Mister Buddwing) (Delbert Mann, 1966) starring Jean Simmons and Angela Lansbury, which was nominated for two Academy Awards. Festival related images include the Italian director Alberto Lattuada, Trevor Howard, Cornelius Desmond, Noel Purcell, actor Maria Perschy, actor Margot Trooger with members of the Carrigaline Pipe Band. As well as programme listings the brochure includes a number of advertisements from local and national companies across all sectors of the business world. Articles include A Tribute of Stanley Kramer by Robert Gessner (pp.69-71) and A Tribute to Alberto Lattuada (pp.72-75).
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Cork Film Festival, Dermot Breen, Gus Healy, Richard Beamish, Lord Mayor Sean Casey
Cork International Film Festival programme cover from 1966
1967 Cork Film Festival programme content
Cork Film Festival, Jan Olof Olsson, Vicomte Georges de la Grandiere, Hattum Hoving, Cecil Ford, William (Bill) Harpur, Louis Marcus, Robert Monks, Minhea Gheorghiu, Dilys Powell, Patrick Carey, Kashiko Kawakita, Japan, Herbert Hegedo, Gus Healy, Delbert Mann, Carl Dreyer, Bernard McDonagh
The original 1967 programme is a slim soft card-bound issue measuring 26.5cm x 11cm. The bind is stapled and it has 80 numbered pages. The pdf version includes profiles and images of Jury president Jan Olof Olsson (Sweden), Vicomte Georges de la Grandiere (France), Hattum Hoving (Netherlands), Cecil Ford (UK), and William Harpur (Ireland). Programme listings include the Short Fleá Ceoil (1967) directed by Louis Marcus, with photography by Robert Monks. Festival related images include members of the 1966 Jury Minhea Gheorghiu (Romania), Dilys Powell (UK), Patrick Carey (Ireland), Kashiko Kawakita (Japan) and Herbert Hegedo (Germany); and Gus Healy with the Japanese delegation. As well as programme listings the brochure includes a number of advertisements from local and national companies across all sectors of the business world. Articles include Tribute to Delbert Mann (pp.70-71) and A Retrospective Programme in Honour of Carl Dreyer by Bernard McDonagh (pp.72-75).
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Cork International Film Festival programme cover from 1967
1968 Cork Film Festival programme content
Cork Film Festival, Jean Healy, Alexander Mackendrick, Zvonimir Berkovic, Judd Bernard, Paul Mareau, Liam O Laoghaire, Liam O'Leary, Sidney Lumet, Bernard McDonagh, Harry Wallace
The original 1968 programme is a slim soft card-bound programme measuring 26.5cm x 11cm. The bind is stapled and it has 60 numbered pages. The cover design, by Harry Wallace, is repeated across many editions of the festival during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The cover is signed on the inside, in pencil, with the name Jean Healy – Irish Press. The pdf version includes profiles and images of Jury chairman Alexander Mackendrick (Scotland), Zvonimir Berkovic (Yugoslavia), Judd Bernard (USA), Paul Mareau (France), Liam O Laoghaire (Ireland). As well as programme listings the brochure includes a number of advertisements from local and national companies across all sectors of the business world. Articles include A Retrospective Programme in honour of Sidney Lumet by Bernard McDonagh (pp. 51-52). Films by Lumet screened at the festival that year included Long Day’s Journey into Night (1962) starring Katherine Hepburn; The Hill (1965); Deadly Affair (1966) starring James Mason and Simone Signoret; Twelve Angry Men (1957) starring Henry Fonda, and Bye Bye Braverman (1968).
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Cork International Film Festival programme cover from 1968
1969 Cork Film Festival programme content
Cork Film Festival, Morrie Roizam, Ana Maria Narti, Mathes Rehder, Jean Leon, Robert Monks, Maire O’Donnell, John Halas, Joy Batchelor, Hal B. Wallis, Seamus Murphy
The original 1969 programme is a slim soft card-bound programme measuring 11cm x 26.5cm. The bind is stapled and it has 60 numbered pages. The cover design, by Harry Wallace, is repeated across many editions of the festival during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The pdf version includes profiles and images of festival jury members Morrie Roizam (USA) (Chairman), Ana Maria Narti (Romania), Mathes Rehder (Germany), Jean Leon (France), and Robert Monks (Ireland). Programme listings include the Ardmore-Krasne production I Can’t I Can’t (Piers Haggard, 1970) starring Denis Waterman and Maire O’Donnell; Linear Programming (Halas & Batchelor, 1969). A Halas and Batchelor cartoon film exhibition is advertised and ran throughout the festival period in 1969. Articles include A Tribute to Hal B. Wallis (pp.52-55) and A Retrospective Programme in Honour of the March of Time (p.55). There is a short article about the St Finnbarr Statuette Award (Naomh Fionnbarra) designed by Seamus Murphy on page 5. The brochure also includes a number of advertisements from local and national companies across all sectors of the business world.
Cork International Film Festival programme cover from 1969
1970 Cork Film Festival programme content
Cork Film Festival, Harry Wallace, Margaret Hinxman, John Baxter, Edmund Luft, Vinicio Marinucci, Seamus O’Connor, Bryan Forbes, Seamus Murphy
The original 1970 programme is a slim soft card-bound issue measuring 26.5cm x 11cm. The bind is stapled and it has 56 numbered pages. There is slight wear and tear and rust damage around the staples. The cover design, by Harry Wallace, is repeated across many editions of the festival during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The pdf version includes profiles and images of festival jury members Margaret Hinxman (England), John Baxter (Australia), Edmund Luft (Germany), Vinicio Marinucci (Italy) and Seamus O’Connor (Ireland). Articles include A Tribute to Bryan Forbes (pp.44-45). There is a short article about the St Finnbarr Statuette Award (Naomh Fionnbarra) designed by Seamus Murphy on page 4. The brochure also includes a number of advertisements from local and national companies across all sectors of the business world.
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Cork Film Festival, Dermot Breen, Gus Healy, Richard Beamish, Lord Mayor Peter Barry, Harry Wallace
Cork International Film Festival programme cover from 1970