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This is a black and white photo of the British actor Suzanna Leigh posing with the festival director Dermot Breen in 1972. Leigh and Breen have their arms wrapped around each other and are smiling at the camera. Breen is in a dress suit and Leigh is…

This is a black and white photo of the Cork qualifying round of the Miss Movie Girl competition. The photo is dated 1975 and notes that this is the ‘evening attire’ segment of the competition. The girls had to qualify from this round to be considered…

This is a black and white photo of six Miss Movie Girl participants sitting on the marble steps of an unidentified location. They pose for the camera in their best daywear, including short dresses accessorised with platform sandals, a crochet-fringed…

This black and white photo identifies this runway shot as part of the Miss Movie Girl competition. The competition had various rounds including ‘evening attire’ and swimwear. We note the Harp Lager promotional material providing a backdrop for an…

This is a black and white photo of the English actor Lynda Bellingham taking a bath. She has a mischievous grin on her face and little else except bath bubbles to dress her. The location of the bath is not identified but as the photo is credited to…

This is a black and white photo of the English-born actor Carol Cleveland possibly taken at the festival club in 1972. She is sitting on a low-sized metal chair, posing for the camera, wearing a dark-patterned dress that drapes around her long legs.…

This is a black and white photo of festival staff, dressed in film festival promotional sweatshirts, on the roof of the Cork Opera House. They are posing amidst the roof-top detritus of abandoned steel poles and advertising hoarding while below them…

This is a black and white undated image of a festival trophy. The silver-plated single-column trophy is engraved with the Cork coat of arms on the front. The award is topped with a film reel with film ribbon looped around its core and the film ribbon…

This is a black and white photo of Sheamus Smith, William (Bill) Harpur and an unidentified woman who might be Sheila Hampson, the partner of Smith. A bespectacled Smith is standing on the far left, in a light-coloured suit, striped shirt and holding…

This is a black and white photo of a group attending the Harp Lager-sponsored festival club, some of whom are identified at the back of the photo as the head of Guinness sales, Bobby Hoick, and Alan Buttanshaw, managing director from Player and Wills…