This is a souvenir programme for Tóstal Corcaí – the Festival of Cork, 1956. The original programme is a soft card-bound issue measuring 18.5cm x 24cm with 68 numbered pages. The pdf version includes a welcome from Lord Mayor Patrick McGrath.…
This is a black and white photo of festival attendees taken during the 1956 film festival. The group are dressed in formal evening wear, with the men wearing dark evening suits and Moira Lister wearing an off-the-shoulder long dark-coloured gown.…
This is a black and white photo of the Czech-born German film actor Winnie Markus taken in 1957 in front of the City Hall in Cork. Wearing a light-coloured summer dress, with white kitten-heeled slip-on shoes, she rests her right hand on the chained…
This is a signed black and white publicity photo of the English actor Suzanna Leigh (1945-2017). It is signed in blue ink with a short note: Thank you for a great stay, Suzanna Leigh. ’72.
This is a signed black and white publicity photo of the Polish actor Eva Krzyżewska. The photo is signed in Polish and translated reads: To the caring host of the film festival, sincere greetings from Eva Krzyżewska. 1.II.1961. Eva (Ewa) Krzyżewska…
This is a black and white photo of the actor Robert Shaw and Vida Breen at the entrance of the Capitol Cinema in Cork. Robert Shaw, in a dress suit, looks up towards the camera smiling, his hand linked through Vida Breen’s arm. She is dressed in a…
This is a black and white photo of three unidentified festival guests. The rear of the photo states that the photo is of two actors from Portugal ‘that no one could communicate with’ ... . The picture shows the two women smiling broadly for the…
This is a black and white photo of the English actor Mollie Peters sitting on the bonnet of a classic Mercedes-Benz car. Dressed in white trousers and a checkered shirt, Peters is leaning back and holding a local guide book of Cork while smiling at…
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 the Irish director Louis Marcus holding the Waterford Glass Film Critics’ Award in the company of the politicians Pearse Wyse, Peter Barry, and Gus Healy. The four men are all wearing dinner suits accessorised with…