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This is a black and white photo of the Czech-born German actor Winnie Markus taken with a group of men identified as 'dockers' at the back of the photo. Cork had a rich history of dockers working at the Port of Cork, unloading ships berthed at the…

This is a black and white 1956 photo of the Yugoslav-born Italian actor Sylva Koscina and the screenwriter and producer, Georges de La Grandière. Both are formally dressed and de La Grandière is holding a St Finbarr award in his left hand and has his…

This is a black and white photo of two glamorous women identified as 'Italians' on the back of the photo dated 1956. The actors, probably Lea Massari and Fiorella Mari, are wearing knee-length evening dresses accessorised with a fur stole and small…

This is a black and white photo of the festival director Dermot Breen flanked by the Italian actors Sylva Koscina and Luisa Della Noce. All three, smiling at the camera, are dressed in evening wear and Breen has his arms around the waist of the two…

This is a black and white photo of the Yugoslav-born Italian actor Sylva Koscina, seated and holding up a stiletto high-heeled black shoe. The photo, taken in 1956, notes at the back that this is the first pointed high-heeled shoe in Cork. …

This is a black and white photo of the English actor Dawn Addams taken outdoors in a field of hay. Wearing a dark skirt and a light blouse, she is shown 'making hay' and is holding a small bale of hay aloft. She is accompanied by a man, shown in…

A black and white photo of the Yugoslav-born Italian actor Sylva Koscina fixing her hair while looking into a wall-sized mirror. She is wearing a full skirted three-quarter length off-the-shoulder dress (described as the 'famous dress' on another…

This is a black and white photo of a group dressed in formal wear. They are all standing and smiling towards the camera. The group of four women, in three-quarter length frocks, and three men, all in dark suits, include the Yugoslav-born Italian…

This is a black and white photo, marked 1956, of the Italian actor Luisa Della Noce at the Woollen Mills. She is in conversation with a man, dressed in a light coloured waist-coat, who is helping drape a large swath of material around her right…

This is a black and white group photo of a Rank Organisation party which includes a large group of men and women dressed in formal attire. The Rank Organisation was a British film company whose contracted players included the English actor Tony…