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This is a black and white photo of the English actor Liz Fraser, with an unidentified companion at a drinks reception for the festival in London. Fraser, wearing a light-coloured evening coat with fur-trimmed lapels, smiles broadly at the camera…

This is a black and white photo of the festival director Dermot Breen with an unidentified colleague. They are turned towards each other in conversation, while the light of the camera catches the warm smile of the woman. The photo is marked ‘London,…

This is a black and white photo of the festival founder Dermot Breen with festival delegates at the airport. The delegates are not identified but we recognise the English actor Linda Hayden standing at the foot of the Aer Lingus stairway with Breen.…

This is a black and white photo of the English actor Dawn Addams being interviewed by the RTÉ broadcaster Maxwell Sweeney in 1957. Sweeney (1909-1991) was an RTÉ radio broadcaster and producer; the RTÉ archives notes that he started work with RTÉ in…

This is a black and white photo of the French film actor Barbara Laage standing with a group of men, some identified at the back of the photo as Gus Healy, Jan Neary (Unifrance), and Colonel Hallnan. Laage, holding a bouquet of flowers in her arms,…

This is an undated black and white photo of an award presentation to unidentified participants of the festival. The image is interesting because of the nature of the award itself which is an elaborate three-tiered multi-column confection unlike the…

This is a black and white photo of two guests at the festival club. They are turned towards each other, hands clasped, as they smile for the camera. In the background we can just about identify the distinctive lattice fencing of the festival club…