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This is a black and white group photo of the English actor Anna Neagle with the Italian actors Sylva Koscina, Luisa Della Noce and others. The group, dressed in formal wear, are standing together, and Neagle, in a sequined off-the-shoulder-gown, is…

This is a black and white photo of the Army Band taken at a festival gala event in the 1970s. They are shown from the top in the flower-decorated orchestra pit of the City Hall. The unidentified conductor stands at the podium - head lowered as he…

This is a black and white photo of the festival director Dermot Breen escorting an unidentified actor at the steps of the Savoy Cinema in Cork. Both are dressed in formal evening wear, Breen in a dark suit and the lady in a three-quarter length dress…

This is a black and white photo of the Irish athlete Noel Carroll posing with the actors Vicki and Ann Michelle at the festival club. The group are standing in front of a poster advertising the French-Belgian film Rendezvous at Bray (André Delvaux,…

This is a black and white undated photo of the Australian actor Nick Tate on the stage with the Cork theatre actor Elaine Stephens. They are both laughing as Stevens looks down at her notes. Born in 1942, Tate is best known for his role as a pilot in…

This is a black and white photo of an award ceremony at the Cork City Hall and shows the all-male guests and dignitaries seated across the expanse of the stage. Small tables at the front of the stage display four glass whiskey decanters and the…

This is a black and white photo of an unidentified delegate standing at a microphone, his head lowered reading from a script. He is dark-haired with wire-framed glasses and wearing a long-line black belted jacket (which might help us date this image…

This is a black and white photo of a young Jack Lynch at an award presentation with an unidentified colleague. A St Finbarr statuette, inside a wooden box, is being exchanged and, on the table behind Lynch, we can make out a stack of boxed festival…

This is a black and white photo of the French film actor Barbara Laage (1920-1988) accepting a drink from a man identified as John Neary at the back of the photo. Laage is seated and smiling up at Neary as she takes her glass from him. She is wearing…

This is a black and white photo of the popular French actor Barbara Laage (1920-1988) aboard a small boat which the photo notes is moored on the River Lee in Cork. Laage stands on the deck of the boat, leaning over the bow with her hands on the…