A Look Back: Cannes Film Festival

Author: peter Date: 14 November, Category: Fact, Visits 3318

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Simone Silva the British screen actress was snubbed by the Cannes Film Festival authorities after she had been photographed stripped to the waist and embracing Robert Mitchum (1917–1997). Up until this time she had been elected [Miss Festival]. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images). 1954

English actress Diana Dors (1931–1984) in Cannes for the International Film Festival, signing autographs. (Photo by John Chillingworth/Getty Images). 1956

French film actress Brigitte Bardot arriving at Cannes Film Festival. (Photo by Haywood Magee/Getty Images). 1956

English actress Diana Dors (1931–1984) and Ginger Rogers (1911–1995) are mobbed by fans at the Cannes International Film Festival, France. (Photo by John Chillingworth/Getty Images). 1956

American actress Elizabeth Taylor with her husband, producer Mike Todd at the Cannes Film Festival. (Photo by Express Newspapers/Getty Images). 1957

French oceanographer Jacques Cousteau (1910–1997) hosts a party on board his research vessel [Calypso] before the showing of George Clouzot's film [Le Monde Du Silence] at the Cannes Film Festival. Present are (left to right) Edith Zetline, Cousteau, crew member Albert Falco and actresses Isabelle Corey and Bella Darvi (1926–1971). (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images). 1956

American actress and former swimming champion Esther Williams after a swim on the Place Martinez beach at Cannes. (Photo by George W. Hales/Fox Photos/Getty Images). 12th May 1955

Italian film actress, Monica Vitti, looking momentarily startled. She is serving on the jury at the Cannes Film Festival. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images). 1974

US actor Robert Mitchum (1917–1997) signing autographs for fans at the Cannes Film Festival. French actress Lise Bourdin is on the right. (Photo by Kurt Hutton/Picture Post/Getty Images). 1st May 1954

French actress Brigitte Bardot wearing a sleeveless dress at the Cannes film festival. (Photo by Haywood Magee/Picture Post/Getty Images). May 1956

George Baker runs through the surf at Cannes with Bella Darvi and another young friend. (Photo by Haywood Magee/Picture Post/Getty Images). May 1956

Crowds surrounding a car containing a film star at the Cannes Film Festival, France. (Photo by Haywood Magee/Picture Post/Getty Images). 26th April 1956

Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida at the Cannes Film Festival. (Photo by Kurt Hutton/Picture Post/Getty Images). 1st May 1954

English actors Francesca Annis and Jon Finch with the Polish director Roman Polanski (centre) at the Cannes Film Festival. Annis and Finch star in Polanski's version of MacBeth. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images). 13th May 1972

Actress Madonna arrives for the premiere of her film [In Bed with Madonna] in 1991 at the Cannes Film Festival, France. (Photo by Dave Hogan/Getty Images)

French actress Catherine Deneuve at the Cannes FIlm Festival, 9th May 1966. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

English actress Diana Dors (1931–1984) in Cannes for the International Film Festival, 3rd May 1956. (Photo by John Chillingworth/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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