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Palais Intrigue
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Warren Beatty and his Splendor in the Grass co-star (and then girlfriend) Natalie Wood on the steps of the Palais du Festival, 1962.
Queen Elizabeth
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A bejeweled and becrowned Liz Taylor grabs a seat, and all the attention, at the 1957 edition of the festival.
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Bonjour, BB!
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French actress Brigitte Bardot at the Ninth Cannes Film Festival in 1956, the year Roger Vadim’s And God Created Woman made her a star.
Stars Aligning
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Cary Grant and Kim Novak at the 12th edition of the festival, perhaps discussing their recent work for Alfred Hitchcock.
Belle Journée
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French singer Marie Laforêt in a dreamy moment at the Cannes Festival in 1960.
Moment of Reflection
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Grace Kelly in the Carlton Hotel in 1955, the year she appeared with Grant in Hitchcock’s To Catch a Thief, about a cat burglar who stalks wealthy estates on the Côte d’Azur.
Balancing Act
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Dorothy Dandridge, who had starred in Carmen Jones a year earlier, frolicked at the Hotel du Cap during the 1955 Cannes Film Festival.
Playtime
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From left: French actor and comedian Bourvil, Jayne Mansfield and her husband, Mickey Hargitay, at a screening of Jacques Tati’s My Uncle in 1958.
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