Otto Preminger and Dawn Addams
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Title
Otto Preminger and Dawn Addams
Subject
Cork Film Festival, Otto Preminger, Dawn Addams
Description
This is a black and white photo of the American theatre and film director Otto Preminger with the English actor Dawn Addams. In this picture Preminger, in a dark suit and bow-tie, is turned towards Addams with his left arm around her shoulders. Wearing a satin evening gown, Addams is smiling up at Preminger as she rests her white-gloved hand on his chest.
Dawn Addams (1930-1985) was an English actor whose work in Hollywood coincided with the early years of the Cork Film Festival. Born Victoria Dawn Addams in England she spent her early life in Calcutta, India, after her Cork-born mother, Ethel Mary (née Hickie) passed away when she was a child. Her beauty and talent brought her to the attention of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios to whom she signed a seven-year contract in 1950. For the next two decades she worked incessantly in film and television including the MGM films Singin' in the Rain (Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly 1952), and the then-controversial The Moon is Blue (1953) which was directed by Otto Preminger.
Otto Preminger (1905-1986) was born in Austria-Hungary but fled to Austria with his family after the breakout of the first World War. He went on to work for Fox in Los Angeles and was known for defying the censorship code of Hollywood with his controversial films. He directed Dawn Addams in the American romantic comedy The Moon is Blue (1953) which was nominated for three Oscars. It incurred the wrath of the American censors for its 'light and gay treatment of the subject of illicit sex and seduction'. Preminger and United Artists contested the State Censor Board who were overturned in court and the success of the film was instrumental in diminishing the power of the Hollywood Production Code.
Dawn Addams (1930-1985) was an English actor whose work in Hollywood coincided with the early years of the Cork Film Festival. Born Victoria Dawn Addams in England she spent her early life in Calcutta, India, after her Cork-born mother, Ethel Mary (née Hickie) passed away when she was a child. Her beauty and talent brought her to the attention of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios to whom she signed a seven-year contract in 1950. For the next two decades she worked incessantly in film and television including the MGM films Singin' in the Rain (Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly 1952), and the then-controversial The Moon is Blue (1953) which was directed by Otto Preminger.
Otto Preminger (1905-1986) was born in Austria-Hungary but fled to Austria with his family after the breakout of the first World War. He went on to work for Fox in Los Angeles and was known for defying the censorship code of Hollywood with his controversial films. He directed Dawn Addams in the American romantic comedy The Moon is Blue (1953) which was nominated for three Oscars. It incurred the wrath of the American censors for its 'light and gay treatment of the subject of illicit sex and seduction'. Preminger and United Artists contested the State Censor Board who were overturned in court and the success of the film was instrumental in diminishing the power of the Hollywood Production Code.
Creator
University College Cork, Cork Film Festival, Ambrose O'Mullane
Source
Cork Film Festival Collection
Publisher
University College Cork
Date
1957
Contributor
Ambrose O'Mullane
Rights
©Ambrose O’Mullane. All rights reserved. Please credit Cork International Film Festival & provide a link back to this site.
Format
Photo
TIFF
JPEG
TIFF
JPEG
Language
English, eng
Coverage
1957
Cork, Ireland
Cork, Ireland
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Photo
Physical Dimensions
169 x 217mm
Collection
Citation
University College Cork, Cork Film Festival, Ambrose O'Mullane , “Otto Preminger and Dawn Addams,” Cork International Film Festival Archive, accessed May 25, 2024, https://undersci.ucc.ie/items/show/150.