As the glitterati descend on the south of France for the opening of the Cannes Film Festival this week, we take a look back at an event - and location - that has become synonymous with the chic, glamorous side of the film industry.
Since it began in 1946, Cannes has been attracting more iconic movie stars then you could shake a diamond-encrusted stick at, making it a buzzword for wealth, sophistication and pure, unadulterated glamour. Over the years, actresses such as Brigitte Bardot, Elizabeth Taylor, Sophia Loren and Jane Birkin (and a few famous gents, too) have flocked to the Mediterranean film mecca, bringing joie de vivre with them.
Cannes: A history of glamour
Sophia Loren in 1959.
Cannes: A history of glamour
Elizabeth Taylor in 1957.
Cannes: A history of glamour
Jeanne Moreau in 1958.
Cannes: A history of glamour
Brigitte Bardot in 1953.
Cannes: A history of glamour
Jayne Mansfield in 1957.
Cannes: A history of glamour
Jerry Hall in 1983.
Cannes: A history of glamour
Sophia Loren in 1955.
Cannes: A history of glamour
Grace Kelly in 1955.
Cannes: A history of glamour
Catherine Deneuve in 1983.
Cannes: A history of glamour
Brigitte Bardot in 1953.
Cannes: A history of glamour
Cary Grant and Kim Novak in 1959.
Cannes: A history of glamour
Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin in 1969.
Cannes: A history of glamour
Vanessa Redgrave in 1967.
Cannes: A history of glamour
Ingrid Bergman in 1956.
Cannes: A history of glamour
Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty in 1963.
Cannes: A history of glamour
Joan Collins in 1979.
Cannes: A history of glamour
Brigitte Bardot in 1953.
Cannes: A history of glamour
Jayne Mansfield in 1958.
Cannes: A history of glamour
Gene Kelly in 1952.
Cannes: A history of glamour
Jane Fonda in 1979.
Cannes: A history of glamour
Sophia Loren and Carlo Ponti in 1959.
Cannes: A history of glamour
Racquel Welch in 1966.
Cannes: A history of glamour
Sean Connery in the 1960s.
Cannes: A history of glamour
Brigitte Bardot in 1953.
Cannes: A history of glamour
Sophia Loren in 1954.
Cannes: A history of glamour
Jerry Hall in 1983.
Cannes: A history of glamour
Zsa Zsa Gabor in 1959.
Cannes: A history of glamour
Prince Charles and Princess Diana in 1987.
Cannes: A history of glamour
Sophia Loren in 1959.
Cannes: A history of glamour
Anna Karina and Jean-Luc Godard in 1962.
Cannes: A history of glamour
Vera Clouzot and Pablo Picasso in 1953.
Cannes: A history of glamour
Brigitte Bardot in 1953.
Cannes: A history of glamour
Zsa Zsa Gabor and her fiance Hal Hayes in 1959.
Cannes: A history of glamour
Sir Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney in 1980.
Cannes: A history of glamour
Zsa Zsa Gabor in 1959.
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