See Elizabeth Taylor, Jack Nicholson, and More Hollywood Stars Get Playful at the Cannes Film Festival
Whether it’s because of the free-flowing rosé, the Mediterranean sea air, or the picturesque setting, Hollywood’s biggest stars have a history of kicking back at the Cannes Film Festival. In celebration of this year’s 70th anniversary, see how Elizabeth Taylor, Jack Nicholson, Orson Welles, and other filmmaking icons expressed the joy of being on the French Riviera.
All from Getty Images.
From Bettmann/Getty Images.Elizabeth Taylor tries on hats with husband Eddie Fisher, 1959.
From Giribaldi/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images.Jack Nicholson dons a white robe, 1974.
From RDA/Hulton Archive/Getty Images.Kim Novak twirls her skirt, 1956.
From Archive Photos/Getty Images.Jayne Mansfield and Rita Hayworth are gifted a rose, 1958.
By Patrick Morin/RDA/Getty Images.Kirk Douglas braids Brigitte Bardot's hair on the beach, 1953.
From Watford/Mirrorpix/Getty Images.Olivia De Havilland makes sand castles on the beach, 1953.
By Gilbert Tourte/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images.Charlotte Rampling and Tennessee Williams take a stroll, 1976.
From Archive Photos/Getty Images.Elizabeth Scott dances on the dinner table, 1954.
From RDA/Archive Photos/Getty Images.Anne Baxter and Orson Welles on the dance floor, 1953.
By Gilbert Tourte/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images.Edward G. Robinson and Gene Kelly pick flowers, 1959.
By Jean Claude Pierdet/INA/Getty Images.Tippi Hedren and Alfred Hitchcock free birds from their coop before a screening of The Birds, 1963.