Edinburgh International Festival: Here are 20 fascinating pictures of the stars attending premieres in the Capital over half a century ago
msn.comEwan McGregor, Jennifer Lawrence, Sigourney Weaver, Greta Gerwig, Kevin Bacon, Elijah Wood, Clint Eastwood, Kylie Minogue, Cate Blanchett and Tilda Swinton.
Despite not being quite as high profile as the likes of Cannes, Venice or Sundance, Edinburgh can boast to be the world's oldest continually running film festival.
In that time it has hosted the UK premieres of many box office blockbuster and critical hits including Blade Runner, Alien, Back to the Future, Taxi Driver, Annie Hall, The Usual Suspects, Amelie, and The Hurt Locker.
Back in the 1950s and 1960s it was a glamorous affair that attracted many of the great filmmakers of the era. Here are 20 pictures to take you back to those times. Read more:17 pictures of Edinburgh's Lothian Road in the 1950s and 1960s show how much the familiar Capital street has changedEdinburgh's Meadows: These pictures from the 1950s and 1960s show the fascinating past of the popular park.
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