Kim Novak had been the Queen of the Cannes Film Festival in 1956 and there was a much publicized romance with Prince Aly Khan. She came again to the Film Festival in 1959 as her film "In the Middle of the Night" was presented. She stayed with her parents in Aly Khan’s Château de l’Horizon. Her escort at the Film Festival was Cary Grant. Cannes 1959. - Photo by Edward Quinn

Kim Novak had been the Queen of the Cannes Film Festival in 1956 and there was a much publicized romance with Prince Aly Khan. She came again to the Film Festival in 1959 as her film "In the Middle of the Night" was presented. She stayed with her parents in Aly Khan’s Château de l’Horizon. Her escort at the Film Festival was Cary Grant. Cannes 1959.

In a tightly framed, intimate photograph, Kim Novak is captured in profile, looking over Cary Grant’s shoulder with a pensive expression. Grant, seen from behind, rests his hand on her back amid a crowded gathering. The moment took place at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival, where Grant was Novak’s escort for the presentation of her film, "In the Middle of the Night."


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