Retro Cannes: Red carpet glamour from yonderyear

Actors Bruce Willis and wife Demi Moore pose beside French director Luc Besson and actress Milla Jovovich prior to the presentation of The Fifth Element at the 50th Cannes festival.

Prince Charles and Princess Diana are greeted by the Lady Mayor of Cannes at the 1987 festival for a gala night in honour of actor Sir Alec Guinness. The princess wears a silk chiffon dress designed by fashion designer Catherine Walker.

Supermodels Kate Moss and Claudia Schiffer add a touch of glam to the red carpet at the 51st Cannes Film Festival in 1998.

Iconic French actress, Catherine Deneuve waves to the crowds at the Cannes Film Festival in 1966.

Easy Rider stars Dennis Hopper, Feliciano, Peter Fonda, J. Jefferson and Jack Nicholson promote their movie at the Cannes Film Festival in 1969.

US actor Danny Devito gestures to the cameras as he arrives at the Palais des Festivals for the gala screening of LA Confidential in 1997.

Legendary English actor Michael Caine, star of the film Alfie poses with models during the Cannes Film Festival in 1966.

Gorgeous French starlet, Brigitte Bardot suns herself on the beach during the Cannes Film Festival in 1953.

Australian actress Nicole Kidman attends the film premiere of Moulin Rouge at Cannes on May 2, 2001.

The beautiful Italian actress, Sophia Loren poses for photographers at the 1958 Cannes Festival.

Hot Hollywood diva Jennifer Lopez exudes style and glamour on the Cannes red carpet in 1998.

Yoko Ono and former Beatle John Lennon pictured with French director Louis Malle and French actress Jeanne Moreau at the Cannes Film Festival for a screening of Malle’s Le Souffle Au Coeur in 1971.

Playboy magazine president Hugh Hefner poses with playmates on the steps of the Palais des Festivals before the screening of the movie Entrapment in 1999.

English actress Vanessa Redgrave pictured with Italian actor Franco Nero at the premiere of her latest film Blow Up at the Cannes Film Festival in 1967.

US actress Brooke Shields arrives at the Palais des Festivals for the screening of the film General by British director John Boorman in 1998.

Classic icons of the ’60s, Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood, pictured at the Cannes Film Festival in 1962.

Hollywood icon, Sharon Stone battles the elements as her skirt gets caught by the wind at the screening of Unzipped in 1995.

American actress Kim Novak with Cary Grant at the Cannes Film Festival in 1959. Both had recently starred in films by Alfred Hitchcock.

American film producer Mike Todd leans over to kiss his British-born wife Elizabeth Taylor at the Cannes Film Festival in 1957.