To mark the 65th Cannes Film Festival, we look back at stars and style from the years gone by

Kirk Douglas and Brigitte Bardot sunning themselves on the beach, Jean-Paul Sartre and Pablo Picasso hitting the town, Robert Mitchum cavorting with a half-naked starlet... We look back at the golden age of the Cannes film festival, when European literati rubbed shoulders with Hollywood royalty and everyone hung out on the beach.

Click through to see stars and style from 65 years of the Cannes film festival...