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English: Photograph of celebrities invited to the White House by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to assist in the President's Birthday Ball fundraisers to fight infantile paralysis. Standing (left to right): Joan Fontaine, Martha Scott, Mary Martin, Virginia Field, Mary Pickford, Eleanor Roosevelt, Lucille Ball, Maria Montez, Jinx Falkenburg, Jeanne Cagney, Lily Pons, Patricia Collinge. Seated (left to right): Guy Lombardo, Brian Aherne, Grantland Rice, Roland Young, Red Skelton, John Garfield, Meyer Davis, Walter Pidgeon, Brian Donlevy. |
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Date | Taken on 28 January 1944 | ||||
Source | Life magazine, February 14, 1944 (page 34) | ||||
Author | Time Inc.; photograph by Thomas D. McAvoy | ||||
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Reception took place January 28, 1944. The birthday balls took place January 29, 1944.
Photographer credit appears on page 19.
Photograph headlines a feature story titled Stars Cluster Again at Birthday Balls. Caption reads as follows:
A constellation of stars forgathers in White House for annual party portrait with First Lady. Standing (left to right) are: Joan Fontaine, Martha Scott, Mary Martin, Virginia Field, Mary Pickford, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lucille Ball, Maria Montez, Jinx Falkenberg, Jean Cagney, Lily Pons and Patricia Collinge. Seated (left to right): Orchestra Leader Guy Lombardo, Brian Aherne, Writer Grantland Rice, Roland Young, Red Skelton, John Garfield, Orchestra Leader Meyer Davis, Walter Pidgeon and Brian Donlevy.
LIFE issues from Volume 16 Number 1 through Volume 18 Number 13 are in public domain as their copyright was not renewed. This issue is Volume 16, Number 7.
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- 1944 President's Birthday Ball
- Eleanor Roosevelt in 1944
- Joan Fontaine in 1944
- Martha Scott
- Mary Martin
- Virginia Field
- Mary Pickford in 1944
- Lucille Ball in 1944
- Maria Montez
- Jinx Falkenburg
- Jeanne Cagney
- Lily Pons
- Patricia Collinge
- Guy Lombardo
- Brian Aherne
- Grantland Rice
- Roland Young
- Red Skelton
- John Garfield
- Walter Pidgeon in 1944
- Brian Donlevy
- Life, 1944