File:Birthday-Ball-Life-1944.jpg

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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.
Date Taken on 28 January 1944
Source Life magazine, February 14, 1944 (page 34)
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Thomas McAvoy  (1905–1966) wikidata:Q111132696
 
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Thomas D. McAvoy
Description American photographer and photojournalist
Date of birth/death 6 November 1905 Edit this at Wikidata 12 February 1966 Edit this at Wikidata
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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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