Photograph of a performer in Peiping, China
Photograph of a performer in the dressing room at a theater in Peiping, China.
Actresses
First Lady Bess W. Truman Receives Community Chest Award
Actress Ingrid Bergman (right) pins a Community Chest pin award on First Lady Bess W. Truman (left) at the White House.
Lauren Bacall on Top of Piano While Vice President Harry S. Truman Plays
Lauren Bacall sits on top of a piano while Vice President Harry S. Truman plays the piano. The two appeared at the National Press Club Canteen to entertain servicemen. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly.
President Truman at the 50th Anniversary of the American Movie Theater at the White House
President Harry S. Truman with movie stars in connection with the 50th Anniversary of the American Movie Theater at the White House. Front row, L to R: Elizabeth Taylor, Adolph Zukor (Chairman of the Board, Paramount Pictures), President Truman, Mrs. Patricia Scott, Joyce O'Hara (Acting President, Motion Picture Associations) and Debbie Reynolds. Second Row: Louise Albritton, Arthur Mayer, Arthur Arthur, Julian Brylanski, Virginia Kellogg, and Randolph Scott.
Women's Army Corps (WAC) Technician Mary F. Robertson Studies a Playbill
WAC Technician (T/5) Mary F. Robertson of Brawley, California, works as a typist at the 5th Army Headquarters. After hours, she acts in the comedy "Out of the Frying Pan" presented by Fifth Army Special Service. (She is shown reading a program of same). She is a member of the 6669th WAC platoon, stationed in the Sparanise Area, Italy.
Secretary Pace Greeting Members of Players, Inc.
Secretary of the Army Frank Pace receives a group of players, graduates of Catholic University, in his office at the Pentagon Building. They are all members of Players, Inc., and are leaving for a tour of the Far Eastern Command, under the auspices of the United States Army Special Services, to perform "Twelfth Night." Left to Right: J. Robert Dietz; Colonel Joseph F. Goetz, Special Services; William Kearns; Mrs. Helen W. Boettcher, Administrative Assistant to Colonel Goetz; Richard Armstrong; Keith Kirby; Reverend Gilbert V.
Frank Seeley with Performers in the Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) Studio
Performers (from left to right) Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, unidentified man, Redd Harper, and Frank Seeley in the AFRS studio in Hollywood, California.
Live Performance by the Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS)
Performers on stage for an Armed Forces Radio Service Command Performance of "Dick Tracy in B-Flat" from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Standing in the front row, from left to right: actor Frank Morgan; actress and singer Judy Garland; singer Patty Andrews; actress, singer, and comedian Cass Daley; singer and actress Dinah Shore; actor and comedian Bob Hope; actor and comedian Jerry Colonna; actor and comedian Jimmy Durante; and actor and singer Frank Sinatra. All others are unidentified.
Carolina Cotton, Keenan Wynn, Frank Seeley, and Two Musicians in the Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) Studio
Actress and singer Carolina Cotton (second from left) and actors Keenan Wynn (third from left) and Frank Seeley (second from right) with two musicians in the AFRS studio in Hollywood, California. Others are unidentified.
Carolina Cotton and Ken Curtis in the Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) Studio
Actress Carolina Cotton (left) and actor Ken Curtis (right) in the AFRS studio in Hollywood, California. They are portraying characters from the Li'l Abner comic strip.