Smith, Alexis, 1921-

Margaret O'Brien sitting between President Harry S. Truman and Margaret Truman, as First Lady Bess Truman (next to Truman) and assorted movie stars look on. Clockwise from left bottom: Diana Lynn, Eleanor Lambert, Angela Lansbury, Helen Sioussat, Eddie Bracken, Paul Henreid, Zachary Scott, Alexis Smith, and Cesar Romero.

Hollywood celebrities arriving in Washington, D.C. to participate in Franklin D. Roosevelt Birthday Ball activities. From left to right: Zachary Scott, Eddie Bracken, Van Johnson, Margaret O'Brien, Diana Lynn, Angela Lansbury, Paul Henreid, Alexis Smith, Reginald Gardiner, and an unidentified woman.

Movie stars Diana Lynn (left) and Alexis Smith (right), seated at a table with an unidentified man during the Roosevelt Birthday Ball, with a portrait of the late President in the background.

Hollywood personalities (left to right) Charles Coburn, Alexis Smith, and Cesar Romero at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Birthday Ball in Washington, D.C.

Hollywood celebrities and dignitaries at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Birthday Ball in Washington, D.C. From left to right: Charles Coburn, unidentified woman, Presidential Press Secretary Charles Ross, unidentified man, Alexis Smith, and Admiral Chester Nimitz.

Margaret O'Brien (little girl, right) signing an autograph while (left to right) Zachary Scott, Eddie Bracken, Van Johnson, Diana Lynn, Paul Henreid, Alexis Smith, and others look on. Others unidentified. They are at the railroad station, arriving in Washington, D.C. for the Franklin D. Roosevelt Birthday Ball.

Movie stars signing autographs upon their arrival in Washington to participate in Roosevelt Birthday Ball activities. From left to right: Zachary Scott, Eddie Bracken, unidentified girl, Van Johnson, Diana Lynn, Margaret O'Brien, Angela Lansbury, Paul Henreid, Alexis Smith, unidentified girl getting an autograph, Reginald Gardiner, and an unidentified woman.

Movie stars arriving in Washington, D.C. to participate in Roosevelt Birthday Ball activities at the White House. From left to right: Zachary Scott, Eddie Bracken, Van Johnson, Margaret O'Brien, Diana Lynn, Angela Lansbury, Paul Henreid, Alexis Smith, Reginald Gardiner, and an unidentified woman.

Photograph of Hollywood celebrities posing with the Truman family in the East Room of the White House: (front row, left to right) Ilene Woods, Diana Lynn, Margaret Truman, Margaret O'Brien, President Harry S. Truman, Mrs. Bess W. Truman, Constance Moore, Dorothy Kilgallen, Eileen Barton; (second row, left to right) Jo Stafford, Eleanor Lambert, Angela Lansbury, Helen Sioussat, Eddie Bracken, Paul Henreid, Zachary Scott, Alexis Smith, Cesar Romero, Lucy Monroe, William Bendix, Reginald Gardiner, Sgt. Harvey Stone, Charles Coburn.

First Lady Bess Truman and Margaret Truman cutting the cake at the Roosevelt Birthday Ball with Hollywood celebrities in attendance. From left to right: Margaret O'Brien, unidentified woman, Mrs. Bess W. Truman, Margaret Truman, unidentified man, unidentified man, Paul Henreid, Alexis Smith, Cesar Romero (kneeling), unidentified man, unidentified woman, Van Johnson (kneeling), unidentified woman.