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Hollywood stars arriving at the train station in Washington, D.C. to participate in the 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, and Reginald Gardiner.

Actors (from left to right) Charles Coburn, Reginald Gardiner, and Cesar Romero, at a Franklin D. Roosevelt Birthday Ball event in Washington, D.C.

Actress Margaret O'Brien (center) sitting between President Harry S. Truman (seated, fourth from left) and Margaret Truman (seated, second from left) at the White House during a visit by movie stars to a Franklin D. Roosevelt Birthday Ball function. Clockwise from bottom left: Diana Lynn, Angela Lansbury, Helen Sioussat, Eddie Bracken, Paul Henreid, Zachary Scott, Alexis Smith, Cesar Romero, and Mrs. Bess Truman (partial).

Actor Van Johnson dancing with Margaret O'Brien at a Franklin D. Roosevelt Birthday Ball event in Washington, D.C.

First Lady Bess Truman distributing birthday cake to Hollywood celebrities at a Roosevelt Birthday Ball event in Washington, D.C. Diana Lynn, Eddie Bracken, Margaret O'Brien, Margaret Truman, Alexis Smith, and Cesar Romero can also be seen in the photograph.

First Lady Bess Truman giving a piece of birthday cake to actress Margaret O'Brien during a Roosevelt Birthday Ball event in Washington, D.C., as actor Van Johnson and other movie stars look on.

First Lady Bess Truman giving actor Cesar Romero a slice of birthday cake during a Franklin D. Roosevelt Birthday Ball event in Washington, D.C., while other Hollywood celebrities look on. Margaret O'Brien and Van Johnson are also in the photograph.

First Lady Bess Truman giving a piece of birthday cake to actor William Bendix at a Roosevelt Birthday Ball event in Washington, D.C. as other Hollywood celebrities look on. Diana Lynn (left), Angela Lansbury (second from left), Margaret O'Brien (between Ms. Lansbury and Mr. Bendix), Paul Henreid (fourth from right) Alexis Smith (third from right), and Cesar Romero (right) can also be seen in the photograph. Others are unidentified.

Movie stars and entertainers posing with President Harry S. Truman and his family at the White House during their visit to Washington, D.C. for the Franklin D. Roosevelt Birthday Ball. Front row, left to right: Ilene Woods, Diana Lynn, Margaret Truman, Margaret O'Brien, President Truman, Mrs. Bess Truman, Constance Moore, Dorothy Kilgallen, Eileen Barton.

Margaret O'Brien with fellow Hollywood celebrity Eddie Bracken at a Franklin D. Roosevelt Birthday Ball function in Washington, D.C.