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Actor Van Johnson with actress Margaret O'Brien eating cake during a Franklin D. Roosevelt Birthday Ball function in Washington, D.C. Others are unidentified.

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 Angela Lansbury, Charles Coburn, and Constance Moore seated at a table during a Franklin D. Roosevelt Birthday Ball function in Washington, D.C. with a portrait of the late President in the background.

Hollywood celebrities Constance Moore and Van Johnson (right_ seated at a table with an unidentified military officer during a Franklin D. Roosevelt Birthday Ball function in Washington, D.C.

Actor Eddie Bracken at a Franklin D. Roosevelt Birthday Ball function, in between two unidentified persons.

Actor Charles Coburn with Admiral Chester Nimitz at a Franklin D. Roosevelt Birthday Ball function in Washington, D.C.

Actor Van Johnson with Admiral Chester Nimitz at a Franklin D. Roosevelt Birthday Ball function in Washington, D.C.

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.