Balls (Parties)

Actors (from left to right) Charles Coburn, Reginald Gardiner, and Cesar Romero, 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.

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

Actor Van Johnson with actress Margaret O'Brien eating cake at a Roosevelt Birthday Ball function in Washington, D.C., with movie stars William Bendix, Charles Coburn, and Angela Lansbury (white dress on right) visible in the background.

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.

Ballroom filled with diners, taken during the Franklin D. Roosevelt Birthday Ball in Washington, D.C.

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.