Balls (Parties)

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.

Admiral Chester Nimitz shaking hands with actress Margaret O'Brien 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.

Actress Margaret O'Brien and Admiral Chester Nimitz with an unidentified man at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Birthday Ball activities.

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.