"Ordonians" dance band
"Ordonians" dance band on stage during a performance at an officer's club in India. Musicians shown include Frank Oakley sitting at the piano, Jimmy Whittaker standing with a double bass, Gordon Terks...
"Ship Ahoy" A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
Tommy Dorsey, Buddy Rich, Red Skelton, and Eleanor Powell posed in a publicity shot for the film "Ship Ahoy." Dorsey is playing trombone while Rich and Skelton hold drum sticks. Powell is holding one...
Art and Dotty Todd
Publicity photo of signing duo The Todds (Art and Dotty) sitting next to a CBS microphone. Dotty is looking to the side and raising one eyebrow. Art is looking to the side while smiling.
Arthur Schwartz and Kenny Baker
Arthur Schwartz looking over papers and Kenny Baker standing at a studio microphone. They are performing on Armed Forces Radio Service show "Say It With Music."
Artie Auerbach as Mr. Kitzel
Mr. Kitzel (Artie Auerbach, featured comedian of the Jack Benny Show) seems to have charmed an extra long hot dog into performing for his customers, as he gets into the mood in conjunction with his...
Ava Gardner and Burt Lancaster in "The Killers"
Ava Gardner and Burt Lancaster celebrated completion of their starring roles in Mark Hellinger's production of Hemingway's "The Killers" with a day at Santa Monica Beach. Sultry Ava, born in North...
Ava Gardner and Burt Lancaster in "The Killers"
The atomic glow in the western sky isn't from Bikini. It's coming from Hollywood where Ava Gardner has been making love to Burt Lancaster in Mark Hellinger's production of "The Killers." Based on the...
Benny Goodman with daughter Benjie
Benny Goodman facing forward while holding his infant daughter Benjie who is sitting on the side of his arm. Benjie is looking forward. Goodman and his daughter are outdoors with trees and a brick...
Benny Goodman with daughter Benjie
Benny Goodman photographed from the side holding his infant daughter Benjie up in both arms and smiling. Benjie has both arms raised and is looking up. Goodman and his daughter are outdoors with trees...
Benny Goodman with daughter Benjie and family dog
Benny Goodman sitting on a lawn chair and holding his infant daughter Benjie in both hands while she plays with the family dog.
Benny Goodman with daughter Benjie and family dog
Benny Goodman sitting on a lawn chair with his infant daughter Benjie cradled in one arm and the family dog held in the other. Goodman is looking down at his daughter who is looking at the dog.
Benny Goodman with daughters Benjie and Rachel
Benny Goodman leaning over a couch where his two daughters, Benjie and Rachel are sitting. Rachel is reading an issue of Capitol News while Benjie looks over and grabs at the paper.
Benny Goodman with daughters Benjie and Rachel and family dog
Benny Goodman sitting on a lawn chair holding his daughter Benjie in one arm and on his lap. Goodman's daughter Rachel sits on the arm of the chair leaning against his shoulder while the family god...
Betty Hutton in "The Stork Club"
B.G. DeSylva presents Betty Hutton in "The Stork Club" with Barry Fitzgerald, Don DeFore, Robert Benchley, Bill Goodwin, Iris Adrian, Mikhail Rasumny, Mary Young, and introducing Andy Russell...
Bill Anson walking off a plane
Bill Anson wearing a suit and fedora walking off a plane posed for a publicity photo with four unidentified smiling women wearing swim suits and police hats escorting him off the plane.
Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong
Billie Holiday straightening a tie for Louis Armstrong in a publicity photo shoot in Hollywood, California. Armstrong is holding a trumpet in his hands and grinning with closed eyes. Holiday is...
Bob Eberly with Pat Dexter and two others
Bob Eberly leaning over Pat Dexter, sitting in the center with two unidentified white women at a restaurant dining table. The woman on the left is holding a cigarette and looking directly at the...
Bob Eberly, Dave Dexter, and Helen O'Connell
Dave Dexter, Bob Eberly, and Helen O'Connell standing behind a microphone. Dexter is handing a record to an unidentified white man on the side. All are smiling.
Bob Eberly, Dave Dexter, and Helen O'Connell
Bob Eberly, Dave Dexter, and Helen O'Connell standing shoulder to shoulder and smiling. Dexter is holding a record with the Capitol label and O'Connell is holding sheet music by a microphone.
Connie Haines and Lou Costello
Connie Haines wearing a bathing suit and leaning back on a diving board. Haines is turning to the side and smiling. Comedian Lou Costello is operating a camera on a tripod behind Haines.
Count Basie, Jimmy Cagney, Ginger Rogers, Lionel Hampton, Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, and Don Wilson
Backstage at a broadcast to American soldiers over the Armed Forces Radio Service network in 1945 are Count Basie, Jimmy Cagney, Ginger Rogers, Lionel Hampton, Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, and Don Wilson...
Curly Howard and Louis Jordan in "Swing Parade of 1946"
Curly Howard sitting and playing saxophone while looking dubiously at Louis Jordan who is smiling and approaching Howard with two fingers pointed out for a "Three Stooges" poke. Photo caption reads...
Dan Duryea and June Vincent
Dan Duryea and June Vincent posing for a publicity shot for the film "Black Angel." Vincent is kneeling in front of Duryea, embracing him.
Dan Duryea with his sons Peter and Richard
Dan Duryea is sitting on the right with his sons, Peter and Richard, on his lap. Hugh McCormick is sitting on the left holding a ventriloquist dummy. An unidentified man in clown makeup is leaning...
Danny Kaye leading band of Benny Goodman, Tommy Dorsey, Charlie Barnet, Louis Armstrong, and Lionel Hampton
Danny Kaye performing with a band featuring Benny Goodman playing clarinet, Tommy Dorsey playing trombone, Charlie Barnet playing saxophone, Louis Armstrong playing trumpet and Lionel Hampton playing...