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"Ship Ahoy" A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture

Image

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...

Date Published
1942
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Angela Greene in costume for "Night and Day"

Image

Publicity photo from above of Angela Greene in costume for her role in the film "Night and Day." Greene is wearing a bikini top and ruffled skirt...

Date Published
1946
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Anita Gordon

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Headshot of Anita Gordon facing forward and looking to the side. Gordon is wearing a white laced blouse.

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Anita Gordon singing

Image

Publicity photo of Anita Gordon singing into an NBC microphone with both hands in the air and looking up to the side. Gordon is wearing a dress with a...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Ann Baker

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Headshot of Ann Baker in a 3/4 turn, smiling, and wearing large earrings, a metal necklace, and a suit jacket.

Date Published
1951
1955
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Anne Rutledge

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Signed portrait of Anne Rutledge.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Ava Gardner and Burt Lancaster in "The Killers"

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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...

Date Published
1946
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Ava Gardner and Burt Lancaster in "The Killers"

Image

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...

Date Published
1946
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Ava Gardner in "The Killers"

Image

Ava Gardner, that long-limbed and lovely lass from the South who is getting her best acting opportunity to date in Mark Hellinger's production of "The...

Date Published
1946
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Beatrice Kay

Image

Headshot of Beatrice Kay in a 3/4 turn, looking forward with a neutral expression. Kay is wearing a black lace dress and large pendant necklace.

Date Published
1946
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Betty Bunn

Image

Betty Bunn, looking to the side, wearing a bathing suit, and standing against a plaster wall in the sand.

Date Published
April-24-1946
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Betty Grable on a California-bound train

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Betty Grable on a California-bound train during a brief stop in Kansas City, Mo.

Date Published
September-1939
Member of
Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection

Betty Grable playing darts

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Betty Grable outdoors and leaning forward, holding darts on a board resting against a wall. Grable is looking forward and smiling, wearing shorts and...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Betty Grable sitting on lawn

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Betty Grable sitting on a mat on the lawn and turned facing forward with an arm in the air. Grable is wearing shorts and a striped blouse.

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Betty Grable with her dog

Image

Betty Grable standing on the lawn looking down at a dog standing on its hind legs. Grable is wearing shorts and a blouse with a print design.

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Betty Hutton

Image

Publicity photo of Betty Hutton leaning to side with hand to ear. Hutton is facing forward but looking to the side with just her eyes. Hutton is...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Betty Hutton

Image

Publicity photo of Betty Hutton leaning back and to the side while looking up and smiling. Hutton is wearing a suit jacket with large buttons.

Date Published
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Betty Hutton

Image

Publicity photo from low angle of Betty Hutton looking to the side. Hutton is wearing a white dress with feathers in her hair.

Date Published
January-01-1946
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Betty Hutton and Andy Russell

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Publicity photo of Betty Hutton playing drums. Hutton is seated at a drum set leaning forward and smiling while playing the snare drum. Andy Russell...

Date Published
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Betty Hutton at piano

Image

Betty Hutton sitting at an upright piano, turning to the side and facing forward while smiling. Hutton is wearing a suit jacket with large buttons and...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Betty Hutton in "Cross My Heart"

Image

Publicity photo of Betty Hutton sitting on a satin couch with a ventriloquist dummy and unidentified musicians in the background for the film "Cross...

Date Published
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Betty Hutton in "The Stork Club"

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B.G. DeSylva presents Betty Hutton in "The Stork Club" with Barry Fitzgerald, Don DeFore, Robert Benchley, Bill Goodwin, Iris Adrian, Mikhail Rasumny...

Date Published
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Betty Hutton in costume

Image

Betty Hutton in costume and playing piano. Hutton is sitting turned toward the piano but facing away to the other side. Hutton is wearing a dirndl and...

Date Published
1945
1950
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Betty Hutton in Paramount Pictures

Image

Publicity photo of Betty Hutton sitting and turned to the side while looking forward. Hutton is wearing a white shoulder-less dress with sheer ruffles...

Date Published
1943
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Betty Hutton in Paramount Pictures

Image

Publicity photo of Betty Hutton wearing a dark sweater and feathers in her hair. Hutton is facing forward and looking slightly down with a neutral...

Date Published
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

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Member of

  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (109)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (4)
  • Allan Bell Collection (3)
  • Joseph K. Redmond, Jr. Collection (3)
  • L. Perry Cookingham Collection (3)

Types

  • photographs (122)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (122)
  • Gelatin silver prints (120)
  • Portrait photographs (120)
  • Group portraits (17)
  • Silver printing-out paper prints (2)
  • (-) Publicity photographs (122)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (95)
  • 1931-1940 (9)
  • 1971-1980 (8)
  • 1961-1970 (4)
  • 1951-1960 (2)
  • 1891-1900 (1)
  • 1901-1910 (1)

Subjects

  • Women singers (39)
  • Women jazz singers (26)
  • Women, White (11)
  • Actors (10)
  • Autographs (4)
  • Comedians (4)
  • Motion picture actors and actresses (4)
  • Jazz musicians (3)
  • Men, White (3)
  • Singers (3)
  • Dancers (2)
  • Jazz singers (2)
  • African American motion picture actors and actresses (1)
  • Ballroom dancers (1)
  • Bathing suits (1)
  • Composers (1)
  • Conductors (Music) (1)
  • Ethnic costume (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Jazz musicians, White (1)
  • Native American men (1)
  • Passenger trains (1)
  • Racism in popular culture (1)
  • Stuffed animals (Toys) (1)
  • Television actors and actresses (1)
  • Women figure skaters (1)
  • Yakama Indians (1)
  • (-) Actresses (122)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation (1)
  • Kansas City Metropolitan Area (1)
  • San Francisco (Calif.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Hutton, Betty (17)
  • Morse, Ella Mae (15)
  • Daley, Cass (7)
  • Stafford, Jo (6)
  • Grable, Betty, 1916-1973 (4)
  • Gardner, Ava, 1922-1990 (3)
  • Langford, Frances (3)
  • Lewis, Monica (3)
  • Rogers, Dale Evans (3)
  • Stevens, Trudy (3)
  • Costello, Lou (2)
  • Fargo, Donna (2)
  • Gordon, Anita (2)
  • Johnson, Margaret (Actress) (2)
  • Lancaster, Burt, 1913-1994 (2)
  • Morgan, Dennis, 1908-1994 (2)
  • San Juan, Olga, 1927-2009 (2)
  • Alphin, Patricia, 1926- (1)
  • Babb, Dorothy, 1927-1998 (1)
  • Baker, Ann (Anna Rose) (1)
  • Baker, Kenny, 1912-1985 (1)
  • Barker, Jim, 1921- (1)
  • Blyth, Ann, 1928- (1)
  • Bunn, Betty (1)
  • Canova, Judy, 1913-1983 (1)
  • Canvin, Bobbie (1)
  • Castle, Irene, 1893-1969 (1)
  • Cates, Opie, 1909-1987 (1)
  • Channing, Carol (1)
  • Charlie, Job (1)
  • Charo (1)
  • Claire, Dorothy (1)
  • Coy, Johnny (1)
  • Dagmar, 1921-2001 (1)
  • Darnell, Linda, 1923-1965 (1)
  • Day, Doris, 1924- (1)
  • Dearie, Blossom (1)
  • De Carlo, Yvonne (1)
  • Dorsey, Tommy, 1905-1956 (1)
  • Duryea, Dan, 1907-1968 (1)
  • Ellis, Anita, 1920- (1)
  • Emerson, Faye (1)
  • Erwin, Trudy (1)
  • Forrest, Mary (Actress) (1)
  • Franzee, Jane, 1918-1985 (1)
  • Grayco, Helen (1)
  • Greene, Angela, 1920-1978 (1)
  • Henie, Sonja, 1912-1969 (1)
  • Herman, Jerry, 1931-2019 (1)
  • Hutton, Marion (1)
  • Jones, Spike, 1911-1965 (1)
  • Kay, Beatrice (1)
  • Lamour, Dorothy, 1914-1996 (1)
  • Landis, Carole, 1919-1948 (1)
  • Lane, Lola (1)
  • Lane, Priscilla, 1917-1995 (1)
  • Looney, Jim (Yakama tribe member) (1)
  • Manning, Irene, 1912-2004 (1)
  • Maxwell, Elsa (1)
  • McDaniel, Hattie, 1895-1952 (1)
  • Mears, Martha, 1910-1986 (1)
  • Merman, Ethel (1)
  • Montana, Patsy (1)
  • Morgan, Helen, 1900-1941 (1)
  • Morris, Dorothy, 1922-2011 (1)
  • Newton-John, Olivia (1)
  • Parker, Eleanor, 1922-2013 (1)
  • Powell, Eleanor, 1912-1982 (1)
  • Rich, Buddy, 1917-1987 (1)
  • Russell, Andy, 1919-1992 (1)
  • Rutledge, Anne (1)
  • Ryan, Peggy, 1924-2004 (1)
  • Shawlee, Joan (1)
  • Simmons, Beverly, 1938- (1)
  • Singleton, Penny, 1908-2003 (1)
  • Skelton, Red, 1913-1997 (1)
  • Thompson, Henry (Yakama tribe member) (1)
  • Turner, Jim (Yakama tribe member) (1)
  • Vesta Victoria (1)
  • Vickers, Martha, 1925-1971 (1)
  • Vincent, June (1)
  • Walker, Helen, 1921-1968 (1)
  • Weld, Tuesday, 1943- (1)
  • Yallup, Thomas (1)
  • Yallup, William (1)

Date Published

  • 1945 (52)
  • 1941 (22)
  • 1946 (22)
  • 1950 (21)
  • 1945-09-26 (6)
  • 1935 (5)
  • 1940 (5)
  • 1980 (5)
  • 1944 (4)
  • 1951 (4)
  • 1975 (4)
  • 1961 (3)
  • 1937 (2)
  • 1955 (2)
  • 1960 (2)
  • 1976 (2)
  • 1901 (1)
  • 1905-03-14 (1)
  • 1910 (1)
  • 1931 (1)
  • 1939-09 (1)
  • 1942 (1)
  • 1942-01-06 (1)
  • 1943 (1)
  • 1944-10-24 (1)
  • 1945-08-20 (1)
  • 1946-01-01 (1)
  • 1946-04-24 (1)
  • 1946-05-03 (1)
  • 1946-06-03 (1)
  • 1946-06-14 (1)
  • 1947 (1)
  • 1964 (1)
  • 1970 (1)
  • 1978 (1)

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