0173_0443 Bob Hope and Jesse White on the "Bob Hope TV Special" 1968 © 1978 Gene Howard

012492_0004 George Benson performing in New York February 1976 © 1978 Ed Thrasher MPTV

0076_0408 Danny Thomas, between scenes on the set of Warner Brothers' "The Jazz Singer," tries his hand at being the "third player" in a a two-handed game of cribbage between fellow players Eduard Franz (left) and Alex Gerry (right) 1952 Photo by Lloyd MacLean

012492_0005 George Benson performing in New York February 1976 © 1978 Ed Thrasher MPTV

0289_0354 Lee Liberace circa 1971 © 1978 Ed Thrasher

0286_0758 Efrem Zimbalist Jr. and Janet Lake on the set of "77 Sunset Strip" 1961 © 1978 Sid Avery

0076_0005 Danny Thomas at a Christmas benefit in Los Angeles, California 1958 © 1978 Sid Avery

0092_3001 Bob Newhart 1961 © 1978 Sid Avery

0270_0014 Mike Wallace interviewing Lili St. Cyr 1957 © 1978 Sid Avery

0286_0761 Efrem Zimbalist Jr. and his father at his home circa 1960s Photo by Joe Shere

0198_0620 Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, FRESHMAN, THE, Pathe, 1925, **I.V.

0199_0054 Julie London and Husband Bobby Troop at the Brown Derby 1957 © 1978 Sid Avery / MPTV

0097_0400 Lawrence Welk at the Aragon Ball Room in Santa Monica 1956 © 1978 Sid Avery

0079_0281 Director John Farrow, Diana Lynn and Glenn Ford during the making of "Plunder of the Sun" 1953 Warner Brothers

0075_0088 Kirk Douglas 1962 © 1978 Sid Avery

0173_0168 Bob Hope, 1958 © 1978 Wallace Seawell MPTV

0091_0346 Merv Griffin 1965 © 1986 Sid Avery

0073_2123 Bing Crosby 1977 © 1978 Gunther

0073_2116 Captain H.L. Barlow, superintendent of the Los Angeles Police Department has finger-printed Phillip and Dennis Crosby (twin sons of Bing Crosby and Dixie Lee) 1935

0090_0025 Sid Avery with Barbara Stanwyck and Claudette Colbert 1941

0073_2052 Bing Crosby c. 1960 Photo by Richard T. Lewis **E.T.

0090_0322 Photographer Sid Avery in Roehampton, England 1943 © 1978 Sid Avery

0173_0489 Bob Hope 1956 Photo By Gerald Smith MPTV

0090_0130 Sid Avery photographing Inger Stevens in his studio 1963

0090_0021 Sid Avery and Lana Turner at Ciro's Nightclub in Hollywood, California 1941 © 1978 Sid Avery

0173_0448 Bob Hope 1950 CBS © 1978 Gabi Rona

0090_0002 Sid Avery and Lana Turner at Ciro's Nightclub in Hollywood, California 1941

0072_0757 Johnny Carson on "The Tonight Show" 1984 © 1984 Gene Trindl

0071_0077 Debbie Reynolds with Fred Astaire, Tab Hunter and director George Seaton on the set of "The Pleasure of His Company" 1960 © 1978 Sid Avery

0083_0211 Sal Mineo and Susan Oliver on the set of "The Gene Krupa Story" 1959 © 1978 Sid Avery

0071_1059 Debbie Reynolds and Donald O'Connor on the set "I Love Melvin" 1953 MGM © 1978 Bob Willoughby

0083_0209 Sal Mineo circa 1960 Photo by Joe Shere

0079_0287 Glenn Ford with Shirley MacLaine on the set of "The Sheepman" 1957 © 1978 Sid Avery

0070_2365 Joanne Woodward C. 1970 © 1978 Wallace Seawell

0110_0042 Joey Bishop circa 1962 © 1978 Gene Trindl

0079_1027 Glenn Ford 1975 © 1978 Gene Trindl

0070_2429 "Sweet Bird of Youth" Paul Newman 1962 MGM ** I.V.

0073_2114 Bing Crosby grieves over death of wife, Dixie Lee 1952 © 1978 Bud Gray

0073_2118 Bing Crosby and director Leo McCarey during the making of "Going My Way" 1944 ** E.T.C.

0073_2128 Bing Crosby with twin sons Phillip and Dennis during "The Bing Crosby Show" 1959

0073_2126 Bing Crosby 1962 © 1978 Bud Gray

0075_1150 Kirk Douglas 1962 © 1978 Sid Avery

0072_0233 Johnny Carson, 1954 Photo by Gabi Rona

0070_2282 Paul Newman taken for Universal Pictures circa 1971 © 1978 Ken Whitmore

0069_2199 Lucille Ball circa 1980s © 1980 Gary Lewis

0069_2110 Lucille Ball with Desi Arnaz on the Desilu set, c. 1957. **I.V.

0071_1130 "Tammy and the Bachelor" Debbie Reynolds 1957 Universal Pictures ** I.V./M.T.

0072_0050 Johnny Carson hanging laundry on stage on his first TV show, "Carson's Cellar" 1953 © 1978 Sid Avery

0080_0003 Sophia Loren and Rossano Brazzi at home in Beverly Hills, CA 1958 © 1978 Sid Avery

0071_1101 Debbie Reynolds with Jacques Bergerac at the Hilton Hotel for a WAIF Charity Ball C. 1958 Photo by Joe Shere

0071_1116 Debbie Reynolds at the Thalians Party circa 1960 © 1978 Joe Shere

0079_1037 Glenn Ford and Kathryn Hays 1965 Photo by Joe Shere

0069_2205 Lucille Ball circa 1970s © 1978 Gary Lewis

0076_0101 Danny Thomas and Sheldon Leonard during "The Danny Thomas Show" (aka "Make Room for Daddy") 1959 © 1978 Sid Avery

0070_2425 "Sometimes a Great Notion" Paul Newman 1970 Universal Pictures ** I.V.

0069_0731 Lucille Ball circa 1940s

0069_0518 Lucille Ball circa 1950s Photo by Gabi Rona

0069_0886 Lucille Ball on Farm circa 1942

0069_0725 "I Love Lucy" Lucille Ball circa 1955

0073_2051 Mariyln Maxwell, Bing Crosby Spokane Washington, c. 1960. Photo by Sam V. Gordon **E.T.

0068_1008 Jack Webb At a Cerbal Palsy Fundraiser, 1953. © 1978 Sid Avery 0068-1008

0066_0022 Elaine Stewart being photographed by Ray Jones 1953 © 1978 Sid Avery

0069_2208 Lucille Ball circa 1970s © 1978 Mario Casilli

0069_2176 Lucille Ball at a Desilu workshop circa 1960s © 1978 David Sutton

0059_0608 Stan Freberg Impersonating Johnny Ray 1954 © 1978 Sid Avery

0070_0010 Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward during a break in filming "Rally ‘Round the Flag, Boys!" 1958 © 1978 Sid Avery

0069_2133 Lucille Ball 1947 **I.V.

0069_2125 Lucille Ball 1945 **I.V.

0070_2426 "Sometimes a Great Notion" Paul Newman 1970 Universal Pictures ** I.V.

0069_2185 Lucille Ball circa 1950s © 1978 Wallace Seawell

0069_2108 Lucille Ball with Desi Arnaz on the Desilu set, c. 1957. **I.V.

0056_0096 Yul Brynner on the set of "The Sound and the Fury" 1958 © 1978 Sid Avery

0070_2285 Paul Newman on loaction at Riverside Raceway in California for filming of "Winning" 1968 © 1978 David Sutton

0055_0191 Ida Lupino 1941

0067_1144 Rock Hudson at home 1952 © 1978 Sid Avery

0069_2131 Lucille Ball & Milton Berle at Frank Sinatra's birthday party 1965 © 1978 Kim Maydole Lynch

0064_0033 Tennessee Ernie Ford with his wife, Betty, and sons, Brion and Jeffery, on a boat at their ranch in Clear Lake, CA, 1957. © 1978 Sid Avery MPTV

0064_0008 Tennessee Ernie Ford with his wife, Betty, sons, Brion and Jeffery, and a pig at their ranch in Clear Lake, CA, 1957. © 1978 Sid Avery MPTV

0061_0664 Telly Savalas August 1973 © 1978 Gene Trindl

0061_0678 Telly Savalas 1985 © 1985 Gunther

0067_0051 Rock Hudson on the set of "Horizons West" 1952 © 1978 Sid Avery

0070_0008 Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward during a break in filming "Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!" 1958 © 1978 Sid Avery

0037_0814 James Garner circa 1958 © 1978 David Sutton

0048_0049 Mamie Van Doren circa 1959 © 1978 Gene Howard

0069_2194 Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly on the set of "Ziegfeld Follies" 1945 MGM ** B.D.M.

0065_1004 Shelley Winters from "I Died a Thousand Times" 1955 Warner Brothers Photo by Bert Six

0037_0823 James Garner circa 1958 © 1978 David Sutton

0059_0604 Stan Freberg Impersonating Johnny Ray 1954 © 1978 Sid Avery

0055_0188 Ida Lupino circa 1945

0055_0124 Ida Lupino circa 1945

0057_0003 Stan Kenton at the Hollywood Palladium 1953 © 1978 Sid Avery

0055_0003 Ida Lupino, c. 1943.

0069_2009 Lucille Ball circa 1970s © 1978 Mario Casilli

0059_0607 Stan Freberg Impersonating Johnny Ray 1954 © 1978 Sid Avery

0036_0419 Kim Novak 1986 © 1986 Mario Casilli

0055_0186 Ida Lupino circa 1945

0069_0901 "Du Barry Was a Lady" Lucille Ball, Red Skelton 1943 MGM

0069_0710 "I Love Lucy" 'Lucy and the Loving Cup' Vivian Vance, Lucille Ball 1957

0055_0178 Ida Lupino 1942 Photo by Schuyler Crail

0041_0460 Gina Lollobrigida on the beach in Acapulco, Mexico 1959 © 1978 Sid Avery