1759_0395 "Ciro's Nightclub" Ciro's, long famous for its nightly array of talent and world famous celebrities, provided an exciting background for this well known group of show people: composer Irving Berlin, actress Elaine Stritch, actor Gig Young and agent Louis Shurr / Hollywood, CA 1954

1759_0404 "Ciro's Nightclub" Mrs. Peter Godfrey stops by Charles Coburn's table at H.D. Hover's Ciro's between shows / Hollywood, CA circa 1955

1759_0025 "Ciro's Nightclub" Rosemary Clooney, Jose Ferrer, Marlene Dietrich / Hollywood, CA circa 1955

1759_0030 "Ciro's Nightclub" Lee Liberace, Sonja Henie / Hollywood, CA 1955

1759_0045 "Ciro's Nightclub" Jose Ferrer squires his Mrs., Rosemary Clooney, to H.D. Hover's Ciro's for an evening of fun / Hollywood, CA circa 1955

1759_0445 "Ciro's Nightclub" Dorothy Malone's new beau, wealthy Mortimer Hall, escorts her to H.D. Hover's Ciro's to view the fabulous show / Hollywood, CA 1956

1763_0027 "Suddenly, Last Summer" (Premiere Party at Chasen's) Rock Hudson 1959 © 1978 David Sutton

1759_0417 "Ciro's Nightclub" Mamie Van Doren, Ray Anthony / Hollywood, CA circa 1955

1759_0434 "Ciro's Nightclub" Bob Hope / Hollywood, CA 1954

1759_0423 "Ciro's Nightclub" Eydie Gorme, Steve Lawrence / Hollywood, CA 1955

1759_0410 "Ciro's Nightclub" Tony Curtis, Eileen Howe / Hollywood, CA circa 1955

1759_0061 "Ciro's Nightclub" Eddie Cantor / Hollywood, CA circa 1950 Photo by Sterling Smith

1759_0464 "Ciro's Nightclub" Film director Nicholas Ray consoles Shelley Winters as she expresses her disappointment that the exciting Katherine Dunham show at H.D. Hover's Ciro's has ended so soon / Hollywood, CA 1955

1759_0457 "Ciro's Nightclub" Dean Martin, Peter Lawford / Hollywood, CA 1956

1759_0447 "Ciro's Nightclub" Ciro's popular orchestra leader, Dick Stabile, and Dean Martin share an impromptu session at H.D. Hover's popular Hollywood night spot / Hollywood, CA circa 1955

1759_0462 "Ciro's Nightclub" Robert Taylor / Hollywood, CA circa 1955

1759_0456 "Ciro's Nightclub" Mack Gray, Gary Cooper, Valerie Allen, and Dean Martin share a stimulating conversation during an evening at their favorite night spot, H.D. Hover's fabulous Ciro's / Hollywood, CA circa 1955

1759_0415 "Ciro's Nightclub" Jimmy Durante, George Jessel, Margie Little / Hollywood, CA circa 1955

1759_0454 "Ciro's Nightclub" Ida Lupino and Howard Duff spend a rare evening on the town at H.D. Hover's Ciro's / Hollywood, CA circa 1955

1759_0407 "Ciro's Nightclub" Frances Faye, Imogene Coca, Benay Venuta / Hollywood, CA 1956

1759_0403 "Ciro's Nightclub" Lovely Carol Channing and Charles Lowe sight a friend in the star-studded audience at H.D. Hover's glamorous Ciro's / Hollywood, CA circa 1955

1759_0465 "Ciro's Nightclub" Ginger Rogers / Hollywood, CA circa 1955

1759_0441 "Ciro's Nightclub" Exciting foursome enjoying Ciro's are Fernando Lamas and Arlene Dahl with Margaret Lindsay and Liberace. Lee, who got his first big break at H.D. Hover's glamorous restaurant-nitery, introduced the act / Hollywood, CA 1956

1759_0399 "Ciro's Nightclub" Rossano Brazzi with his wife Lydia / Hollywood, CA 1954

1759_0392 "Ciro's Nightclub" Gordon MacRae traded in "The Surrey With the Fringe on Top" for a ringside table at H.D. Hover's Ciro's after the premiere of "Oklahoma!" to celebrate with his lovely wife, Sheila, and their good friends Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz / Hollywood, CA 1955