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

1763_0034 "Suddenly, Last Summer" (Premiere Party at Chasen's) Dennis Hopper 1959 © 1978 Bernie Abramson

1759_0409 "Ciro's Nightclub" Jackie Cooper / Hollywood, CA circa 1955

1764_0022 "Ice Follies" (Premiere) Marlon Brando circa 1958 © 1978 Gerald Smith

1759_0378 "Ciro's Nightclub" Debbie Reynolds, Eddie Fisher / Hollywood, CA 1956

17592_0001 Peg Leg Bates 10/7/57 © 1978 Maurice Seymour

1759_0412 "Ciro's Nightclub" Sensational Sammy Davis Jr., soon to make Broadway debut in "Mr. Wonderful", holds hands with pert Vera Francis at H.D. Hover's Ciro's, where he appears frequently on stage / Hollywood, CA circa 1955

1759_0379 "Ciro's Nightclub" A scant few days before their marriage Rosemarie Bowe and Robert Stack celebrated his birthday at H.D. Hover's Ciro's scene of many happy dates during their long courtship / Hollywood, CA 1956

1759_0021 Ciro's Nightclub, 1955. Anita Ekberg, Frank Sinatra, Mike Romanoff.

1759_0071 "Ciro's Nightclub" James Mason, Milton Berle / Hollywood, CA circa 1955

17592_0002 Peg Leg Bates 10/7/57 © 1978 Maurice Seymour

1759_0048 Ciro's Nightclub Louella Parsons, Larry Finley, Jimmy McHugh & Nat King Cole 1955 © 1978 David Sutton

1759_0468 Sammy Davis Jr. with Marjorie and Jeff Chandler at Ciro's nightclub 1952 © 1978 Gerald Smith

1759_0014 Ciro's Nightclub Ed Wynn, Keenan Wynn, Herman Hover c. 1955

1759_0402 "Ciro's Nightclub" Gower and Marge Champion display their typical vitality and enthusiasm while watching the exciting floor show at H.D. Hover's plush night spot, Ciro's / Hollywood, CA circa 1955

17686_0003 Mike Mazurki c. 1950 © 1978 Maurice Seymour

1759_0377 "Ciro's Nightclub" Even Patrick Nerney's spectacles cannot de-glamourize pretty Jane Powell. Here she plays "peek-a-boo" with him as they dine at H.D. Hover's Ciro's / Hollywood, CA 1956

1759_0364 Ciro's Nightclub Ginger Rogers & Jack Benny 1955

1759_0375 "Ciro's Nightclub" Actress Donna Reed and husband Tony Owen make a happy twosome at H.D. Hover's Ciro's, America's most glamorous night spot / Hollywood, CA circa 1955

1759_0373 "Ciro's Nightclub" Celebrating at Ciro's are Donald O'Connor and Gloria Noble. It came as no surprise to Hollywood when this happy twosome announced their engagement / Hollywood, CA circa 1955

1759_0381 "Ciro's Nightclub" In true "Dragnet" fashion, Jack Webb seems to be investigating The Case of Peggy Lee's Coke, while his Mrs. seems more intent on pretty Peggy's conversation / Hollywood, CA 1955

17604_0002 Ivan Boutrikoff (Ballet Russe Conductor) c. 1940 © 1978 Maurice Seymour

1759_0374 "Ciro's Nightclub" Donald O'Connor celebrates the success of his newly released "Anything Goes" with his pretty fiancee, Gloria Noble, at H.D. Hover's Ciro's / Hollywood, CA 1956

1759_0024 "Ciro's Nightclub" George Gobel, Hedda Hopper, Debbie Reynolds, Eddie Fisher / Hollywood, CA circa 1955

1759_0383 "Ciro's Nightclub" Natalie Wood, David Jansen / Hollywood, CA circa 1955

1759_0016 Ciro's Nightclub Rosmary Clooney, Jose Ferrer c. 1955

1755_0045 "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" Ed McMahon, Johnny Carson circa 1960s United Press International Photo

17561_0105 Helen Hunt, Steven Spielberg, survivor Shoah Foundation Event: Humanity Through Technology Gala Benefit 2001, 1/10/01. © 2001 Ariel Ramerez

17561_0104 Helen Hunt, Steven Spielberg, survivor Shoah Foundation Event: Humanity Through Technology Gala Benefit 2001, 1/10/01. © 2001 Ariel Ramerez

1759_0018 Ciro's Nightclub Jimmy Durante, Herman Hover c. 1956

1759_0068 Ciro's Nightclub Nat King Cole, Leo Durocher, & Maria Cole / 1955 © 1978 David Sutton

1759_0007 Ciro's Nightclub Jimmy McHugh, Marilyn Monroe, Herman Hover 1957

1759_0387 "Ciro's Nightclub" Pier Angeli, Dean Martin / Hollywood, CA circa 1955

1759_0022 Ciro's Nightclub Herman Hover, Louella Parsons, J.D. Gortatowsky (Hearst Publication President) c. 1955

1759_0467 James Bacon and his wife at Ciro's Nightclub 1953

1759_0401 "Ciro's Nightclub" Leslie Caron / Hollywood, CA circa 1955

1759_0001 Ciro's Nightclub Liberace & June Allyson 1955 © 1978 David Sutton

1759_0371 "Ciro's Nightclub" Jerry Lewis and his wife Patti Palmer with Dean Martin and his wife Jeanne Martin, and in the back, Ciro's owner H.D. Hover / Hollywood, CA circa 1955

1759_0027 Ciro's Nightclub Cary Grant, Betsy Drake, Bandleader Dick Stabile c. 1955

1759_0043 "Ciro's Nightclub" Dean Martin with wife Jeanne / Hollywood, CA 1956

1759_0003 Ciro's Nightclub Jack Benny, Mary Livingston, Sammy Davis Jr. c. 1953

17314_0002 Melvyn Douglas, Myrna Loy Film Set "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House" (1948) Copyright John Swope Trust / MPTV

1733_0012 "The Dating Game" circa 1967 Photo by Bert Mittleman

17304_0005 Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein, Josh Logan 1949 Copyright John Swope Trust / MPTV

17433_0007 "Black Windmill" Michael Caine 1974 Universal Pictures ** H.L.

17397_0004 Photographer Mark Shaw in the White House 1961 © 2012 Mark Shaw

17277_0002 Robert L. Smith, former publisher of the Los Angeles Daily News. Los Angeles City Hall is at left. At the right are buildings which house part of the Los Angeles Times-Mirror Co. 1955 © 1978 Sid Avery

17433_0005 "Black Windmill" Michael Caine 1974 Universal Pictures ** H.L.

17396_0002 "Philadelphia Story, The" Play Production (1938) Katharine Hepburn Photo by Vandamm **I.V.

17273_0001 Jack Webb, Raymond Francis Universal "Dragnet 1967" 17273-0001 0061248