3089_0006 Alice White circa 1930s Photo by Elmer Fryer

24287_0036 Rhonda Fleming, Peter Lorre and Victor Mature in "The Big Circus" 1959 Allied Artists ** I.V.

24287_0032 Peter Lorre in "The Big Circus" 1959 Allied Artists ** I.V.

24287_0031 Peter Lorre in "The Big Circus" 1959 Allied Artists ** I.V.

2386_0055 Mitzi Gaynor circa 1967 ** I.V. / M.T.

21400_0001 "Children of Paradise" Jean Louis Barrault Tricolore Films 1946 **I.V.

18397_0002 "Arthritis Telethon Foundation" 1966 Phyllis Diller © 1978 Chester Maydole

18255_0007 "Sleuth" Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine 1972 Palomar Pictures Corporation ** I.V.

17461_0004 "The Julie Andrews Hour" Julie Andrews 1972 **H.L.

17207_0003 "He Who Gets Slapped" Lon Chaney 1924 MGM **I.V.

17146_0002 "Laugh, Clown, Laugh" Lon Chaney 1928 MGM Photo By Ruth Harriet Louise / **I.V.

17225_0002 "The Adventures of Mark & Brian" Brian Phelps, Mark Thompson 1991 © 1991 Mario Casilli

17207_0002 "He Who Gets Slapped" Lon Chaney 1924 MGM **I.V.

17146_0003 "Laugh, Clown, Laugh" Lon Chaney 1928 MGM Photo By Ruth Harriet Louise / **I.V.

17207_0005 "He Who Gets Slapped" Norma Shearer, Lon Chaney 1924 MGM **I.V.

17207_0004 "He Who Gets Slapped" Lon Chaney, John Gilbert 1924 MGM **I.V.

17146_0004 "Laugh, Clown, Laugh" Lon Chaney 1928 MGM Photo By Ruth Harriet Louise / **I.V.

16558_0001 Marcel Marceau in Paris, 1952 Photo by Ernest E. Reshovsky © 1978 Marc Reshovsky

1480_0001 "The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special," Howard Morris, Sid Caesar, Carl Reiner, and Imogene Coca. 1967/ CBS

14645_0001 "Leave ’em Laughing" Mickey Rooney 1981 © 1981 Gene Trindl

14040_0002 Larry Harmon 1966 © 1978 Gene Trindl

14040_0001 Larry Harmon 1966 © 1978 Gene Trindl

13466_0006 "Producers' Showcase" (Episode: "The Lord Don't Play Favorites") Buster Keaton September 17, 1956 Photo by Gerald Smith

13466_0001 "Producers' Showcase" (Episode: "The Lord Don't Play Favorites") Buster Keaton September 17, 1956 Photo by Gerald Smith

1273_0089 "Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, The" Chastity Bono, Cher, Sonny Bono c.1973 CBS **H.L.

10309_0002 "Howdy Doody Show" Buffalo Bob (Bob Smith), Howdy Doody, Clarabell the Clown (Alfie Scopp), the Peanut Gallery circa 1955

10309_0001 "Howdy Doody Show" Buffalo Bob (Bob Smith), Howdy Doody, Clarabell the Clown (Alfie Scopp) circa 1955

24300_0833 Cher and Sonny Bono circa 1970s © Gary Lewis

24361_0271 Rivals 2016 © 2016 Jason Mageau

0860_0702 Charlie Chaplin C. 1940's ** I.V.

0710_0066 Twiggy Lawson 1967 © 1978 Gunther

0312_0069 Jimmy Durante 1966 © 1978 Ed Thrasher

0312_0019 Jimmy Durante 1960 © 1978 David Sutton

0312_0073 Jimmy Durante at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada March 29, 1972

0312_0017 Jimmy Durante and Lana Turner circa 1945

0312_0070 Jimmy Durante circa 1960s © 1978 Ed Thrasher

0312_0076 Jimmy Durante with Vera Vague (aka Barbara Jo Allen) and Don Ameche circa 1958 Photo by Gabi Rona

0312_0072 Jimmy Durante August 1967 © 1978 Ed Thrasher

0312_0071 Jimmy Durante circa 1930s

0312_0009 Jimmy Durante circa 1945

0312_0055 Jimmy Durante and Danny Thomas circa 1964 Photo by Clayton Bud Gray

0312_0078 Jimmy Durante 1968 © 1978 Gene Trindl

0312_0075 Jimmy Durante and Donald O'Connor circa 1950s Photo by Gabi Rona

0173_0631 Bob Hope 1967 © 1978 Tom Elliott

0069_0726 "I Love Lucy" Lucille Ball circa 1955

0029_0826 Edward G. Robinson behind the scenes of "Key Largo." Photo by Mac Julian 1948 Warner Bros.

24300_0073 Mick Jagger circa 1980s © 1980 Gary Lewis

9489_0012 "Horsemen, The" Leigh Taylor-Young 1970 Columbia © 1978 Bob Willoughby

9489_0011 "Horsemen, The" Leigh Taylor-Young 1970 Columbia © 1978 Bob Willoughby

8216_0085 "Somebody Up There Likes Me" Paul Newman 1956 © 1978 Sanford Roth / A.M.P.A.S.