13339_3 Bill Harris backstage at the Shrine Auditorium for Norman Granz's "Jazz at the Philharmonic" concert, Los Angeles, CA, 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

13327_101 Quentin Jackson and "Peppy" Prince of Joe Liggen's Orchestra (left) backstage at the Shrine Auditorium for Gene Norman's "Just Jazz" concert, Los Angeles, CA, 1951. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

13311_253 Al Bartee at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, October 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

13359_19 Wynton Marsalis and Wycliffe Gordon (background) rehearsing for the "Jazz Gipfel" concert, Stuttgart, Germany, 1992. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

13176_101 Shelly Manne and June Christy (foreground) in Balboa, 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

12596_254 Big Jay McNeely's back-up group and L.A. disc-jockey, Hunter Hancock (left), at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, October 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

12942_0001 "Knock On Any Door" Humphrey Bogart 1949 Columbia/Santana MPTV

13035_0001 "The Barefoot Contessa" Ava Gardner and Humphrey Bogart 1954 UA MPTV

12940_0001 "Conflict" Humphrey Bogart 1945 Warner Bros. MPTV

13037_0001 "We're No Angels" Humphrey Bogart 1954 Paramount MPTV

12960_0001 "High Sierra" Humphrey Bogart 1941 Warner Bros. MPTV

13036_0001 "They Drive By Night" Humphrey Bogart and George Raft 1940 Warner Bros. MPTV

1200_0001 "Rough Romance," Fox Film Studio 1930. John Wayne and George O'Brien.

12011_0004 "The Philadelphia Story" John Howard, Cary Grant, James Stewart, Katharine Hepburn 1940 MGM

12596_260 Big Jay McNeely fans at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, October 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

13366_10 Wycliffe Gordon backstage at the "Jazz Gipfel" concert, Stuttgart, Germany, 1992. (Wynton Marsalis on TV) © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

12960_0002 "High Sierra" Humphrey Bogart 1941 Warner Bros. MPTV

12940_0002 "Conflict" Humphrey Bogart 1945 Warner Bros. MPTV

13304_2 Ron Crotty, San Francisco, CA, 1954. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

12765_0011 "Devil At Four O'clock, The" Gregoire Aslan, Frank Sinatra 1961/Columbia © 1978 Mel Traxel

1248_0016 Laurence Olivier in "Rebecca." 1940 UA

12960_0003 "High Sierra" Humphrey Bogart 1941 Warner Bros. MPTV

13176_102 Shelly Manne in Balboa, 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

13326_1 "The Benny Goodman Story," Universal 1955. Gene Krupa, Harry James, Teddy Wilson, and Benny Goodman. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

13301_2 Ray Nance and Paul Gonslaves backstage at the Shrine Auditorium for Gene Norman's "Just Jazz" concert, Los Angeles, CA, 1951. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

12596_401 Big Jay McNeely's back-up singer at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, October 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

12765_0010 "Devil At Four O'clock, The" Frank Sinatra 1961/Columbia © 1978 Mel Traxel

12596_103 Big Jay McNeely's back-up group at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, October 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

12598_106 Wardell Gray, 1951. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

11701_0006 "Reivers, The" Steve McQueen, Mitch Vogel 1969 Solar © 1978 Mel Traxel MPTV

11701_0001 "Reivers, The" Steve McQueen 1969 Solar © 1978 Mel Traxel MPTV

1249_0061 Spencer Tracy 1936 Photo by Ted Allan

12765_0014 "Devil At Four O'clock, The" Frank Sinatra, Gregoire Aslan 1961/ Columbia © 1978 Mel Traxel

12162_11 Hoagy Carmichael posing for a Rheingold beer advertisement, circa 1955. © 1978 Paul Hesse MPTV

11701_0008 "Reivers, The" Steve McQueen, Sharon Farrell 1969 Solar © 1978 Mel Traxel MPTV

1249_0163 Spencer Tracy, circa 1952. © 1978 Bud Fraker MPTV

12596_256 Big Jay McNeely at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, October 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

12596_251 Big Jay McNeely fans at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, October 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

12596_263 Big Jay McNeely's bass player at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, October 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

12596_202 Big Jay McNeely at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, October 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

13327_1 Quentin Jackson backstage at the Shrine Auditorium for Gene Norman's "Just Jazz" concert, Los Angeles, CA, 1951. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

13341_11 Arvil Shaw, circa 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

12596_301 Big Jay McNeely and fans at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, October 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

13310_261 Smilin' Smokey Lynn at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, October 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

12596_101 Big Jay McNeely and fans at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, October 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

12596_262 Big Jay McNeely fan at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, October 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

11882_0032 Black and White Ball at Dominick Dunne's House 1964 © 1978 Bob Willoughby

12596_259 Big Jay McNeely fans at the Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, October 1950. © 1978 Bob Willoughby / MPTV

11666_0001 "Lady L," Sophia Loren & Paul Newman. 1965 MGM

12291_11 Georges Braque, French painter, at his studio, circa 1950. © 1978 Sanford Roth / LACMA MPTV