23704_0530 "The 81st Annual Academy Awards" (Telecast) Adrien Brody, Robert De Niro 02-22-2009 Photo by Darren Decker © 2009 A.M.P.A.S.

23704_0486 "The 81st Annual Academy Awards" (Telecast) Jochen Alexander Freydank 02-22-2009 Photo by Michael Yada © 2009 A.M.P.A.S.

23704_0569 "The 81st Annual Academy Awards" (Telecast) Alan Arkin 02-22-2009 Photo by Michael Yada © 2009 A.M.P.A.S.

23704_0509 "The 81st Annual Academy Awards" (Telecast) Dustin Lance Black 02-22-2009 Photo by Michael Yada © 2009 A.M.P.A.S.

23704_0493 "The 81st Annual Academy Awards" (Telecast) James Franco, Janusz Kaminski, Seth Rogen 02-22-2009 Photo by Michael Yada © 2009 A.M.P.A.S.

23704_0481 "The 81st Annual Academy Awards" (Telecast) Will Smith 02-22-2009 Photo by Darren Decker © 2009 A.M.P.A.S.

23704_0572 "The 81st Annual Academy Awards" (Telecast) Kevin Kline 02-22-2009 Photo by Michael Yada © 2009 A.M.P.A.S.

23704_0571 "The 81st Annual Academy Awards" (Telecast) Christopher Walken 02-22-2009 Photo by Michael Yada © 2009 A.M.P.A.S.

23704_0337 "The 81st Annual Academy Awards" (Press Room) Yojiro Takita 02-22-2009 Photo by Richard Salyer © 2009 A.M.P.A.S.

23704_0315 "The 81st Annual Academy Awards" (Press Room) Jochen Alexander Freydank 02-22-2009 Photo by Bryan Crowe © 2009 A.M.P.A.S.

23704_0053 "The 81st Annual Academy Awards" (Arrivals) Bruce Cohen, Elliot Graham, Robert Osborne 02-22-2009 Photo by Richard Harbaugh © 2009 A.M.P.A.S.

23704_0570 "The 81st Annual Academy Awards" (Telecast) Joel Grey 02-22-2009 Photo by Michael Yada © 2009 A.M.P.A.S.

23704_0485 "The 81st Annual Academy Awards" (Telecast) Jochen Alexander Freydank 02-22-2009 Photo by Michael Yada © 2009 A.M.P.A.S.

23107_0034 "80th Birthday Salute to Mort Sahl" Bill Nye 06-28-2007 / Wadsworth Theater / Brentwood, CA / Photo by Andrew Howick

22938_0184 "Academy Awards - 79th Annual" (Arrivals) Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Muhe 2-25-07 Photo by Michael Yada © 2007 A.M.P.A.S.

22938_0113 "Academy Awards - 79th Annual" (Governors Ball) Nancy Walls, Jonathan Dayton, Steve Carell, Greg Kinnear, Valerie Faris, Helen Labdon, Academy Award winner for Best Original Screenplay for "Little Miss Sunshine" Michael Arndt 2-25-07 Photo by Richard Harbaugh © 2007 A.M.P.A.S.

22937_0078 "Academy Awards - 79th Annual" (Telecast) Graham King accepted the award for Best Motion Picture for the film "The Departed" 2-25-07 Photo by Michael Yada © 2007 A.M.P.A.S.

22937_0044 "Academy Awards - 79th Annual" (Telecast) Achievement in Sound Mixing winners Willie D. Burton, Michael Minkler, Bob Beemer 2-25-07 Photo by Michael Yada © 2007 A.M.P.A.S.

22938_0154 "Academy Awards - 79th Annual" (Arrivals) Louis Gossett Jr. 2-25-07 Photo by Darren Decker © 2007 A.M.P.A.S.

20803_0001 "College" Buster Keaton United Artists, 1927 **I.V.

1759_0368 Ciro's Nightclub Herman Hover & Robert Mitchum c. 1950

17257_0010 "The Heiress" Montgomery Clift 1949 Paramount Pictures ** I.V.

17257_0011 "The Heiress" Montgomery Clift 1949 Paramount Pictures ** I.V.

17257_0013 "The Heiress" Montgomery Clift 1949 Paramount Pictures ** I.V.

17257_0012 "The Heiress" Montgomery Clift 1949 Paramount Pictures ** I.V.

16530_0008 "Barney Miller" Max Gail, Steve Landesberg, Hal Linden, Ron Carey, Ron Glass, James Gregory 1976 ABC **H.L.

14783_0002 "Harry and Walter Go to New York" James Caan, Michael Caine, Elliott Gould, Diane Keaton 1976 Columbia Pictures ** I.V.

13258_0004 "The Brothers" Gale Gordon, Bob Sweeney 1956 Photo by Gabi Rona

13028_0007 "The Eagle" Rudolph Valentino 1925 United Artists Photo by Nealson Smith ** I.V.

11210_0020 Rich Little with Donald O'Connor Circa 1964 © 1978 Kim Maydole Lynch

11078_0012 Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. at a Share Party 1963 © 1978 Chester Maydole

11078_0020 Dean Martin at a Share Party 1964 © 1978 Chester Maydole

11078_0009 Frank Sinatra at a Share Party 1963 © 1978 Chester Maydole

11078_0011 Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. at a Share Party 1963 © 1978 Chester Maydole

1114_0994 "A Free Soul" Norma Shearer, Clark Gable, Leslie Howard 1931 MGM ** B.L.

11078_0010 Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. at a Share Party 1963 © 1978 Chester Maydole

11078_0018 Dean Martin at a Share Party 1964 © 1978 Chester Maydole

10796_0004 "Beverly Hilton Awards Dinner" Michael Todd, Elizabeth Taylor, Eddie Fisher 1957 © 1978 Bernie Abramson

24295_0001 Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert circa 1989 © 1989 Mario Casilli

24293_0014 Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme in "The Steve Lawrence Show" 1965 ** B.D.M.

21780_0008 "The Bing Crosby Show" Peter Gennaro, Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grant, Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Dean Martin 10-27-1963 © 1978 Gene Trindl

0073_2010 Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, Rosemary Clooney, Bing Crosby on "The Edsel Show" 1957 Photo by Gabi Rona

24322_0186 Ray Charles with The Raelettes (Mable John) circa 1960s ** I.V.M.

24322_0185 Ray Charles with The Raelettes (Mable John) circa 1960s ** I.V.M.

24322_0184 Ray Charles with The Raelettes (Mable John) circa 1960s ** I.V.M.

0551_0002 Ronald Reagan and wife Nancy Reagan at "Dr. Dolittle" premiere party 1968 © 1978 Larry Kastendiek

10738_0002 "Emmy Awards" Richard Deacon, Mary Tyler Moore, Dick Van Dyke, Sheldon Leonard, Carl Reiner, Jerry Paris 1963 © 1978 Bernie Abramson

0288_0194 Gregory Peck and his wife Veronique Passani circa 1958 © 1978 Bernie Abramson

1801_0002 "Academy Awards: 33rd Annual" Eddie Fisher and Elizabeth Taylor 1961 © 1978 Bernie Abramson

0758_0816 Marilyn Monroe with Ronald Reagan at Charlton Heston's birthday party 1953

13872_0006 "The Boys in the Band" Leonard Frey 1970 Cinema Center

0603_0065 Sally Field with first husband Steven Craig at the Grammy Awards 1968 © 1978 Joe Shere

24300_0566 Oprah Winfrey and Bob Hope at the American All-Star Tribute Honoring Oprah Winfrey at the McCallum Theater in Palm Desert, California 1990 © 1990 Gary Lewis

24300_0572 Desi Arnaz circa 1970s © 1978 Gary Lewis

2737_0013 Jim Nabors circa 1966 © 1978 Glenn Embree

24322_0072 Winston Churchill and Charlie Chaplin circa 1930s ** I.V.

5093_0028 Holiday category (Thanksgiving) Barbara Bates 1953 Photo by Bert Six

24293_2784 Steven Spielberg 1979 ** B.D.M.

0733_2100 Judy Garland and Humphrey Bogart in Las Vegas, Nevada 1955 ** R.C.

0733_2321 Judy Garland and George Jessel at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles July 1952 © 1978 Joe Shere

0733_2316 Judy Garland and husband Sid Luft at the Golden Globe Awards show circa 1960 © 1978 Joe Shere

2172_2068 Jack Carson circa 1950s Photo by Gabi Rona

24293_2696 Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball in a print ad for Philip Morris cigarettes 1952 ** B.D.M.

3947_0431 Marie McDonald making her professional nightclub debut in Reno, Nevada May 1957

24331_0243 Alex Haley at the wedding of Terry Gordy held at the estate of Berry Gordy Jr, in Bel Air, California 1978 © 1978 Bobby Holland

24322_0054 "Morocco" Marlene Dietrich 1930 Paramount Photo Eugene R. Richee ** I.V.

24331_0268 Jessie Jackson and Stevie Wonder circa 1970s © 1978 Bobby Holland

5928_0262 Farrah Fawcett circa 1980s

11252_0008 Johnny Green circa 1961 © 1978 Wallace Seawell

0292_0605 Jerry Lewis circa 1940s ** I.V. / M.T.

0337_0757 Dean Martin, Burt Lancaster, and Frank Sinatra at an ACLU fund-raising dinner November 1970

0025_0600 Clark Gable 1932 Photo by George Hurrell

0818_0121 Elvis Presley and Priscilla on their wedding day May 1, 1967

0337_2872 Adolph Zukor, Jesse L. Lasky, Bob Hope, George Jessel and Jack Benny circa 1940s ** A.H.

6058_0007 "The Last Tycoon" Tony Curtis, Leslie Allen, Ray Milland, Robert De Niro, Jeanne Moreau, Robert Mitchum, Theresa Russell 1976 ** I.V.

5769_0005 "Day for Night" Jacqueline Bisset, Francoise Truffaut, Valentina Cortese, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Marisa Pavan 1973 ** I.V.

2660_0144 Lee Marvin and John Wayne circa 1950s © 1978 Joe Shere

24293_2559 Stefanie Powers and Troy Donahue in "Palm Springs Weekend" 1963 Warner Bros. ** B.D.M.

0898_3448 John Wayne 1930 ** I.V.

5746_0107 "The Godfather" Al Martino, Marlon Brando 1972 ** I.V.C.

5746_0105 "The Godfather" Al Martino, Marlon Brando 1972 ** I.V.C.

5746_0106 "The Godfather" Al Martino, Marlon Brando 1972 ** I.V.C.

5062_0119 Louis Armstrong and Dean Martin on "The Dean Martin Show" 1965 ** I.V.

5062_0106 Louis Armstrong circa 1953 ** I.V.

14530_0008 "Bare Essence" Genie Francis January 1983 © 1983 Gene Trindl

5062_0118 Louis Armstrong 1954 ** I.V.

5062_0117 Louis Armstrong playing the Samisen (Japanese violin) circa 1950s ** I.V.

5062_0109 Louis Armstrong and James Stewart in "The Glenn Miller Story" 1953 ** I.V.

0332_0287 Ann-Margret and John Gary during an album cover session for "Hits From His Broadway Hits" 1964 © 1998 Ken Whitmore

2411_0005 Bonita Granville circa 1960s © 1978 John Engstead

2170_0069 Diahann Carroll and Don Marshall circa 1968

3747_0137 Judy Garland, James Mason and Tom Noonan in "A Star is Born" 1954 Warner Bros. ** I.V.

8705_0014 Commander K.D. Iain Murray, technical advisor, and Cyd Charisse on the set of "Brigadoon" 1954 MGM ** I.V.

1782_0003 "The Golden Globe Awards" Jack Lemmon, Maureen O'Hara, Tony Curtis, Sal Mineo 1961 © 1978 Bernie Abramson

11465_0017 James Stacy and Joanna Pettet circa 1965 Photo by Joe Shere

24354_0274 Mel Torme performing at the Westbury Music Fair in New York 1974 © 1978 Barry Kramer

24354_0261 Angela Lansbury performing in "Mame" at the Westbury Music Fair in New York 1972 © 1978 Barry Kramer

24356_0003 Howard Ahmanson and Dorothy Chandler at the opening of the Mark Taper Forum 1967 © 1978 Bob Willoughby

24356_0004 Norman and Dorothy Chandler at the opening of the Mark Taper Forum 1967 © 1978 Bob Willoughby

24356_0002 Howard Ahmanson and Dorothy Chandler at the opening of the Mark Taper Forum 1967 © 1978 Bob Willoughby