Screen and stage star entertains crowd at president's birthday ball. Washington, D.C., Jan. 29. Ray Bolger, rubber-legged dancing start of screen and stage, entertains the huge crowd attending the President's Birthday Ball at the Mayflower Hotel, 1/29/38
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