Mickey Rooney (Babes in Arms, Girl Crazy)—no propaganda submitted
Laurence Olivier (Hamlet, Rebecca, Pride and Prejudice)—no propaganda submitted
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In September of 1943, the Hollywood Bond Cavalcade arrived at the first destination of their cross-country bond selling trip. Pictured here on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. are Harpo Marx, Fred Astaire, Lucille Ball, Betty Hutton, Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, James Cagney, Greer Garson, Kay Kyser, and Kathryn Grayson; plus starlets nicknamed "Bondbardears", Ruth Brady, Margaret Stewart, Doris Merrick, Rosemary Laplanche, Dorothy Merritt, and Muriel Goodspeed.
Ava Gardner Lipstick and Match Holder from Mickey Rooney. A small outhouse-shaped pewter match holder with matches still inside, and a silver lipstick case with elaborate floral filigree and tiny hidden mirror, gifts from Mickey Rooney to his then-wife Ava Gardner.
Harpo Marx, James Cagney, Mickey Rooney, and Lucille Ball greet Richard Rosen, an 18-year-old who has sold $35,000 worth of war bonds in two months from his stretcher by telephone. The stars participated at a Bond Rally in Philadelphia's Convention Hall. (Year ?)