Cake Eaters and Coffee Drinkers

“Aurora”; Xavier Cugat and his Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra; Margo; Adamson; Berrios; Lago; Roberti; Columbia (36139); 1941

PM, October 28, 1945, p. m12

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

Margo gets in Fredric March’s hair. The Tina and Maj. Joppolo of the play, A Bell for Adano, which closed Saturday night, photographed at a farewell party for the cast… Margo [1917-1985] had just smeared March’s [1897-1975] hair with icing from the party’s 450-pound, bell-shaped cake… Photo By Weegee

“I Said No”; Xavier Cugat and his Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra; Margo and Xavier Cugat; Loesser; Styne; Columbia (36488); 1941

PM, October 28, 1945, p. m13

Leahy Honors PM Coast Guardsman Adm William Leahy presenting a Navy citation to Chief Photographer’s Mate Ray Platnick, in Washington this week. Chief Platnick, in the service more than three years, returns to PM Nov 5. His photo, Coffee Drinkers, taken during the battle for Eniwetok Atoll, won second prize in work of 100 Navy combat photographers in the Pacific.

“40 Cups of Coffee”; Danny Overbea; King Kolex and his Orchestra; D. Overbea; Checker (774); 1953