A Gala Benefit celebration, Hooray for Hollywood, honoring the legendary Oscar winner Patricia Neal, (First Actress ever to win a Tony Award), Smith Barney’s Shirl Penney and The Count and Countess de Lesseps was held at Steiner Film Studios in Brooklyn, the largest sound stage on the East Coast. The gala evening chaired by David Steiner benefited The Auditory Oral School of New York, a non profit organization which specializes in teaching deaf and hard of hearing children to listen, talk, think and socialize.

Photography: Barry Gordin