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Title: Joe E. Brown's "oral imprint", Grauman's Chinese Theatre
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator: Davis, H. G
Date Created and/or Issued: 1936
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Title supplied by cataloger.
Photograph caption dated March 9, 1936 reads, "When Joe E. Brown put his famous mouth in cement Thursday night at Grauman's Chinese the oral imprint measured 5 1/2 inches by 3 1/2 inches, almost as big as the feet of Douglas Fairbanks, which measure 11 by 4. Sid Grauman is seen supervising the feat."
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00092201
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 39
CARL0004993888
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/28327
Subject: Brown, Joe E.--(Joe Evan),--1892-1973
Grauman, Sid,--1879-1950
Chinese Theatre (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Motion picture actors and actresses--United States
Motion picture theaters--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles)
Comedians--United States
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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