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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Mertie, Myrtle, and Evert West look at the footprints in the cement in front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre. Other people also look at the ground at the right. Evert West was H. H. West's second cousin once removed. Myrtle West was Evert's wife. Mertie West was H. H. West's second wife. Text from negative sleeve: 1976. Los Angeles, California. Hollywood. July 1941. 1. Left to right, facing the camera: Myrtle West, Everett [sic] West. 2. Left to right: Mertie West, Myrtle West, Everett [sic] West. They and other visitors are looking at the writing and other signs in the cement in front of the theatre. Grauman had all the celebrities come out at different times and write in the wet cement, or put their hands or feet on it for a permanent record. John Barrymore had his face pushed down in the wet cement. 2 films.
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