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Order Number	00078216
Title	Close brush with off-the-wall stars
Photographer	Mullen, Mike.
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HH_b044_f1_i52
Date	1989
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Historical Data	Richard Wyatt's finished mural depicts Laurel and Hardy painting a mural of Sir Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, James Cagney, and Lauren Bacall. In this photo, Lauren Bacall and James Cagney are starting to appear. The mural, acrylic on concrete, is 15' x 40' and is on the southwest corner of Hudson at Hollywood Blvd. The mural was sponsored by Councilman Michael Woo and HERE project.
Description	Photograph caption reads: "Larger than life, James Cagney and Lauren Bacall eye the crowd assembed at Hudson Street and Hollywood Boulevard yesterday to hear Councilman Michael Woo thank artist Richard Wyatt and the Hollywood Clean Team - the youths on the scaffolding who did the actual painting - for beautifying the area with their still half-finished "The Muralists". Photograph dated: Aug. 31, 1989.
Subject	Public art--California--Los Angeles. Urban beautification--California--Los Angeles. Murals--California--Los Angeles. Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.). Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs. Wyatt, Richard. Woo, Michael.
Format	Photographic prints
Credits	Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation.
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection