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Title
Premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
Grauman's Chinese Theatre opened in May 18, 1927, after a construction period of 18 months. The principal architect of the theater was Raymond M. Kennedy of the firm Meyer and Holler. Built to resemble a giant, red Chinese pagoda, the architecture features a huge Chinese dragon across the front, two stone lion-dogs guarding the main entrance, and the silhouettes of tiny dragons up and down the sides of the copper roof. Among the theater's most distinctive features are the concrete blocks set in the courtyard that bear the signatures, footprints, and handprints of popular motion picture personalities from the 1920s to the present day. In 1968 Grauman's Chinese Theatre was declared a historic and cultural landmark; it continues to serve the public as a first-run movie theater.
Night view shows theater lights and throngs of fans packing the streets for blocks around Grauman's Chinese Theatre. Publicity of Hollywood premiers usually brought stars and other distinguished visitors to magnificent events such as the one seen here - possibly the opening night of a movie starring Douglas Fairbanks. Grauman's Chinese Theatre is located at 6925 Hollywood Boulevard.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;17 x 20 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00077686
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Hollywood-Theaters-Grauman's Chinese
CARL0000079592
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/111297
Subject
Chinese Theatre (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Motion picture theaters--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles)
Fans (Persons)--California--Los Angeles
Motion picture premieres--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles)
Architecture--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles)--Chinese influences
Street-railroad tracks--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles)
Automobiles--California--Los Angeles
Night photographs
Grauman, Sid,1879-1950
Kennedy, Raymond M
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Hollywood Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Meyer & Holler
Source
Slade, Milton.

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