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Title: Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, Cal
Creator: Plunkett, Bob
Date Created and/or Issued: 1937
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Photographs
Rights Information: For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Image of the entrance to Grauman's Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California, with people walking around the forecourt looking at the imprints of the Stars. The movie posters in the display cases on either side say "Prisoner of Zenda," which was a film released in 1937, and the awning for Radlicks candy store and soda fountain can be seen at right.
"Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, Cal. 30" and "Bob Plunkett Photo"--text, on negative. Title transcribed from negative; date devised by cataloger based on movie posters for "Prisoner of Zenda," which was released in 1937. Sid Grauman's Chinese Theatre opened in 1927 and is located at 6925 Hollywood Boulevard, in Hollywood, Ca. (Source: The Los Angeles Historic Theatre Foundation)
Type: Image
Format: image/jpeg
Extent: 1 photograph : film negative ; sheet 10.5 x 16.8 cm
Identifier: photCL_555
488195
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/17921
Subject: Chinese Theatre (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Hollywood Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Business districts
Theaters
Photographs. (aat)
Place: Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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