There’s a lot to love about this shot of Stanley Kramer’s “On The Beach” when it was playing Grauman’s Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard, December 18, 1959. There’s nothing like a color photo to show off that neon dragon! It’s gone now, along with the marquee, but at least we can now see that beautiful bas-relief decoration it was covering up.
And how that same building looks these days:
I remember going to Grauman’s Chinese Theater to see this movie ? back in 1959! It was always a special occasion to go there. The movie was unforgettable as well.
The Chinese is such an historic theater that it’s always a special occasion!
Another Hollywood landmark ruined.
Yep!!!