In this photo from July 1920, we can see a 15-foot portrait of Harold Lloyd hanging outside Sid Grauman’s Million Dollar Theater, 307 S. Broadway in downtown Los Angeles. What’s interesting is that Lloyd’s movie, “High and Dizzy” was the supporting short (26 minutes) for the main feature, which was “The Fighting Chance.” But it’s Lloyd’s picture they figured would bring in the customers. I don’t know what the “Cinema Temple” sign refers to, other than perhaps Grauman’s advertising that his Million Dollar Theater was so lavish that it resembled a temple.
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Post movie-career Harold Lloyd became an avid photographer, studying color theory, 3D processes, and making color film experiments. The subject of his work was limited to ‘artistic” shots of nubile young women, usually without clothing.
Harold Lloyd’s nudes in 3D is available on Amazon for a mere $4 bucks, if you don’t mind a used copy that is. The blurb reads: “Many of the photos were of young women who dreamed of making it big in Hollywood.”
In this photo from July 1920, we can see a 15-foot portrait of Harold Lloyd hanging outside Sid Grauman’s Million Dollar Theater, 307 S. Broadway in downtown Los Angeles. What’s interesting is that Lloyd’s movie, “High and Dizzy” was the supporting short (26 minutes) for the main feature, which was “The Fighting Chance.” But it’s Lloyd’s picture they figured would bring in the customers. I don’t know what the “Cinema Temple” sign refers to, other than perhaps Grauman’s advertising that his Million Dollar Theater was so lavish that it resembled a temple.
Post movie-career Harold Lloyd became an avid photographer, studying color theory, 3D processes, and making color film experiments. The subject of his work was limited to ‘artistic” shots of nubile young women, usually without clothing.
Was it really??? Oh my!
Harold Lloyd’s nudes in 3D is available on Amazon for a mere $4 bucks, if you don’t mind a used copy that is. The blurb reads: “Many of the photos were of young women who dreamed of making it big in Hollywood.”
https://www.amazon.com/Harold-Lloyds-Hollywood-Nudes-3D/dp/1579123945
From this photo, it looks like it reads “Grauman’s Cinema Temple”. It doesn’t really roll off the tongue.
https://i.imgur.com/YDXUwB7.jpg
Yes, I wondered about that, too. I googled it but came up blank.