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“Grind” ticket booth in Grauman’s Chinese theater courtyard, Hollywood Boulevard, during “Robin Hood of El Dorado,” May 1936

Posted on March 24, 2017 by

This is the ticket booth of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre forecourt during the May 1936 run of an MGM picture called “Robin Hood of El Dorado” starring Warner Baxter. This booth was added to Grauman’s in 1934 and was referred to … Continue reading →

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“Hotel Hollywood” at night, Hollywood Blvd, 1936

Posted on March 21, 2017 by

Here is a wonderfully atmospheric shot of the Hollywood Hotel captured by a Life magazine photographer in 1936. Interestingly the hotel’s sign across the front reads “HOTEL HOLLYWOOD” rather than the other way around. In the second photo below, we … Continue reading →

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Color shot of Hollywood Blvd, circa late 1940s

Posted on January 30, 2017 by

We’re looking east along Hollywood Boulevard from Grauman’s Chinese Theater in what I’m guessing is the late 1940s. We can see the sign for the Drake Hotel, which the Hotel Christie became in 1945. I love it when I find … Continue reading →

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Grauman’s Chinese Theater premiere of “The (Fighting) Sullivans” (1944)

Posted on January 27, 2017 by

Looks like Twentieth Century-Fox rolled out the full star treatment for its premiere of “The Sullivans” at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in February 1944. It was later called “The Fighting Sullivans” and must have been a hard one to sit through … Continue reading →

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Crowds line up for “Captains Courageous” Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, July 17, 1937

Posted on January 24, 2017 by

I wouldn’t have thought “Captains Courageous” would have been the type of movie to generate lines around the block at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, but goes to show what I know! Then again, the cast did feature Spencer Tracy, Freddie Bartholomew, … Continue reading →

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Groundbreaking ceremony for Grauman’s Chinese Theater, January 1926

Posted on December 18, 2016 by

This photo was taken at the groundbreaking ceremony for Grauman’s Chinese Theater, , Hollywood Blvd, January 1926. From left to right, we have Sid Grauman, Charlie Chaplin, Norma Talmadge, Conrad Nagel, and Anna May Wong. What’s interesting is that it … Continue reading →

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“I Live My Life” starring Joan Crawford plays Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in 1935.

Posted on December 13, 2016 by

Given the harsh, hardscrabble upbringing that Joan Crawford endured en route to Hollywood stardom, it must have been especially sweet to see her own name (or at least the name Hollywood gave her) strung up across Hollywood Boulevard as her … Continue reading →

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Advertisement for Grauman’s Chinese Theater, which appeared in the 1928 edition of The Film Daily Yearbook.`

Posted on December 7, 2016 by

Seeing as how “Grauman’s Chinese Theatre” is synonymous with “Hollywood movie premiere,” it’s funny to think that Sid Grauman had to advertise his venue as a place people might want to hold their premieres. This advertisement appeared in the 1928 … Continue reading →

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Construction of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, Hollywood, CA, 1926

Posted on November 18, 2016 by

Grauman’s Chinese Theatre has been such a fixture on the Hollywood cityscape that it can be hard to remember that it started out as a hole in the ground. Remarkably, someone though to take a photo of that hole. The … Continue reading →

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Grauman’s Chinese Theatre under construction, circa summer 1926.jpg

Posted on November 2, 2016 by

Here we have a rare shot of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre being built. It broke ground on January 9, 1926, so this shot was probably taken in summer of 1926. We can see the Garden Court apartments to the west of … Continue reading →

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