{"id":17481,"date":"2019-02-14T07:26:43","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T15:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/?p=17481"},"modified":"2020-02-07T11:06:25","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T19:06:25","slug":"premiere-of-the-robe-at-graumans-chinese-theater-hollywood-blvd-september-24-1953-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2019\/02\/14\/premiere-of-the-robe-at-graumans-chinese-theater-hollywood-blvd-september-24-1953-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Premiere of &#8220;The Robe&#8221; at Grauman&#8217;s Chinese Theater, Hollywood Blvd, September 24, 1953"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17482\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2019\/02\/14\/premiere-of-the-robe-at-graumans-chinese-theater-hollywood-blvd-september-24-1953-2\/premiere-of-the-robe-at-graumans-chinese-theater-hollywood-blvd-september-24-1953\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Premiere-of-The-Robe-at-Graumans-Chinese-Theater-Hollywood-Blvd-September-24-1953.jpg?fit=800%2C597&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,597\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;www.bridgemanimages.com&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;1706057;  out of copyright&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Copyright: www.bridgemanimages.com&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;1706057&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Premiere of &#8220;The Robe&#8221; at Grauman&#8217;s Chinese Theater, Hollywood Blvd, September 24, 1953\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Premiere-of-The-Robe-at-Graumans-Chinese-Theater-Hollywood-Blvd-September-24-1953.jpg?fit=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Premiere-of-The-Robe-at-Graumans-Chinese-Theater-Hollywood-Blvd-September-24-1953.jpg?fit=640%2C478&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17482\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Premiere-of-The-Robe-at-Graumans-Chinese-Theater-Hollywood-Blvd-September-24-1953.jpg?resize=640%2C478&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Premiere of &quot;The Robe&quot; at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood Blvd, September 24, 1953\" width=\"640\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Premiere-of-The-Robe-at-Graumans-Chinese-Theater-Hollywood-Blvd-September-24-1953.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Premiere-of-The-Robe-at-Graumans-Chinese-Theater-Hollywood-Blvd-September-24-1953.jpg?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Premiere-of-The-Robe-at-Graumans-Chinese-Theater-Hollywood-Blvd-September-24-1953.jpg?resize=768%2C573&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>The premiere of Twentieth Century-Fox\u2019s &#8220;The Robe&#8221; at Grauman&#8217;s Chinese Theater was a big deal because it was the first CinemaScope movie to be released. In fact, Grauman\u2019s had to be closed down for two days so that the theater could be re-equipped \u2014 &#8220;Shown on Our Curved Miracle Mirror Screen.&#8221; What I\u2019ve never noticed before is seen in the lower right corner: Roosevelt Drugs store. It obviously took its name from the Roosevelt Hotel across street, which is where this photographer would have been standing to take this spectacular shot.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The premiere of Twentieth Century-Fox\u2019s &#8220;The Robe&#8221; at Grauman&#8217;s Chinese Theater was a big deal because it was the first CinemaScope movie to be released. 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