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This is where all the Major hollywood Theater Film, Debuts were made up to the 1960's. Formerly knowed as Mann's Chinese Theater, It reverted back to it's Original Name of Grauman's Theater in 2002. The grand opening of the theatre was on May 18, 1927 and it was the most impressive theatre opening in motion picture history. A riot actually broke out as fans tried to get glimpses of the movie stars and other celebrities as they arrived for the opening. It is visited by more than four million visitors from all over the world every year and is the most sought-after studio in Hollywood for studio premieres. Every time there is a premiere, the streets are overrun by fans trying to get autographs and pictures of their favorite celebrities as they arrive for the red carpet walk-ins. The Hollywood Walk of Fame runs right in front of the theatre as well so people are always looking down at the stars and honoring their favorites. The imprints of more than 150 of Hollywood's finest hands and feet, such as Marilyn Monroe and Humphrey Bogart, are cast right in the front entrance of the theatre (also known as the forecourt). It's a fun way to the preserve and respect the long fantastic story of Hollywood's entertainment industry.
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Mann's Chinese Theatre opened over 70 years ago and is one of the most famous landmarks in Los Angeles. The first film ever shown here was the silent film "King of Kings," produced by the legendary Cecil B. DeMille. Since then, the Chinese Theatre has been the site of more Hollywood movie premieres than any other theatre. The outside of the theatre was updated a few years ago, so it is more accessible than ever. This is a great place to see a movie while you are in town!
Mann's Chinese Theatre was orginally called Grauman's Chinese Theatre, after owner Sid Grauman. You'll still hear it refered to as such in Los Angeles. Sid was the one who came up with the idea of putting the stars' handprints and footprints in wet cement in front of the theatre in order to attract more customers. Now, the large entryway is covered with them. A little known fact.... Sid's co-owners were Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks!
Inside the theatre, there are 2,200 bright red seats and red carpeting. Overhead, a chandelier is set in the center of a large, ornate starburst, surrounded by a ring of dragons - which is, in turn, encircled by a ring of icons portraying scenes from Chinese drama. Smaller Oriental lamps glow at the sides of the auditorium, hanging between intricately-carved stone columns; black & white murals of trees and pagodas fill the spaces in between.
The Chinese Theatre now offers a half-hour guided walking tour of the theatre. The charge is $5 (and kids under 5 are free). The tour takes guests inside the historic theatre, and the guide tells guests about the the history of the theatre, the footprints in the forecourt, the architecture, and the premieres that have been held there. Leave a Comment Phone: (323) 464-8111Directions: The Chinese Theatre is located at the northeast corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Orange Drive, just west of Highland Avenue, and just eleven blocks west of the corner of Hollywood & Vine.Website: http://mann.moviefone.com/services/graumanmain.adp
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It is kind of unique to find this architecture in the middle of Hollywood Boulevard. The first silent movie was played here. This is where the red carpet of the Academy Awards ceremony begins. Leave a Comment
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"Grauman's Chinese Theater" has been a Hollywood landmark since it's opening in 1927, and no visit to Los Angeles would be complete without a stroll around the the theater. The Chinese is known to have had the most movie-premiers of all Hollywood movie theaters. If you have the time, go and catch a movie - and take a little extra time to look at the interor: red carpets and lavish decorations - if you close your eyes you might find yourself back in a time when "Singing in the Rain" premiered. If you don't want to watch a movie, there are tours of the theater every 1/2 hour. But no worries if you can't do that either - the outside architecture is quite impressive, and between looking at all the famous hand- and footprints in the cement, the souvenier-booths, the gift-shops, the walk of fame, and various characters and performers in front of the theater you will be quite busy.
More often than ever you will see a tourist crouching down to shadow their palm and feet prints over a famous personality's outlines. If you decide to do the same, make sure some unsuspecting tourist doesnt decide to stamp your hand off whilst at it! ouch!! Leave a Comment Phone: (323)464-8111/(323)461-3331Directions: 101 Freeway exit Highland Avenue and go south; make a right on Hollywood Blvd. Hollywood Blvd. between Highland and LaBrea; 6925 Hollywood Boulevard Website: %cb http://www.manntheatres.com/chinese/index.php %c*
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You can take a tour of the theater which includes a movie and access to the VIP room. In front you can of course see whose shoe will fit you.
Take the red line metro and get off at Highland. Leave a Comment
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I headed over to Hollywood late on a Monday morning, the stretch of Hollywood Boulevard in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater was crawling with tourists mixed in characters such as Spiderman (we had a nice little chat about the Chicago Bears), Batman and a very scary transvestite alien that I failed to recognize and people trying to give away tickets to sit in the audience of various TV and talk shows.
Graumann's opened in May 1927 with the premiere of Cecil B. DeMille's King of Kings. The guidebooks say that it was at that premiere that actress Norma Talmadge stepped in concrete, giving birth to the tradition of celebrities making hand and footprints that people flock here to see although the first prints are listed to be Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks on this list of the celebrities currently immortalized in concrete.
If you want to see the interior, you need to buy a ticket as this is still an active movie theater.
I suppose Grauman's could easily qualify as a tourist trap but it's so well known that you almost have to go see it and the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Leave a Comment
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Let's start with the obvious. It is a theater. And a really cool one at that. They have fairly good prices on Snow-caps, and pop-corn, and admission isn't all that bad.
Oh yeah, a lawyers dream is out in front, in the uneven footing you will find walking on the hand and foot prints of your favorite movie stars. As a law student I can see plenty of potential future clients who stumble and trip in the footsteps of long dead actors like Shirley Temple....wait, still alive....Long dead actors like Al Pachino...wait, still alive too....Long dead actors...aw forget it! Actors like Eddie Murphy, and Catherine Zeta Jones. And you can complete your crazed movie fan stalking fantasy by touching the hands or feet of the stars, immortalized in concrete. Leave a Comment
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Mann’s Chinese Theatre, which used to be called Grauman’s Chinese Theater, is located on Hollywood Boulevard, right on the Walk of Fame.
Hand- and footprints of you favourite actors… Just within reach ! What an great idea !
The place is quite crowded…a fact that would have pleased Sid Grauman, owner of the theatre, who, in order to attract more customers, decided to immortalize celebrities’prints in wet cement on the courtyard just before the entrance. Well…objective achieved !
A lot of artists choose this spot to perform their show, so you might as well come across Michael Jackson ! Leave a Comment
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Grauman's Chinese Theater is a little smaller than I thought it would be. It's where you see (and walk on) your favorite stars handprints and footprints-definitely an LA must see. Warning: you may have to wait to get a piccie of your fave's print-lots of other people may be standing on it.
One thing that struck me: were Henry Fonda's hands really THAT SMALL?!!!!
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Outside the Mann Chinese Theatre, you can check out the many handprints of the stars (and footprints). From Marilyn Monroe, to Tom Hanks and Shirley Temple, you can see whose hands are the same size as yours. Great fun and full of tourists with cameras all there for the same thing. F.Y.I, my hands are the same size as Marilyn's and my feet as Susan Sarandons. Leave a Comment
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