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The original Chinese Theatre was commissioned following the success of the nearby Grauman's Egyptian Theatre, which opened in 1922. Both were built as Exotic Revival style architecture. [ 2 ] Built by a partnership headed by Sid Grauman over 18 months beginning in January 1926, the theater opened May 18, 1927, with the premiere of Cecil B ...
Entrance of Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. This is a list of handprint ceremonies for the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood Los Angeles, California (originally "Grauman's Chinese Theatre"). Footprints and signatures are also included, and in some cases imprints of other objects:
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 11:05, 18 July 2006: 3,468 × 4,362 (3.14 MB): Diliff: en: Grauman's Chinese Theatre, photographed by Carol M. Highsmith, who has donated her collection to the Library of Congress, and placed the images in the public domain.
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 13:52, 18 July 2006: 3,445 × 4,343 (3.98 MB): Diliff: en: Grauman's Chinese Theatre, photographed by Carol M. Highsmith, who has donated her collection to the Library of Congress, and placed the images in the public domain.
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The Egyptian Theatre, purchased in 2020 by Netflix, has been restored to resemble how it looked when it opened in 1922. Photographed in Hollywood, CA., Aug. 28, 2023.
Meyer & Holler was an architecture firm based in Los Angeles, California, noted for its opulent commercial buildings and movie theatres, including Grauman's Chinese and Egyptian theatres, built during the 1920s. Meyer & Holler was also known as The Milwaukee Building Company.
Mann's (formerly Grauman's) Chinese Theatre is the ultimate Hollywood tourist attraction, with crowds often jamming the patio to inspect handprints of movie stars. The opening of Grauman's in 1927 was the most spectacular theater opening in film history, 7 April 2005