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Order Number	00078398
Title	Premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theatre
Photographer	Morris, Ralph.
Collection ID	Ralph Morris Collection Los Angeles Photographers Collection
Location/Accession	Hollywood-Theaters-Grauman's Chinese
Date	Circa 1948
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Notes	This collection includes approximately 40,000 photographs by commercial photographer Ralph Morris, who worked in the Los Angeles area from 1939-1981. His advertising and industrial clients included department stores, restaurants, the automobile and petroleum industries as well as business executives. Also included is the Luckhaus Studio collection of architecture, fashion, the movie industry, sports and street scenes, images which Morris obtained in 1939.
Historical Data	Grauman's Chinese Theatre opened in May 18, 1927, after a construction period of 18 months. The principal architect of the theater was Raymond M. Kennedy of the firm Meyer and Holler. Built to resemble a giant, red Chinese pagoda, the architecture features a huge Chinese dragon across the front, two stone lion-dogs guarding the main entrance, and the silhouettes of tiny dragons up and down the sides of the copper roof. Among the theater's most distinctive features are the concrete blocks set in the courtyard that bear the signatures, footprints, and handprints of popular motion picture personalities from the 1920s to the present day. In 1968 the theater was declared a historic and cultural landmark and from 1973 through 2001, the theatre was known as Mann's Chinese Theatre. In 2002, it was decided that its original name would be reinstated.
Description	Spotlights draw attention to a film premiere taking place at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, located at 6925 Hollywood Boulevard.
Subject	Chinese Theatre (Los Angeles, Calif.). Motion picture premieres--California--Los Angeles. Motion picture theaters--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles). Architecture--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles)--Chinese influences. Streets--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles). Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments. Hollywood Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.). Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.). Night photographs Meyer & Holler.
Coverage	1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection