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Order Number	00076438
Title	How bandits made 'getaway'
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE box 1855
Date	1929
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Notes	Image has been modified to demonstrate how the crime took place outside the theater.
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 Grauman's Chinese Theatre was declared a historic and cultural landmark; it continues to serve the public as a first-run movie theater.
Description	Photograph caption reads, "Photo-diagram of yesterday's holdup at Grauman's Chinese Theater, in which robbers escaped with two days' receipts of $15,000. Officer Crowley is shown firing at the trio, who return the fusillade, wounding James P. Thorpe, a bystander." Photograph dated July 16, 1929.
Subject	Chinese Theatre (Los Angeles, Calif.). Crime--California--Los Angeles. Motion picture theaters--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles). Hollywood Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.). Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.). Herald-Examiner Collection photographs. Meyer & Holler.
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 Herald Examiner Photo Collection