Tag: Hollywood

  • The Chinese Theatre

    The Chinese Theatre

    If you know anything about Hollywood history, you’ll have heard of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. The theatre opened in 1927, showing Cecil B. DeMille’s The King of Kings. 50 years later, the premier of Star Wars happened here, in the summer of 1977.

  • The Roosevelt Hotel

    The Roosevelt Hotel

    This hotel, just across the street from Grauman’s theatre, is the oldest continuously used hotel in LA. It first opened its doors in 1927, and is still in use today (things went downhill slightly in the 50s, but have since picked up again). What did this image teach me? That I need to do a…