Mann's Chinese Theater

Grauman's Chinese Theater is a worldwide-famous movie theater located at 6925 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood a neighborhood of Los Angeles, California in the United States of America. The Chinese Theater was commissioned following the success of the nearby Grauman's Egyptian Theatre which opened in 1922. Built over 18 months beginning in January 1926 by a partnership headed by Sid Grauman, the theater opened May 18, 1927 with the premiere of Cecil B. DeMille's The King of Kings. It has since become one of Southern California's most well known landmarks and is steeped in Hollywood lore, having been home to numerous premieres, birthday parties, corporate junkets and two Academy Awards ceremonies. Among the theater's most famous traits are the autographed cement blocks that reside in the forecourt, which bear the signatures and markings of many of Hollywood's most revered stars and starlets.

From 1973 through 2001, the theater was known as Mann's Chinese Theater, owing to its acquisition by Mann Theatres in 1973. In the wake of Mann's bankruptcy, the Chinese, along with the other Mann properties, was sold in 2000 to a partnership comprising Warner Bros. and Paramount Pictures, who also acquired the Mann brand name. In 2002 the original name was restored to the cinema palace, although the other theaters in the attached Hollywood and Highland mall retain and continue to operate under the name Mann's Chinese 6 Theater. Source wikipedia

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