TCL Chinese Theatre
6925 Hollywood Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90028
6925 Hollywood Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90028
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Is the “Ballroom” the lobby?
The Chinese 6 is having an ‘event’ this Saturday. The remodel has turned into a Ballroom. They are not showing films tomorrow evening because of this event. I guess this is what they had planned for Special Events along with films.
World’s No #1 DJ David Guetta Coming to the newly renovated Grauman’s Ballroom at the Chinese Theatres December 3!
Not sure what they have as the Holiday film; Arclight is already posting times for Sherlock Holmes 2 and they are getting Girl with Dragon Tattoo and Mission:Impossible also. Does not leave much for wide releases unless they are getting Alvin and the Chipmunks.
Hopefully the Chinese can start booking better things than Horror Films and Family Films that the Arclight doesn’t want.
Went back to Grauman’s to see the costume exhibit which is great. Costumes worn by Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Fontaine, Judy Garland, Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, Marilyn Monroe, Vivien Leigh, Arnold Schwartzenegger, Elizabeth Taylor. They even have jewelry worn by Liz in 1963’s Cleopatra and the actual Ten Commandment tablets from 1955!
Go as this lobby exhibit could be removed any day now. FYI, “The Thing” is a well made movie and the Antarctic vistas on the big screen are great, but these type of octapus type monsters are getting very redundant.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/money_co/2011/10/hollywood-chinese-theatre-upgrades.html.
Mark, not really sure
In Hollywood, face-lifts are pretty common, especially for an icon that is nearly 85 years old.
But this upgrade is expected to cost at least $2 million and draw close inspections by thousands of fans.
The Chinese Theatre in Hollywood is undergoing a renovation that will include a restaurant to serve gourmet food and a renovated lobby that will be used to host parties of up to 1,000 guests, according to the new owners of the theater. The theater recently added a new seating reservation system as part of the upgrades.
The face-lift should be completed by early November, said entrepreneur Elie Samaha, who bought the theater in May along with movie producers Don Kushner and Steve Markoff from a partnership between Warner Bros. and Paramount Pictures parent Viacom Inc.
Samaha called the theater Hollywood’s most popular tourist attraction and said he wants to see it enjoyed by out-of-town visitors and Hollywood insiders.
“What we love about Hollywood is the history,” he said. “And we want to preserve that.”
The theater is scheduled to host about 40 movie premieres by the end of the year. With its upstairs lobby converted to a ballroom, the theater will be able to host after-parties and other private events, Samaha said.
“We pretty much want to do more premieres,” he added.
The single-screen theater — known for its giant, red Chinese pagoda, signature Chinese dragon guard dogs and cement footprints and handprints of Hollywood celebrities — was declared a historic and cultural landmark in 1968.
Warner and Viacom acquired the theater in 2001 along with six other theaters owned by Encino-based Mann Theatres after the chain declared bankruptcy in the face of rising competition.
Warner and Viacom have been trying to sell the theater for more than a year but had struggled to find a buyer. The details of the deal were not disclosed.
Brade48 – what sort of renovations are they doing at the 6?
Hello to my fellow posters. i discovered this website the end of January and have greatly enjoyed it ever since. now if i’m not mistaken the golden age of movie palace building was approx. 1913 to 1941. now i set up a project for myself using this website. its simple-of movie palaces build during this period and still standing how many have not been gutted for retail space, turned into 2nd or 3rd run grind houses, never showed porn, never used as a radio ot t.v. studio, never converted into concert halls or performing arts center, or twinned, tri-plexed or quaded but have stayed in more or less there original condition as 1st run movie theaters since the day they opened. using this website i have only come across 2-Grauman’s Chinese and the Uptown Theater in D.C. can they be the only 2 in the whole country? so does anyone know of any others that fit my criteria? thanks in advance.
The Three Musketeers 3D opens Oct 21 Main theatre and 6 Plex. In addition the Chinese will (again) host the AFI Festival Nov 3-10. Opening Night Premiere Clint Eastwood’s J.EDGAR. It appears the 6 plex is getting renovation now to provide a Restuarant Atmosphere, to open in November. The renovation is why the 6 plex is closed for weekday matinees.
Graumans Chinese has a great lobby exhibit of costumes worn by Marilyn Monroe, Vivian Leigh, Judy Garland, Elizabeth Taylor, Humphrey Bogart, and others. Check it out with a PAID admission.
It makes no sense that Grauman’s booted out high grossing “Dolphin Tale”, after only one week, to bring in the flop “What’s Your Number?”, and carry it over for a second week! It’s a terrible movie but at the costumes and gorgeous theater made my $9 senior admission worthwhile.
Interestingly, Arclight is no longer listing Twilight: Breaking Dawn 1 as playing in Hollywood (they had it up for sale for a few days and now it’s no longer there the last day or two). Could be a temporary glitch or…
While I certainly wouldn’t see any Twilight at Grauman’s (or Arclight for that matter) it would be good to see this play at The Chinese if only to sell a lot of tickets for them.
It’ll attract a lot of horror fans!
Chinese will be getting THE THING remake/reboot First Run on Oct. 14. Could be somewhat of a hit for the theatre.
Ah yeah, totally blanked. Was thinking WB.
Real Steel: Made by DreamWorks & distributed by Disney. Hence the El Capitan engagement.
No. Real Steel is booked at the El Capitan for 2 weeks.
Looks like they may be getting REAL STEAL (no showtimes for ArcLight yet, despite all three other locations on sale)… that would be a big booking for them.
The Chinese 6 appears to be dropping early matinee shows during the week (or at least next Monday through Thursday). They seem to be picking up new product though with What’s Your Number and will host Screamfest 2011 at the Chinese 6 on Oct 14.
TCM announced today that the 2012 Turner Classic Film Festival will again be held at the Chinese and Chinese 6 (along with the Egyptian)! It was a blast last year to see some classic films here just walking up and waiting for will call, and I am so thrilled that the new owners will continue this tradition. It will be April 12th – 15th, 2012.
Chinese ain’t picking up JACK until they book some movies that people actually want to see! Then again, it’s not (entirely) their fault.
The Wed 9/7, 7:30PM showing of “Apollo 18” drew only about 30 of us. A strange and obscure movie. I never tire of walking around the theater before and after a performance. What a national trasure.
I’ll try to attend the 3D Dolphin movie. The Chinese may pick up a little business as the Kodak is drawing many Cirque du Soleil fans who haven’t been to Hollywood Blvd in years.
I hit their Facebook page last week and asked them directly about their Fall booking plans.
At this point you could reserve a row. They were able to get 2 tentpole films over the Summer but the Fall is not looking to good (so far).
Like anything will ever be so full to need a reserved seat… Unless they improve bookings…
Dang…now I HAVE to spend that extra service charge on Movie Tickets! I liked the luxury of just walking to the box office and buying my Harry Potter 7.2 tickets the day of the show with no worries!
Grauman’s is now reserved seating. Kind of excited by that, although it means the end of an era for long lines on Hollywood Blvd (although you could argue that Mann’s running the theater into the ground the past several years killed long lines on the Blvd).