TCL Chinese Theatre
6925 Hollywood Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90028
6925 Hollywood Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90028
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I do not think that Arclight listing actually indicates all those films will be booked into Hollywood. Since the Arclight Sherman Oaks now shares the same website they list all upcoming films. I’m sure the Chinese will book at least The Dark Knight and maybe something like Get Smart or Wanted.
I find most people will go out of the way to see a film at the main theatre, but will not really go to the Chinese 6 unless totally necessary. The tourist factor does hurt the complex for L.A.‘ers.
I think it all went down hill a few years ago when Episode 3 ended up in the Dome/Arclight instead of at Grauman’s like every other Star Wars film. Then last year Arclight got Transformers and The Simpson’s Movie over Grauman’s {SM didn’t even play at the Village). This year the same thing happened with Iron Man (no Village either). I bet Star Trek will end up showing only at Arclight as well. Blah.
It wasn’t like that for the first couple years that the Arclight was open, but these days the Arclight is THE place in LA to see a film. Whenever I go you see celebrities and industry people who would really rather not deal with all the tourists on Hollywood Boulevard. My feeling is studios really want their films at the Arclight for the prestige factor. Its sad because the Chinese puts on a good show. A few years ago the Chinese and even Chinese 6 were getting films like Lord of the Rings: FOTR, Black Hawk Down, Star Wars Ep 1 and 2 and Insomnia. All of those would certainly play at the Arclight if released today.
Glad to see others acknowledge the lousy booking Grauman’s has been given lately.
Yikes, thats still 3 weeks off. I bet they were hoping Speed Racer had done better. Hope Mr. Shymalan is back in form after that stinker “Lady in the Water”.
The next movie scheduled to play the Chinese is M. Night Shymalan’s The Happening.
According to Arclight’s sight (which is obviously subject to change), Arclight Hollywood is supposed to get:
Get Smart
Hellboy 2
Hancock
Hulk
The Dark Knight
Mama Mia
The Happening
Wanted
Kung Fu Panda
The Love Guru
and
Zohan
What exactly is the Chinese going to show this summer? Space Chimps? Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2? There literally isn’t a decent movie for them to show this summer until X-Files 2 at the end of July. I figured it was a no-brainer that they’d show Dark Knight, but it’s already listed as coming soon to Arclight Hollywood.
SATC is booked for Arclight Hollywood. Who knows what’s gonna be in there next?
Maybe something that’s not Indiana Jones and probably will be Sex and the City!
Anyone have any idea what the Chinese is going to get to replace the dud “Speed Racer” since the Arclight seems to get most of the good bookings these days?
81 Years Old And Still Going Strong !!!!
Not sure. They took out the parking lot west of the building.
What is going up next door to the theater?
Larry Harnisch posted the March 1957 Confidential article about Maureen O'Hara on the LA Times' Daily Mirror blog. O'Hara sued and proved she was out of the country on the date in question.
http://tinyurl.com/66595h
http://tinyurl.com/6oxa9v
http://tinyurl.com/643qgp
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Yeah, Paramount will hold the premiere there but it actually won’t play at Grauman’s. ::thumbs down::
My stepmom actually toured the place a few weeks ago while on business leave. She says the original building is still there, alongside the additional screens next to it.
… funnny, MOST of the photos here and those in the book “Hollywood at your Feet” are not public domain ….
Nearly all the photos with my Grandfather, Jean Klossner “Mr. Footprint”, aren’t public domain, but they are all over the internet.. so much for copyright laws ….
JR
Here is a 1927 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/5gzdxc
This 1961 photo by William Reagh shows the same detail as the 70s photo posted on 3/20/08:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater1/00014679.jpg
This exterior photo was taken in the mid 1970s:
http://tinyurl.com/2cbccu
Alright…Thanks for the quick response!
The listing for Grauman’s Chinese is separate from the Chinese 6. Here is the link for Grauman’s Chinese: View link
From looking at this link View link
How would one know which is the movie playing in the legendery auditorium and which movies are playing in the standart multiplex?
Saw “Cloverfield” here on opening night 1/18/08. No, they didn’t close the curtains before the show but, Yes, they cranked up the sound system an extra few notches to get us psyched for the flick. It worked! Felt like the good old days!