Grauman's Chinese Theater Analysis

Crowds of people are standing outside the theater and notice the gigantic green roof. Towering red columns that look nothing like traditional Greek or Roman architecture. A long dragon is right in front of your eyes. Noticing that the theater has not only one, but three doors to walk inside. Right in front of the building, a red carpet is laid out in front of the theater. On the ground, hands and footprints lay in cement. Next to the prints, names of famous movie actors and actresses are displayed. While some of those names sounded familiar, others did not. When walking down the red carpet, two stone lions stood right next to the stairs. They looked as if they were guarding the theater. Walking up the steps and finally using one of the three doors. Walking inside the theater, they see velvet red seats. In front of the screen, lays a long red curtain. On the curtain, is a golden palm tree that shimmers in the light. This is Grauman's Chinese Theater.
Sid Grauman had created multiple theaters like the Million Dollar, Egyptian, and the Chinese Theater. These theaters were well known for their architecture and building model. With these theaters, they were very hard to top during this time period. Other theaters tried to compete with Grauman's theaters. For example, Grauman's Chinese Theater was different because of …show more content…
What Andrew Smith said in Smithsonian about theaters and popcorn, at the time, was, ¨Movie theaters wanted nothing to do with popcorn because they were trying to duplicate what was done in real theaters. They had beautiful carpets and rugs and didn’t want popcorn being ground into it. Movie theaters were trying to appeal to a highbrow clientele, and didn’t want to deal with the distracting trash of concessions—or the distracting noise that snacking during a film would create¨ (Geiling). Smith was explaining about how theaters, during this time, theaters were fancier than they are