Talk:Grauman's Chinese Theatre

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[edit] Overeager hyperlinks

I de-linked several terms in this article because they were either redundant (such as Sid Grauman being linked twice within a few lines of each other) or unnecessary or irrelivant to the article itself (such as a link for WWII). As the guidelines [[1]] suggest, these links are probably unnecessary for the understanding of the article. (Petruchi41 18:49, 21 May 2007 (UTC))

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I delted the following:

  • "According to some sources, the theater's famous collection of footprints began with an accident. Before the Chinese Theater officially opened, owner Sid Grauman gave a tour to some celebrities, during which actress Norma Talmadge unintentionally walked across a wet slab of cement."

Because: MannTheatre offical website PHOTO CAPTION: April 30, 1927: Practicing for the very first footprint ceremony, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and Sid Grauman (kneeling) later placed individual prints in two separate squares.

- Ted Wilkes 21:24, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Yeah - the very first "ceremony". That doesn't mean it didn't first happen by accident. The word ceremony merely implies that it was then institutionalized. Plus, you didn't add anything, so it abruptly cuts off. That looks stupid. - Justin

Whatever the problems with the factuality of the information, previous edits left the variations of the celebrity-imprint "honored tradition" dangling without any introduction whatever explaining the theme of which Harold Lloyd's glasses and Betty Grable's gams are a variation. I've added a very short paragraph to improve the flow of the article at that point. Feel free to expand on it as needed. Ransom 14:49, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

When I came to this article, the first thing I looked for was a list of celebrities who had their handprints in the forcecourt. Not seeing it, I added an external link to that part of the official website. Adamkik 04:52, 22 September 2006 (UTC)


Who is this "Jacob Bellworthy" mentioned in the pop culture section? Google doesn't know about him, so is he really important enough to be in this article? --84.163.147.234 15:37, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] EXTRA! EXTRA! Dateline Hollywood . . .

[edit] Orphaned talk page reunited with parent

This talk page had been linked to Grauman's Chinese Theatre, and has been moved to its current location to be "reunited" with the article page.

Editors, please note: This article has led a double-life until recently, with a doppelganger as spelled in the link above, which is now a redirect to the current article. The alternate page history can be found by clicking this link. Finally, although the title of this page ought to use an apostrophe in the name: Graumans, that would entail yet another page move, further breaking up the page history. Dozens of links to the article already use a straight quote in the name: Grauman's.

--- Schweiwikist   (talk)  07:13, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

How unfortunate that, when the article was moved, it was moved to the name with the wrong spelling. Although "theater" is the accepted American spelling of the word, most movie theaters, most of the chains which have operated them, and even the trade organization National Association of Theatre Owners, use and have always used the "-re" spelling. Even such cursory research as a quick check of the Mann Theatres company's web page for the Chinese Theatre reveals that their official names follow the industry norm (but they don't follow it in their URL, oddly enough!) Ah, well. I guess one more error of fact (among such a multitude) in the Wikipedia won't bring disaster. It will merely instigate a bit more theaterical mockery of the project. It's too bad for us all that the exhibition industry didn't adopt the French word "cinema" right from the beginning. Whyaduck 04:22, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] No mention of movie characters?

At this point, I think a lot of people associate costumed characters with Grauman's Chinese Theatre. Why no mention? --64.247.120.100 (talk) 22:53, 30 January 2008 (UTC)