Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the World-Famous Chinese Theatre

Endres, Stacey; Cushman, Robert

ISBN 10: 0938817086 / ISBN 13: 9780938817086

Verlag: Pomegranate Press, Los Angeles / London, 1992

Beschreibung

Wraps. From the library of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., inscribed to him by the authors. Fairbanks (1909-2000) was an iconic American actor from Hollywood s Golden Era (his credits include "Gunga Din"), and a highly decorated naval officer of World War II. His parents are the first pictured in the book -- putting their handprints in the sidewalk at the first ceremony of the famous Chinese theater. Prolific and powerful actors and producers both, Fairbanks Sr. and Mary Pickford co-founded United Artists with D. W. Griffith and Charlie Chaplin. Includes a signed photograph of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., laid in. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers JC3011

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the ...

Verlag: Pomegranate Press, Los Angeles / London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1992

Einband: Paperback

Zustand: Near Fine

Signiert: Signed by Author(s)

Auflage: First Edition.

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Inhaltsangabe:

Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 347 pages; Description: xiii, 347 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. Subjects: Chinese Theatre (Los Angeles, Calif. ) . Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Anecdotes. Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif. ) --Anecdotes.

Reseña del editor:

Built by Sid Grauman in 1927, the most famous motion picture palace in the world towers majestically above the 6900 block of Hollywood Boulevard. The Chinese Theatre's Forecourt of the Stars attracts more than two million visitors annually.
Throughout its history and up to the present day, the theatre has served as a magnet to thousands of fans and tourists who flock to the site daily to view the flamboyant architecture and the historic cement squares in the theatre's forecourt. The footprints, handprints, and signatures of 176 of Hollywood's most famous celebrities have been placed here, plus those of three comedy teams, one group of quintuplets, two robots and a villainous sci-fi character, on ventriloqist's dummy, a radio character, and the world's best known duck.