Grauman's Chinese Theater

With pagodas, temple bells and stone Heaven Dogs imported from China, Grauman’s Chinese Theatre was a wonder when it opened in 1927 – and this recently restored giant red pagoda with a huge green dragon remains so today.

Millions of visitors have come to this Hollywood landmark to marvel at its architecture and décor, see a movie and explore the exterior Forecourt of the Stars, where almost 200 megastars have left their footprints for the enjoyment of their millions of fans.

Look closely at the opening scenes of the 1952 Gene Kelly classic, Singing in the Rain, and you will see Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. And do you remember the episode of I Love Lucy when Lucille Ball stole the cement block with John Wayne’s footprints from the Forecourt of the Stars?

Though we will not go inside this legendary movie theatre, we stop to give you plenty of time to explore the stars’ footprints. See if you can find:

• The titans of classic Hollywood – among them Clark Gable, Frank Sinatra, Debbie Reynolds, Gregory Peck, Jack Lemmon, and Sophia Loren
• Today’s mega stars – some of them are Richard Gere, Tom Hanks, Robin Williams, Jim Carrey, Nicolas Cage and the three young wizards from the Harry Potter movies
• Someone who left the imprint of a fist, and another who left an impression of her famous legs?
• Three horses, two cigars and a current top star’s hair?
• Three barefoot stars?
• Bob Hope and Jimmy Durante both made plenty of jokes about this prominent bit of anatomy – and both left impressions of their own at Grauman’s Forecourt. It’s not a hand or a foot – what is it?

Do you know?*

Who were the very first stars to leave their footprints in the Forecourt of the Stars at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre?

Who has left the smallest footprint? (Hint—there are two; one an adult, the other a child star). And who has left the largest?

In a recent movie, a gorilla climbs up the side of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. Name the movie.

* Think you know the answers? Find out during your exciting Sunseeker tour!