TCL Chinese Theatre

This iconic theatre on Hollywood Blvd always has a large crowd in front of it. Mostly because of the almost two hundred Hollywood celebrity handprints, footprints, and autographs that are in the concrete in front of the theatre. That and the 90 foot tall pagoda structure in front of the building. Some people don't even know that the TLC Chinese Theatre actually shows movies and seats around 900 people. It is a cool place to visit because of how historic it is with handprints from celebrities going back to the Golden Age of Hollywood.

TCL Chinese Theatre has also been known as Grauman's Chinese Theatre and Mann's Chinese Theatre. American entrepreneur and showman Sid Grauman established this place in 1927. Marilyn Monroe's handprint is probably the most famous one because of how much darker it is compared to the other ones. Some celebrities have imprinted objects like cigars, boots, wands and earring. In front of the theatre is the historic Hollywood Walk of Fame if you want to check that out.

This area can be a little shady at night with all of the homeless people walking around and the costume characters wanting money for a photo. TLC Chinese Theatre has hosted a few Academy Awards ceremonies and has premiered big movies like the original Star Wars in 1977.

ETHAN, YARELI, JOSUE, JULIE,AND KEIRA

WERE ALL SUCH WONDERFULL .. MY WIFE AND I WENT To the movies this evening and during the movie, there was a fire alarm, my wife. And I were very scared because of certain situations that have been happening lately. But the crew made us feel very comfortable. The most amazing experience here at the Chinese theater ever.

Oppenheimer IMAX and then they gave us complimentary tickets to watch any movie so we watched Barbie! Epic movie day and made memorable.

I like this classic Chinese Hollywood theatre. It's a nice change of atmosphere.

What better way to watch Oppenheimer and Barbie than in this theatre all in one day!

For sure this has a lot of history. It may be the most famous theater there is. TCL Chinese Theatre is an important part of Hollywood and there's always something there going on. Easy to forget mentioning it still shows movies. You have to get tickets way in advance and of course these are pricy.

A pretty cool looking building. It's a part of the Ovation Hollywood complex. This is a big shopping center that also has the Dolby Theatre. A lot of history about the building. It hosted the Academy Awards from 1944 to 1946. Area in front of the building may be more famous than the theater itself. It's where tons of celebrities have left their marks literally in the concrete, writing their names and leaving handprints in this. Classic. There's even one of the slabs signed by the entire cast of Star Trek.

Best way to get here is by avoiding cars. It's good using public transportation because it's close to a Metro Station. The rest of the shopping center has food options as well as good views of the Hollywood Sign and whatever.

An iconic piece of Hollywood history that is well worth a stop if you're visiting Los Angeles.

We didn't go inside, but spent a good bit of time looking at the footprints and handprints of countless Hollywood icons from today and yesterday.

I also walked away with a Fun Fact: I have the same side feet as Dick VanDyke

It's a nice tourist attraction of the place!! There are so many foot prints of famous peeps
Fun to look around and taking pictures!
Check it out! :)

This is 1 of the tourist sites located in the 'City of Hollywood,' CA. It used to have a different them than 'TCL Chinese Theatre ' but I think it used to be called 'Mann Chinese Theater,' decades ago.

Any ways, you can find some carved names of famous movie characters such as those from Star Wars. When I last visited this place, took a pic of R2D2 and Yoda....but they were on old phone.....

The 4 star review was due to parking issues....ain't easy to park anywhere in 'Hollywood,' CA., at all.

This is an iconic theatre but with an average experience. It's old and you smell it, and there's not much by way of accoutrements. I did love that they had a full-ish bar but there was no food beyond standard popcorn/candy. It's cool to have this theater, I just wish it had some more upkeep. The screen is also not huge by any modern standards and the best thing about watching Dune in 70mm IMAX was that the sound was great but otherwise I would have been better at my local IMAX theater that has more to make the experience. I'm glad I went once but nothing there will keep me coming back. Sidenote: I was in seat U406 and the guy in front of me was not particularly tall but I had to deal with his head covering the bottom of the screen which was particularly ugh.

Nice to visit and see a movie when one is in the area. The imax was nice but the sound was impressive! Watched Dune 2 and was worth getting to Hollywood early and watching the film in this theater. I'd come back to watch a matinee.

If you are visiting Hollywood, or live here, and haven't been here to see a movie yet you must. It's historic and in general, a great theater. Seats are pretty comfy, concessions are a decent price, the screen and audio are top of the line. You can't go wrong here, plus the design of the inside is beautiful.