This week, Cinemerica (the co venture of Warner Brothers and Viacom, which owns Mann Theatres) officially announced intentions to sell off Mann sites piecemeal, including the legendry Grauman’s Chinese. While the company had been quietly shopping the dying chain for a number of years, this public acknowledgement, that they have decided to sell off remaining theatres as individual lots, surely marks the end of a chain with a rich history.
I’ll post more on the history of Mann Theatres later, but, for now, here is a picture from the chain’s heyday, operating the Chinese (then controversially re branded Mann’s Chinese) during “Star Wars” initial run.
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