Bay Harbour: July 13, 2016

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Wednesday July 13 2016
Travel
Take a star-studded tour of
• By Mike Yardley
HOLLYWOOD DRIPS with
international glamour.
But how can you break through
the Tinsel Town mystique and
bask in the stardust?
On my most recent visit, I set
myself the mission of staking
out some old-school glamour,
celeb-heavy haunts and trending
hotspots.
All roads lead to the Hollywood
Strip, or “the boulevard of broken
dreams”, as my Red Line walking
tour guide, Michael, preferred to
call it.
Red Line’s Behind the Scenes
tour has become part of Hollywood
folklore, expertly narrated
and spiriting you into many
storied nooks and crannies, that
most tourists miss. www.redlinetours.com/la
After admiring some of the
legendary names lining Hollywood
Boulevard’s Walk of Fame,
Michael ushered us in what I
think is the most unsung vestige
of Hollywood glam: the Egyptian
Theatre.
Extensively restored and earthquake
re-strengthened in recent
years, this picture palace was the
birthplace of the movie premiere
and the movie star.
Built by Sid Grauman in 1922,
GLAM: You never know who you will bump into in the lobby of the Redbury Hotel. Each room comes complete with record
players and vinyl.
he used search lights for a premiere
and it was where red carpet
was first rolled out all the way to
the street.
Egyptian music and incense
wafted through the courtyard,
adding to the Egyptian motif,
which was all the rage, given the
epic excavations and discovery of
King Tut’s tomb.
Inside the theatre, I admired
the two Egyptian dog statues, gifted
by 20th Century Fox, which
featured in Cleopatra, starring
Elizabeth Taylor. The Red Line
Tour is a great way to get inside
this heritage-studded shrine.
Five years later, Sid Grauman
launched another lavish movie
palace, the Chinese Theatre,
which continues to host more
world premieres than any other
theatre on the planet.
I’ve often wondered how the celebrity
hand, and footprints, immortalised
in the forecourt, first
came about. Red Line’s Michael
had the good oil.
Sid Grauman created the first
footprints by mistake – stepping
into wet concrete as his theatre
was being constructed.
The foreman remarked:
“Those footprints are going to
be there forever,” and the rest is
history.
Pop into the Hollywood
Museum, housed in the 1930s
Max Factor building, where
so many screen legends were
transformed in the famous
make-up rooms. Lucille Ball,
Rita Hayworth, Judy Garland
and Elizabeth Taylor were all
primped and styled here – as was
Marilyn Monroe. It was here that
the brunette became the blonde
bombshell.
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