Million Dollar Theater Steam Clean

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This video vignette provides a peep at the astonishing restoration work happening at the Million Dollar Theater at 3rd & Broadway in Downtown Los Angeles, Sid Grauman’s original Hollywood motion picture palace which is available for event bookings. Projectionist Tom Ruff has been carefully steaming more than a century of nicotine and grime off the plaster screens, and revealing stunning original colors.

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Kim & Richard

Esotouric

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