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Prologues and Premeers. From the start in Hollywood, Grauman concocted enormously successful madcapitalist "innovations." One of these was having movie stars make personal appearances. Another was the "prologue," the ancestor of today's stage show. The most famous and flamboyant was the "premeer"-the klieg-lighted, red-carpeted opening night, when crowds lined the streets for miles, cameras clicked, searchlights stabbed the heavens, movie stars drove up in state and were, one by one, escorted into the theater by Grauman himself...
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