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promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . august 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message hollywood blvd cinema bar and eatery type privately held industry movie theaters founded indianapolis indiana 1991 headquarters woodridge illinois usa number of locations 3 website www.atriptothemovies.com hollywood blvd. cinema is an independently owned first run movie theatre and integrated restaurant concept in suburban chicago il . the concept of offering patrons dinner and a movie at the same time is presented in a highly stylized way from use of authentic asian artifacts throughout the facility which recalls the details of grauman s chinese theatre in hollywood ca to the cleverly named menu items brought to each patron s seat . contents 1 history 2 celebrity events 3 hollywood star for munchkins 4 awards and praise 5 corporate 6 references 7 external links history edit hollywood blvd. cinema in woodridge il has been operating since march 3 2003 in the woodgrove festival mall . celebrity events edit past guests have included hitchcock scream queens tippi hedren and veronica cartwright author of footsteps in the fog jeff kraft and the famous director s daughter pat hitchcock . the wizard of oz is featured every november in effort to recapture family traditions of watching it on tv every thanksgiving ; past guests have included munchkins mickey carroll jerry maren meinhardt raabe margaret pellegrini karl slover and clarence swensen . it s a wonderful life is an annual holiday tradition featuring karolyn grimes who portrayed james stewart and donna reed s youngest daughter zuzu bailey and is responsible for uttering the classic line every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings . additionally one time film festivals and tributes have met with great success including a universal horror film festival featuring sara karloff daughter of boris frankenstein karloff ron chaney grandson of lon chaney jr. and bela lugosi jr. son of bela lugosi and a tarantino film festival featuring david carradine and michael madsen . citation needed other guests have included hollywood legends such as jane russell tony curtis shirley jones and peter falk as well as more recent fixtures of pop culture such as paris hilton amanda bynes james & oliver phelps and stars of popular franchises such as disney s hannah montana and high school musical star wars and animal house . see celebrity visitors citation needed hollywood star for munchkins edit in addition to annual screenings of the wizard of oz featuring the opportunity for patrons to meet and get an autograph from munchkins in the film hollywood blvd. cinema campaigned for and sponsored the installation of the munchkins star on the hollywood walk of fame . after 2 years of submitting letters of petition some penned by hollywood greats steven spielberg george lucas ted turner hugh hefner and many more and actively campaigning for the munchkins to be chosen the effort ended successfully november 20 2007 when the star was installed on hollywood blvd. at a ceremony presided over by honorary mayor of hollywood johnny grant . not only do the munchkins carry the distinction of having their star located directly adjacent to grant s own star in front of grauman s chinese theatre but was the last ceremony grant presided over before his death on january 9 2008 . see telegraph awards and praise edit hollywood blvd first win of a national association of theatre owners award came in 2000 for the development of hollywood s fax email subscriber program . hollywood bar & filmworks was noted for its annual blood drive tied to screenings of the rocky horror picture show and a fire safety campaign . hollywood blvd. cinema continues that tradition with 2 more coveted nato awards in 2003 for best use of media for their annual the wizard of oz screening featuring appearances by the film s beloved munchkins and again in 2007 for best community event for a premiere of the tripper featuring appearances by david arquette and thomas jane . citation needed it was named to restaurant business magazine s 10 best new concepts list and was the only theatre to receive an a rating in 2007 from the chicago sun times . volume & issue needed corporate edit owner s hobson financial group of illinois references edit this article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations . please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations . may 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message in focus http www.natoonline.org infocus 06augustseptember magic.htm cinema treasures http cinematreasures.org theater 6060 telegraph http www.telegraph.co.uk arts main.jhtml xml arts 2007 11 21 bfoz121.xml reporter met http www.mysuburbanlife.com lemont archive x1855990318 daily herald http findarticles.com p articles mi hb5273 is 200410 ai n20894971 bnet http findarticles.com p articles mi hb5273 is 200603 ai n20815252 celebrity visitors http www.atriptothemovies.com index.php src photo & srctype lister & ref walk % 20of % 20fame & albumpos 0 1000000 2 external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hollywood blvd cinema bar and eatery & oldid 716637589 categories movie theatre chains in the united statescompanies based in dupage county illinoiswoodridge illinoishidden categories articles needing additional references from august 2008all articles needing additional referencesorphaned articles from february 2009all orphaned articleswikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from august 2008articles with a promotional tone from august 2008all articles with a promotional toneall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from may 2011comics articles needing issue citationsarticles 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