The forecourt in the early 1920s

The Egyptian Theatre was the first true movie palace built in Hollywood, though other smaller theaters preceeded it.  The theater was erected by impresario Sid Grauman, who built the even more famous Chinese Theatre a decade later.  Completed late in 1922, Grauman hired architects Meyer & Holler to design the structure and the Milwaukee Building Company to build it. Architects Mendell Meyer and Gabriel Holler work in Hollywood also includes the First National Bank building at the corner of Hollywood and Highland Boulevards, the Hollywood Athletic Club on Sunset at Schraeder, and Grauman's Chinese Theatre (1927).  The architects were principals of the Milwaukee Building Company, as well.