Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Tare da Gidan wasan kwaikwayo na musamman da aka rasa kuma Lyceum ba zai iya zama Graumans ba har zuwa 1907, uba da ɗa sun kasance ba su da kasuwanci na ɗan lokaci lokacin da girgizar San Francisco
na 1906 ya lalata duka gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Unique da Lyceum. Sid ya sami damar ceton daya daga cikin fina-finai na fim din daga rushewa. Ya kuma sami tantin daga wani mai wa'azin bishara a Oakland. Da ya haɗa waɗannan da wasu benci daga cocin da aka halaka, ya kafa a wurin da Unique ya taɓa tsayawa. Iyayen Grauman sun saka alama a waje da gidan wasan kwaikwayon da suka gina da ke cewa: "Idan aka sake yin girgizar ƙasa, kada ku yi kome sai dai ku yi amfani da zane". Iyalin sun sami yabo daga Birnin San Francisco don taimakon da suka bayar na ƙarfafa 'yan ƙasa a lokacin wahala. Sun yi amfani da gidan wasan kwaikwayo na alfarwa na shekaru biyu; a wannan lokacin David Grauman ya buɗe gidan wasan kwaikwayo da ake kira New National Theater. Graumans sun fadada gidajen wasan kwaikwayo a cikin ɗan gajeren lokaci, suna buɗe Imperial da Empress a San Francisco, kuma suna ci gaba da zuwa wasu biranen Arewacin California. A shekara ta 1917, Graumans sun yanke shawarar za su koma Los Angeles kuma su gina gidajen wasan kwaikwayo a can. Sun kusanci Adolph Zukor, wanda zai ci gaba da zama mai shi kuma wanda ya kafa Paramount Pictures, game da yarjejeniyar kasuwanci. Zukor ya amince ya sayi gidan wasan kwaikwayo na San Francisco daga Graumans kuma ya taimaka musu da kudade don fara kasuwancin wasan kwaikwayo a Los Angeles.