Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: NeUnique Theater yapera uye Lyceum isingakwanisi kubatwa naGraumans kusvikira muna 1907, baba nomwanakomana vakaoneka kuva kunze kwebhizimisi kwenguva pfupi apo
Kudengenyeka kwapasi kweSan Francisco kwa1906 kwakaparadza zvose zviri zviviri Unique neLyceum theaters. Sid akakwanisa kuponesa imwe yemaprojekita emafirimu eimba yemitambo kubva mumatongo. Akakwanisawo kuwana tende kubva kumuparidzi weevhangeri muOakland. Achizvibatanidza nezvigaro zvaiva muchechi yakaparadzwa, akazvivaka panzvimbo yaimbomira Unique. VaGrauman vakaisa chikwangwani kunze kweimba yavo yemitambo yavakanga vagadzira iyo yaiti: "Kana kukava nokumwe kudengenyeka, musava nechimwe chinhu chinokuwirai kunze kwechidzitiro". Mhuri yacho yakagamuchira rumbidzo kubva kuGuta reSan Francisco nokuda kwebetsero yavo mukusimudzira tsika dzevagari vemo mukati menguva dzakaoma. Vakashandisa imba yavo yemitambo yetende kwamakore maviri; panguva iyoyo David Grauman akanga avhura imba yemitambo yainzi New National Theater. VaGrauman vakawedzera dzimba dzavo dzemitambo munguva pfupi, vachivhura Imperial neEmpress muSan Francisco, uye vachipararira kune mamwe maguta ekuNorth California. Pakazosvika 1917, vaGrauman vakasarudza kutamira kuLos Angeles ndokuvaka dzimba dzemitambo ikoko. Vakasvika Adolph Zukor, uyo aizopfuurira kuva muridzi uye muvambi weParamount Pictures, pamusoro pechibvumirano chebhizimisi. Zukor akabvuma kutenga dzimba dzemitambo dzeSan Francisco kubva kuvaGrauman uyewo kuvabatsira nemari mukutanga bhizimisi ravo remitambo muLos Angeles.