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An Alphabetical List
Bud Abbott, December 8, 1941
Ahn Sung-ki, Saturday, June 23, 2012
Don Ameche, January 27, 1938
Julie Andrews, March 26, 1966
Jennifer Aniston, July 7, 2011
Edward Arnold, January 6, 1942
Fred Astaire, January 4, 1938
Gene Autry & Champion (Jr.), December 23, 1949
Kenny Baker, August 3, 1977
John Barrymore, September 5, 1940
Freddie Bartholomew, April 4, 1936
Anne Baxter, December 15, 1949
Warren Beatty, May 21, 1998
Wallace Beery, January 31, 1931
Jack Benny, January 13, 1941
Edgar Bergen, July 20, 1938
Joan Blondell, February 10, 1937
Humphrey Bogart, August 21, 1946
Charles Boyer, July 24, 1942
Mayor Tom Bradley, May 18, 1977
Jeff Bridges, January 6, 2017
Mel Brooks, September 8, 2014
Joe E. Brown, March 5, 1936
Jerry Bruckheimer, May 17, 2010
Yul Brynner, March 22, 1956
Sandra Bullock, September 25, 2013
George Burns, January 25, 1979
Tim Burton, September 8, 2016
Francis X. Bushman Plaque,
November 17, 1970
C3PO, August 3, 1977
Nicholas Cage, August 14, 2001
Michael Caine, July 11, 2008
Cantinflas, December 28, 1960
Eddie Cantor, March 9, 1932
Jim Carrey, November 1, 1995
George Chakiris, November 15, 2011
Jackie Chan, June 6, 2013
Jessica Chastain, November 3, 2016
Cher, November 18, 2010
Maurice Chevalier, December 4, 1934
Chinese Theatre 50th Anniversary,
May 18, 1977
George Clooney, June 5, 2007
Gary Cooper, August 13, 1943
Jackie Cooper, December 12, 1931
Sean Connery, April 13, 1999
Francis Ford Coppola, April 29, 2016
Kevin Costner, September 6, 2006
Lou Costello, December 8, 1941
Jeanne Crain, October 17, 1949
Joan Crawford, September 14, 1929
Bing Crosby, April 8, 1936
Tom Cruise, June 28, 1993
Bob Daly, September 30, 1999
Matt Damon, June 5, 2007
Anthony Daniels, August 3, 1977
Linda Darnell, March 18, 1940
Bebe Daniels, May 11, 1929
Marion Davies, May 13, 1929
Bette Davis, November 6, 1950
Doris Day, January 19, 1961
Olivia de Havilland, December 9, 1952
Cecil B. DeMille, August 7, 1941
Robert De Niro, February, 4, 2013
Johnny Depp, September 16, 2005
Vin Diesel, April 1, 2015
The Dionne Quintuplets,
October 11, 1938
James Doohan, December 5, 1991
Kirk Douglas, November 1, 1962
Michael Douglas, September 10, 1997
Robert Downey Jr., December 7, 2009
Marie Dressler, January 31, 1931
Donald Duck, May 21, 1984
Robert Duvall, January 5, 2011
Irene Dunne, July 8, 1946
Jimmy Durante, October 31, 1945
Deanna Durbin, January 7, 1938
Clint Eastwood, August 21, 1984
Nelson Eddy, December 28, 1938
Sam Elliott, January 7, 2019
Douglas Fairbanks, April 30, 1927
Alice Faye, March 20, 1938
Feng Xiaogang, November 1, 2013
Carrie Fisher Memorial Plaque
December 14, 2017
Rhonda Fleming, September 28, 1981
Henry Fonda, July 24, 1942
Jane Fonda, April 27, 2013
Joan Fontaine, May 26, 1942
Harrison Ford, June 24, 1992
Morgan Freeman, June 5, 2002
Clark Gable, January 20, 1937
Ava Gardner, October 21, 1952
Judy Garland, October 10, 1939
Greer Garson, July 23, 1942
Janet Gaynor, May 29, 1929
Richard Gere, July 26, 1999
Giant, September 26, 1956
Mel Gibson, August 23, 1993
Danny Glover, July 7, 1998
Whoopi Goldberg, February 2, 1995
John Goodman, November 14, 2013
Ryan Gosling, December 7, 2016
Betty Grable, February 15, 1943
Cary Grant, July 16, 1951
Johnny Grant, May 13, 1997
(replaced July 9, 2007)
Rosa Grauman Tribute, March 25, 1940
Sid Grauman, January 24, 1946
Rupert Grint, July 9, 2007
Tom Hanks, July 23, 1998
Ann Harding, August 30, 1930
Jean Harlow, September 29, 1933
Judge Hardy Family Plaque,
August 15, 1941
Rex Harrison, July 8, 1946
Harry Potter Stars, July 9, 2007
William S. Hart, November 28, 1927
Ethan Hawke, January 8, 2015
Susan Hayward, August 10, 1951
Rita Hayworth, July 24, 1942
Van Heflin, October 8, 1954
Liam Hemsworth, October 31, 2015
Sonja Henie, June 28, 1937
Jean Hersholt, October 11, 1938
Jean Hersholt, October 20, 1949
William F. "Bill" Hertz, March 18, 1999
Charlton Heston, January 18, 1962
Hollywood 100th Anniversary,
May 14, 1987
Bob Hope, February 5, 1943
Anthony Hopkins, January 11, 2001
Rock Hudson, September 26, 1956
The Hunger Games Stars,
October 31, 2015
Josh Hutcherson, October 31, 2015
Hugh Jackman, April 21, 2009
Michael Jackson Tribute,
January 26, 2012
Samuel L. Jackson, January 30, 2006
George Jessel, March 1, 1949
Dwayne Johnson, May 19, 2015
Al Jolson, March 12, 1936
Jeffrey Katzenberg,
September 29, 2016
Danny Kaye, October 19, 1969
Michael Keaton, June 15, 1992
DeForest Kelley, December 5, 1991
Gene Kelly, November 24, 1969
Deborah Kerr, March 22, 1956
Hildegard Knef, December 13, 1951
Walter Koenig, December 5, 1991
La La Land Stars, December 7, 2016
Alan Ladd, May 12, 1954
Dorothy Lamour, February 5, 1943
Sherry Lansing, February 26, 2005
Charles Laughton, July 24, 1942
Taylor Lautner, November 3, 2011
Jennifer Lawrence (October, 31, 2015
Martin Lawrence, November 19, 2001
Lee Byung-hun, June 23, 2012
Stan Lee, July 18, 2017
Jack Lemmon, June 29, 1963
Leo the Lion, January 22, 2014
Mervyn LeRoy Plaque,
October 15, 1963
Jerry Lewis, April 12, 2014
Justin Lin, June 3, 2015
Harold Lloyd, November 21, 1927
Sophia Loren, July 26, 1962
Myrna Loy, October 20, 1936
George Lucas, May 16, 1984
William Lundigan, December 29, 1950
Jeanette MacDonald,
December 4, 1934
Ali MacGraw, December 14, 1972
Shirley MacLaine, June 29, 1963
Ted Mann, May 18, 1977
Fredric March, April 21, 1937
Jerry Maren, September 18,2013
Dean Martin, March 21, 1964
Tony Martin, March 20, 1938
Walter Matthau, April 2, 1998
Marx Brothers, February 17, 1933
James Mason, March 30, 1954
Marcello Mastroianni, February 8, 1965
Victor McLaglen, May 25, 1936
Steve McQueen, March 21, 1967
Lauritz Melchior, November 17, 1947
MGM 90th Anniversary,
January 22, 2014
Ray Milland, April 17, 1947
Hayley Mills, February 22, 1964
Min and Bill Stars, January 31, 1931
Carmen Miranda, March 24, 1941
Helen Mirren, March 28, 2011
Tom Mix, December 12, 1927
Marilyn Monroe, June 26, 1953
Colleen Moore, December 19, 1927
Rita Moreno, November 15, 2011
Eddie Murphy, May 14, 1987
George Murphy, November 8, 1954
Clarence Nash, May 21, 1984
Pola Negri, April 2, 1928
Charles Nelson, April 24, 1949
Paul Newman, May 25, 1963
Jack Nicholson, June 17, 1974
Nichelle Nichols, December 5, 1991
Leonard Nimoy, December 5, 1991
Christopher Nolan, July 7, 2012
Kim Novak, April 14, 2012
Margaret O'Brien, August 15, 1946
Donald O'Connor, February 25, 1953
Jack Oakie, February 21, 1945
Peter O'Toole, April 30, 2011
Al Pacino, October 16, 1997
Louella O. Parsons,
September 30, 1946
Robert Pattinson, November 3, 2011
Gregory Peck, December 15, 1949
Mary Pickford, April 30, 1927
Ezio Pinza, January 26, 1953
Brad Pitt, June 5, 2007
Christopher Plummer, March 27, 2015
Sidney Poitier, June 23, 1967
Dick Powell, February 10, 1937
Edmund Purdom, August 30, 1954
David Prowse, August 3, 1977
Anthony Quinn, December 21, 1968
R2D2, August 3, 1977
Daniel Radcliffe, July 9, 2007
George Raft, March 25, 1940
Carl and Rob Reiner, April 7, 2017
Burt Reynolds, September 24, 1981
Elmer C. Rhoden, September 16, 1958
Ritz Brothers, September 22, 1937
Edward G. Robinson, July 24, 1942
Gene Roddenberry Tribute,
December 5, 1991
May Robson, April 22, 1937
Ginger Rogers, September 5, 1939
Roy Rogers, April 21, 1949
Mickey Rooney, October 18, 1938
(replaced, February 18, 1986)
Mickey Rourke, October 31, 2011
Gena Rowlands, December 5, 2014
Jane Russell, June 26, 1953
Rosalind Russell, February 19, 1959
Adam Sandler, May 17, 2005
Susan Sarandon, January 11, 1999
Arnold Schwarzenegger, July 14, 1994
Ridley Scott, May 17, 2017
Steven Seagal, July 10, 1995
Peter Sellers, June 3, 1964
Terry Semel, September 30, 1999
William Shatner, December 5, 1991
Norma Shearer, August 1, 1927
Jean Simmons, September 24, 1953
Frank Sinatra, July 20, 1965
Red Skelton, June 18, 1942
Will Smith, December 10, 2007
Steven Spielberg, May 16, 1984
Sylvester Stallone, June 29, 1983
Barbara Stanwyck, June 11, 1941
Star Trek 25th Anniversary,
December 5, 1991
Star Wars Characters, August 3, 1977
George Stevens, September 26, 1956
James Stewart, February 13, 1948
Kristen Stewart, November 3, 2011
Ben Stiller, December 3, 2013
Emma Stone, December 7, 2016
Meryl Streep, September 25,1994
Gloria Swanson, 1927
George Takei, December 5, 1991
Constance Talmadge, 1927
Norma Talmadge, May 18, 1927
Russ Tamblyn, November 15, 2011
Quentin Tarantino, January 5, 2016
Elizabeth Taylor, September 26, 1956
Robert Taylor, June 11, 1941
Shirley Temple, March 14, 1935
Danny Thomas, January 26, 1954
Emma Thompson, November 7, 2013
Gene Tierney, January 24, 1946
John Travolta, June 2, 1980
Lana Turner, May 24, 1950
The Twilight Saga, November 3, 2011
Cicely Tyson, April 27, 2018
Darth Vader, August 3, 1977
Jack Valenti, December, 6, 2004
Rudy Vallée, July 21, 1941
Dick Van Dyke, June 25, 1966
W.S. Van Dyke, January 20, 1937
Vince Vaughn, March 4, 2015
Christopher Walken, October 8, 2004
Raoul Walsh, November 14, 1930
Denzel Washington, January 15, 1988
Emma Watson, July 9, 2007
John Wayne, January 25, 1950
Clifton Webb, December 7, 1952
Jerry Weintraub, Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Oskar Werner, December 13, 1951
West Side Story, November 15, 2011
Richard Widmark, April 24, 1949
Esther Williams, August 1, 1944
Robin Williams, December 22, 1998
Bruce Willis,May 18, 1995
Jane Withers, November 6, 1939
John Woo, May 20, 2002
Natalie Wood, December 5, 1961
Joanne Woodward, May 25, 1963
Monty Woolley, May 28, 1943
Jane Wyman, September 17, 1952
Diana Wynyard, January 26, 1933
Huang Xiaoming, June 3, 2015
Loretta Young, May 31, 1937
Robert Zemeckis, July 8, 1997
Zhao Wei, June 3, 2015
Adolph Zukor, January 5, 1953
   
A Chronological List
Douglas Fairbanks, April 30, 1927
Mary Pickford, April 30, 1927
Norma Talmadge, May 18, 1927
Norma Shearer, August 1, 1927
Harold Lloyd, November 21, 1927
William S. Hart, November 28, 1927
Tom Mix, December 12, 1927
Colleen Moore, December 19, 1927
Gloria Swanson, 1927
Constance Talmadge, 1927
Pola Negri, April 2, 1928
Bebe Daniels, May 11, 1929
Marion Davies, May 13, 1929
Janet Gaynor, May 29, 1929
Joan Crawford, September 14, 1929
Ann Harding, August 30, 1930
Raoul Walsh, November 14, 1930
Min and Bill Stars, January 31, 1931
Marie Dressler
Wallace Beery
Jackie Cooper, December 12, 1931
Eddie Cantor, March 9, 1932
Diana Wynyard, January 26, 1933
Marx Brothers, February 17, 1933
Jean Harlow, September 29, 1933
Maurice Chevalier, December 4, 1934
Jeanette MacDonald,
December 4, 1934
Shirley Temple, March 14, 1935
Joe E. Brown, March 5, 1936
Al Jolson, March 12, 1936
Freddie Bartholomew, April 4, 1936
Bing Crosby, April 8, 1936
Victor McLaglen, May 25, 1936
William Powell, October 20, 1936
Myrna Loy, October 20, 1936
W.S. Van Dyke, January 20, 1937
Clark Gable, January 20, 1937
Dick Powell, February 10, 1937
Joan Blondell, February 10, 1937
Fredric March, April 21, 1937
May Robson, April 22, 1937
Loretta Young, May 31, 1937
Tyrone Power, May 31, 1937
Sonja Henie, June 28, 1937
Ritz Brothers, September 22, 1937
Eleanor Powell, December 23, 1937
Don Ameche, January 27, 1938
Fred Astaire, January 4, 1938
Deanna Durbin, January 7, 1938
Tony Martin, March 20, 1938
Alice Faye, March 20, 1938
Edgar Bergen, July 20, 1938
The Dionne Quintuplets,
October 11, 1938
Mickey Rooney, October 18, 1938 (replaced, February 18, 1986)
Nelson Eddy, December 28, 1938
Ginger Rogers, September 5, 1939
Judy Garland, October 10, 1939
Jane Withers, November 6, 1939
Linda Darnell, March 18, 1940
Rosa Grauman Tribute, March 25, 1940
George Raft, March 25, 1940
John Barrymore, September 5, 1940
Jack Benny, January 13, 1941
Carmen Miranda, March 24, 1941
Barbara Stanwyck, June 11, 1941
Robert Taylor, June 11, 1941
Rudy Vallée, July 21, 1941
Cecil B. DeMille, August 7, 1941
Judge Hardy Family Plaque,
August 15, 1941
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, December 8, 1941
Edward Arnold, January 6, 1942
Joan Fontaine, May 26, 1942
Red Skelton, June 18, 1942
Greer Garson, July 23, 1942
Edward G. Robinson, July 24, 1942
Charles Laughton, July 24, 1942
Charles Boyer, July 24, 1942
Henry Fonda, July 24, 1942
Rita Hayworth, July 24, 1942
Bob Hope, February 5, 1943
Dorothy Lamour, February 5, 1943
Betty Grable, February 15, 1943
Monty Woolley, May 28, 1943
Gary Cooper, August 13, 1943
Esther Williams, August 1, 1944
Jack Oakie, February 21, 1945
Jimmy Durante, October 31, 1945
Sid Grauman, January 24, 1946
Gene Tierney, January 24, 1946
Irene Dunne, July 8, 1946
Rex Harrison, July 8, 1946
Margaret O'Brien, August 15, 1946
Humphrey Bogart, August 21, 1946
Louella O. Parsons,
September 30, 1946
Ray Milland, April 17, 1947
Lauritz Melchior, November 17, 1947
James Stewart, February 13, 1948
Van Johnson, March 25, 1948
George Jessel, March 1, 1949
Roy Rogers, April 21, 1949
Richard Widmark, April 24, 1949
Charles Nelson, April 24, 1949
Jeanne Crain, October 17, 1949
Jean Hersholt, October 20, 1949
Gregory Peck, December 15, 1949
Anne Baxter, December 15, 1949
Gene Autry & Champion (Jr.), December 23, 1949
John Wayne, January 25, 1950
Lana Turner, May 24, 1950
Bette Davis, November 6, 1950
William Lundigan, December 29, 1950
Cary Grant, July 16, 1951
Susan Hayward, August 10, 1951
Oskar Werner, December 13, 1951
Hildegard Knef, December 13, 1951
Jane Wyman, September 17, 1952
Ava Gardner, October 21, 1952
Clifton Webb, December 7, 1952
Olivia de Havilland, December 9, 1952
Adolph Zukor, January 5, 1953
Ezio Pinza, January 26, 1953
Donald O'Connor, February 25, 1953
Jane Russell, June 26, 1953
Marilyn Monroe, June 26, 1953
Jean Simmons, September 24, 1953
Danny Thomas, January 26, 1954
James Mason, March 30, 1954
Alan Ladd, May 12, 1954
Edmund Purdom, August 30, 1954
Van Heflin, October 8, 1954
George Murphy, November 8, 1954
Yul Brynner, March 22, 1956
Deborah Kerr, March 22, 1956
Giant, September 26, 1956
George Stevens
Rock Hudson
Elizabeth Taylor
Elmer C. Rhoden, September 16, 1958
Rosalind Russell, February 19, 1959
Cantinflas, December 28, 1960
Doris Day, January 19, 1961
Natalie Wood, December 5, 1961
Charlton Heston, January 18, 1962
Sophia Loren, July 26, 1962
Kirk Douglas, November 1, 1962
Paul Newman, May 25, 1963
Joanne Woodward, May 25, 1963
Jack Lemmon, June 29, 1963
Shirley MacLaine, June 29, 1963
Mervyn LeRoy Plaque,
October 15, 1963
Hayley Mills, February 22, 1964
Dean Martin, March 21, 1964
Peter Sellers, June 3, 1964
Debbie Reynolds, January 14, 1965
Marcello Mastroianni, February 8, 1965
Frank Sinatra, July 20, 1965
Julie Andrews, March 26, 1966
Dick Van Dyke, June 25, 1966
Steve McQueen, March 21, 1967
Sidney Poitier, June 23, 1967
Anthony Quinn, December 21, 1968
Danny Kaye, October 19, 1969
Gene Kelly, November 24, 1969
Francis X. Bushman Plaque,
November 17, 1970
Ali MacGraw, December 14, 1972
Jack Nicholson, June 17, 1974
Chinese Theatre 50th Anniversary,
May 18, 1977

Ted Mann
Mayor Tom Bradley
Star Wars Characters, August 3, 1977
Kenny Baker as R2D2
David Prowse as Darth Vader
Anthony Daniels as C3PO
George Burns, January 25, 1979
John Travolta, June 2, 1980
Burt Reynolds, September 24, 1981
Rhonda Fleming, September 28, 1981
Sylvester Stallone, June 29, 1983
George Lucas, May 16, 1984
Steven Spielberg, May 16, 1984
Clarence Nash, the voice
of Donald Duck, May 21, 1984
Clint Eastwood, August 21, 1984
Mickey Rooney, February 18, 1986
Eddie Murphy, May 14, 1987
Hollywood 100th Anniversary,
May 14, 1987
Star Trek 25th Anniversary,
December 5, 1991

DeForest Kelley
James Doohan
Gene Roddenbury Tribute Plaque
William Shatner
Leonard Nimoy
Nichelle Nichols
Walter Koenig
George Takei
Harrison Ford, June 24, 1992
Michael Keaton, June 15, 1992
Tom Cruise, June 28, 1993
Mel Gibson, August 23, 1993
Arnold Schwarzenegger, July 14, 1994
Meryl Streep, September 25, 1994
Whoopi Goldberg, February 2, 1995
Bruce Willis,May 18, 1995
Steven Seagal, July 10, 1995
Jim Carrey, November 1, 1995
Johnny Grant, May 13, 1997
Robert Zemeckis, July 8, 1997
Michael Douglas, September 10, 1997
Al Pacino, October 16, 1997
Denzel Washington, January 15, 1988
Walter Matthau, April 2, 1998
Warren Beatty, May 21, 1998
Danny Glover, July 7, 1998
Tom Hanks, July 23, 1998
Robin Williams, December 22, 1998
Susan Sarandon, January 11, 1999
William F. "Bill" Hertz, March 18, 1999
Ron Howard, March 23, 1999
Sean Connery, April 13, 1999
Richard Gere, July 26, 1999
Bob Daly, September 30, 1999
Terry Semel, September 30, 1999
Anthony Hopkins, January 11, 2001
Nicholas Cage, August 14, 2001
Martin Lawrence, November 19, 2001
John Woo, May 20, 2002
Morgan Freeman, June 5, 2002
Christopher Walken, October 8, 2004
Jack Valenti, December, 6, 2004
Sherry Lansing, February 26, 2005
Adam Sandler, May 17, 2005
Johnny Depp, September 16, 2005
Samuel L. Jackson, January 30, 2006
Kevin Costner, September 6, 2006
Jerry Weintraub, June 5, 2007
George Clooney, June 5, 2007
Brad Pitt, June 5, 2007
Matt Damon, June 5, 2007
Harry Potter Stars, July 9, 2007
Rupert Grint
Emma Watson
Daniel Radcliffe
Johnny Grant, July 9, 2007
Will Smith, December 10, 2007
Michael Caine, July 11, 2008
Hugh Jackman, April 21, 2009
Robert Downey Jr., December 7, 2009
Jerry Bruckheimer, May 17, 2010
Cher, November 18, 2010
Robert Duvall, January 5, 2011
Helen Mirren, March 28, 2011
Peter O'Toole, April 30, 2011
Jennifer Aniston, July 7, 2011
Mickey Rourke, October 31, 2011
The Twilight Saga, November 3, 2011
Robert Pattinson
Kristen Stewart
Taylor Lautner
West Side Story, November 15, 2011
Rita Moreno
George Chakiris
Russ Tamblyn
Michael Jackson Tribute,
January 26, 2012
Kim Novak, April 14, 2012
Ahn Sung-ki, June 23, 2012
Lee Byung-hun, June 23, 2012
Christopher Nolan, July 7, 2012
Robert De Niro, February, 4, 2013
Jane Fonda, April 27, 2013
Jackie Chan, June 6, 2013
Jerry Maren, September 18, 2013
Sandra Bullock, September 25, 2013
Feng Xiaogang, November 1, 2013
Emma Thompson, November 7, 2013
John Goodman, November 14, 2013
Ben Stiller, December 3, 2013
MGM 90th Anniversary and
Leo the Lion
, January 22, 2014
Jerry Lewis, April 12, 2014
Mel Brooks, September 8, 2014
Gena Rowlands, December 5, 2014
Ethan Hawke, January 8, 2015
Vince Vaughn, March 4, 2015
Christopher Plummer, March 27, 2015
Vin Diesel, April 1, 2015
Dwayne Johnson, May 19, 2015
Justin Lin, June 3, 2015
Zhao Wei, June 3, 2015
Huang Xiaoming, June 3, 2015
The Hunger Games Stars,
October 31, 2015

Jennifer Lawrence
Liam Hemsworth
Josh Hutchinson
Quentin Tarantino, January 5, 2016
Francis Ford Coppola, April 29, 2016
Tim Burton, September 8, 2016
Jeffrey Katzenberg,
September 29, 2016
Jessica Chastain, November 3, 2016
La La Land Stars, December 7, 2016
Ryan Gosling
Emma Stone
Jeff Bridges, January 6, 2017
Carl and Rob Reiner, April 7, 2017
Ridley Scott, May 17, 2017
Carrie Fisher Memorial Plaque
December 14, 2017
Stan Lee, July 18, 2017
Cicely Tyson, April 27, 2018
Sam Elliott, January 7, 2019
After the success of Airport (1970), Universal was looking for another film which told of a group of characters in peril. Working with executive producer Jennings Lang (1915-1996) and producer/director Mark Robson (1913-1978), and taking inspiration from the 1971 Sylmar earthquake in Los Angeles, an earthquake setting allowed for a larger canvas than the confined airplane interiors of Airport. The success of The Posiedon Adventure (1972) gave the picture a fast-track greenlight, requiring the Earthquakeunit to work hard to open before that other pillar of the disaster film, The Towering Inferno (1974). As usual, producer Lang sought something which would give their project a little extra “something,” which couldn’t be experienced on television.

Universal studio general manager Joseph Hiatt called upon retired Universal sound director Waldon O. Watson to assist then-current sound director Richard J. Stumpf to brainstorm some way of convincingly recreating the sound of an earthquake. Watson became interested in working on the project because, years earlier, he had worked at Republic Pictures on a project that had an earthquake in it, the serial Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941), but optical sound technology at that time wouldn’t even come close to making a vibration sound that could be felt. What could accomplish this?
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