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Movie Theater Owner Star!
Updated: June 2026
Posted: January 2026
MOTION PICTURES STAR
Sid Grauman
Motion Pictures Category Star
- Ceremony was on February 8, 1960
NO SID GRAUMAN CHRISTMAS MOVIES
1946
Grauman's Chinese Theatre
Theatre owner that started this Floor of Fame
- I-AM-GRATEFUL
- TO ALL WHO HAVE
- MADE THESE HAND AND
- FOOT-PRINTS-POSSIBLE
- Sid Grauman
- *Footprints*
- *Handprints*
- *Fishbone*
- JAN-24TH 1946-
TRIVIA
MASTER SHOWMAN
He estabilshed the Million Dollar, the Rialto, the Metropolitan, the Egyptian, and the Chinese Theatres around Los Angeles
FISHBONE
He imprinted a fishbone that is in the shape of a smile not sure why?
He estabilshed the Million Dollar, the Rialto, the Metropolitan, the Egyptian, and the Chinese Theatres around Los Angeles
FISHBONE
He imprinted a fishbone that is in the shape of a smile not sure why?
1949
Grauman's Chinese Theatre
Memorial Block
- IN-ETERNAL MEMORY OF
- MY DEAR-MOTHER ROSA GRAUMAN
- MAR 25-49
- Sid Grauman
Sid Grauman's Footprints
Left Side in Front of Dog Statue
All of the other Celebrity Footprints
[https://www.eatlife.net/hollywood/forecourt-footprints.php]
The Eat Life Footprint Map
[https://www.eatlife.net/hollywood/theatre-footprint-map.php]
TCL Chinese Theatre on Google Maps
[https://www.google.com/maps/ ... query=34.101845,-118.341072]
Mother's: 5 up from left front corner then 2 over to the right
First Footprints: Fairbanks, Pickford, & Talmadge
Footprints were too faint so they formally redid them. Fairbanks and Mary Pickford, then Norma Talmadge a few days later.
Footprints were too faint so they formally redid them. Fairbanks and Mary Pickford, then Norma Talmadge a few days later.
Douglas Fairbanks
Original Grauman's Chinese Theater Footprints
Shown here is the actual cement slab in which Douglas Fairbanks placed his footprints.
Sid Grauman
Original Grauman's Chinese Theater Footprints
Shown here is the actual cement slab in which Sid Grauman placed his footprints.
Mary Pickford
Original Grauman's Chinese Theater Footprints
Shown here is the actual cement slab in which Mary Pickford placed her footprints.
Footprints were too faint so they formally redid them
1927
Pickford & Fairbanks with Grauman
First Grauman's Chinese Theatre Footprints
1927
Grauman with Pickford & Fairbanks
First Grauman's Chinese Theatre Footprints
This helped establish the tradition of setting one's footprints in cement in front of the Chinese Theater.
Pickford, Grauman, & Fairbanks
Grauman's Chinese Theatre Footprint
During the ceremony, Sid Grauman also added his prints to the cement blocks in front of his spectacular Chinese theater.
- Believe It or Not!, the idea for the prints in wet cement is believed to have come from Mary Pickford accidentally stepping on wet cement on her way to see the theater.
1953
Cement Footprints
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Lost in a Burbank air hangar for over 50 years, shown here is Sid Grauman's personal copy of Monroe's famous footprints made in 1953 at the premiere of Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell's classic film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
1933
The Marx Brothers
Harpo, Groucho, Zeppo, Chico, and Sid Grauman Standing Hollywood Blvd Gift Shop Photos
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