Description: WENZEL, ARTHUR S. (SID GRAUMAN). Original Carbon Typescript Manuscript of an Article for Variety, Sid Grauman’s Practical Jokes by Arthur S. Wenzel. N.p.: n.d.. Original Carbon Typescript Manuscript of an article for Variety, Sid Grauman’s Practical Jokes by Arthur S. Wenzel. 8 1/2” x 13”, 7 loose pages, heavily corrected and annotated. Some age-toning, else fine. Arthur S. Wenzel was American showman Sidney ‘Sid’ Grauman’s chief assistant and publicist, working for him for forty years. The article details Grauman’s love of and gift for executing hilarious practical jokes and speaks of his close relationships with many film stars and movie folk, including Charlie Chaplin, Gloria Swanson, Harold Lloyd, Cecil B. DeMille, Colleen Moore, Jackie Coogan, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and more. Sid Grauman (1879 - 1950) was the creator of two of Hollywood’s most memorable and recognized landmarks, the Chinese Theatre and the Egyptian Theatre. This from Wikipedia on the origin of the famous tradition of celebrity hand and footprints in the cement sidewalk of the Chinese Theatre: “The forecourt still contains the now-famous celebrity hand and footprints in cement. The tradition began by accident, while the finishing touches were being put on the Chinese Theatre. Two versions of the story have been published; one has Mary Pickford as the actress who stepped in the wet cement on her way to see Sid Grauman's new building, and the other credits Norma Talmadge with the misstep. Grauman decided it was a wonderful way to have a permanent record of the stars, and began inviting selected film personalities to put their hand and footprints in concrete. Grauman himself made the choices; the tradition continued after his death using a secret system for choosing celebrities.” Grauman received an honorary Academy Award in 1949 for raising the standard for film exhibition, was one of the thirty-six founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and, fittingly, has his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Topic: Film
Subject: Performing Arts
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Special Attributes: 8 1/2" x 13", 7 loose pages, Heavily annotated by Arthur S. Wenzel
