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The founder and guiding light of that theater is here tonight - one of the greatest showmen and best friends that motion pictures have ever had - Sid Grauman.

10 seconds sound clip from the A Star is Born classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:52:16 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- It was most appropriate that our play should end with a scene at Grauman's Chinese Theatre.

- It was there that the most thrilling premieres in Hollywood history have been held.

- There, also, originated the spectacular stage productions, copied though never equaled the world over.

- Grauman's Chinese is also famous for the hand and footprints of the stars, recorded in the courtyard of the theater.

- To make your mark there means lifelong membership in Hollywood's legion of honor.

- The founder and guiding light of that theater is here tonight - one of the greatest showmen and best friends that motion pictures have ever had - Sid Grauman.

- How did you happen to get that idea of the hand and footprints?

- Well, before answering that, I'd like to say something you overlooked.

- That it was your picture, 'The King of Kings,' that opened the Chinese Theatre.

- It was a great break for me.

- Now for your question. The answer is pure accident. I walked right into it.

[...]

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A Star is Born Sound Clip

Janet Gaynor on the microphone recording for A Star is BornAudio quotes from the old-time radio play "A Star is Born" (1937), based on a story by Adela Rogers St. Johns, first aired on September 13, 1937 on CBS's Lux Radio Theatre.

Actors: Janet Gaynor (Esther Blodgett), Robert Montgomery (Norman Maine), Lionel Stander (Libby)

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