[4][5][6] In the Yukon, the young Grauman learned a lesson which would serve him the rest of his life: that people would willingly pay handsomely for entertainment.

[7] When his father's sister became ill and he left the territory to care for her, young Grauman remained in Dawson City for a time.

[3][10][11] As the theater manager, though Sid Grauman had seen just about every type of performance, there were some that startled and amazed him, turning down an offer to learn how to swallow swords.

[12] The Graumans were also instrumental in establishing the Northwest Vaudeville Company, which stretched from San Francisco to Minneapolis and Portland, Oregon.

The association brought quality live entertainment at reasonable prices to the Northwest area of the United States.

The Graumans expanded their theaters within a short period of time, opening the Imperial and the Empress in San Francisco, and branching out further to other Northern California cities.

On February 7, 1903, Sid Grauman opened the Unique Theatre at 20 East Santa Clara Street in San Jose.

[16] By 1918, the first of three Grauman movie palaces in downtown Los Angeles was open for business: the Million Dollar Theatre.

[18][19] In 1921 in Los Angeles, David Grauman died suddenly, never able to see the completion of the Egyptian Theatre which opened the year after his death.

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.

Two years after its opening, he sold his share of the theater to Fox West Coast Theatres, but remained its Managing Director for the rest of his life.

He formed the Black Hills Exploration Corporation in a gold mining effort near Deadwood, South Dakota.

[25] Grauman was well-known to Hollywood's leading stars and was considered to be a close friend to many, including Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle.

[30] Living for 35 years at Los Angeles' Ambassador Hotel, Grauman spent the last six months of his life at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, but not because of illness.

[33] Grauman died of a coronary occlusion at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on March 5, 1950, twelve days shy of his 71st birthday.

[36] After Grauman's death, a woman named Carrie Adair came forward with claims of being his common-law wife and the mother of his child.