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established himself as an accomplished stage actor on Broadway by the late 1800s.
This is off by several years: Fairbanks' Broadway career began in the 1900s, not the late 1800s.
Full reasoning
Available biographical sources place Douglas Fairbanks' Broadway emergence after 1900, not in the late 19th century.
- Playbill Vault lists Her Lord and Master as opening on February 24, 1902 on Broadway.
- PBS American Experience says Fairbanks came to New York in 1900 hoping to find work on Broadway, and that the acclaim that elevated him to star status came in 1906 for Man of the Hour.
So even if Fairbanks was already acting on stage as a child in Denver, the claim that he had established himself "on Broadway by the late 1800s" is contradicted by the documented Broadway timeline.
2 sources
- Her Lord and Master (Broadway, Manhattan Theatre, 1902) | Playbill
Opening Date Feb 24 1902 ... Broadway Original ... Manhattan Theatre
- Douglas Fairbanks (1883-1939) | American Experience | PBS
Fairbanks' passion for theater brought him to New York in 1900 ... and in 1906 the acclaim he received for his role in Man of the Hour elevated him to star status.
at the newly opened Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
The date and description do not line up: the theater officially opened on May 18, 1927, so it was not yet 'newly opened' on April 30.
Full reasoning
This wording is inconsistent with the theater's documented opening date.
The Los Angeles Historic Theatre Foundation states that Sid Grauman's Chinese Theatre opened on May 18, 1927, and also notes that the first hand- and footprints were by Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks. If Fairbanks and Pickford made their prints on April 30, 1927, that would have been before the theater officially opened, not "at the newly opened" theater.
So the imprint event may have happened during construction or just before opening, but describing the theater as already "newly opened" on April 30 is incorrect.
1 source
- Chinese Theatre - Los Angeles Historic Theatre Foundation
On May 18, 1927, Sid Grauman's Chinese Theatre opened ... The famous hand and footprints of the stars were first done by Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks.