Edmund Purdom(1926-2009)

Holds the distinction of being the only personality to have his hand/footprints removed from the TCL (formerly Grauman's) Chinese Theater walkway. Purdom received the honor only six days after the premiere of Sinuhe, der Ägypter (1954), which was only his third credited film (the first two being Julius Caesar (1953) and Alt Heidelberg (1954)). Industry outcry was so great that his prints were swiftly removed, the space later occupied by the prints of Yul Brynner. Purdom's prints have since vanished, their whereabouts unknown to date.

One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important.