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	Canon Theatre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Toronto theatre was the easternmost house of the Pantages circuit, which then dominated the western market, but had been blocked in the east by the powerful Keith-Albee-Orpheum vaudeville chain (later to be absorbed by the Radio Corporation of America into the motion picture company Radio Keith Orpheum, or RKO).
		The Pantages empire - 30 years in the making - came to a sudden end in 1929 when Alexander Pantages was convicted of the rape of 17-year old chorus girl and sentenced to 50 years in prison.
		The Pantages was operated by a division of Cineplex Odeon known as Livent.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canon_Theatre (753 words)

	Pantages Theater, San Diego
		In 1924, vaudeville magnate Alexander Pantages built this theater at the corner of Fifth Avenue and B Street.
		B. Marcus Priteca, the official architect of Pantages' theater empire.
		Pantages Theatre Marcus Priteca, architect (left), Mr and Mrs.
	www.sandiegohistory.org /collections/theaters/pantages.htm (111 words)

	Pantages Theater - Pantages Theater Tickets
		The Pantages Theatre is located in the middle of Hollywood, right on Hollywood Blvd. The Pantages has grown to be one of the most supreme theatres of Hollywood, suggesting both the wonderful past and the exciting future of the world's entertainment capital.
		Alexander Pantages had imagined of this theatre, the last put together to bear his name, as a proper memorial to his position in the entertainment business.
		The Pantages opened again on February 15, 1977, but this time to customer’s enthusiasm to see the Broadway hit, “Bubbling Brown Sugar.” The Forman family's Pacific Theatres had been connected by the Nederlander Organization and it was their goal to bring live theatre back in a big way.
	www.concerttickets.org /losangeles/pantages-theater-tickets.htm (730 words)

	Pantages Theatre History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		October 27, 1916: Greek immigrant Alexander Pantages opens the 26th of what would eventually be a total of 500 theatres.
		The Pantages boasted the first air-conditioning in a Minneapolis theatre, which involved cooling the air with ice.
		Alexander Pantages also innovated the mezzanine, a carpeted lobby on the balcony level with restrooms and telephones.
	www.hennepintheatredistrict.org /pantageshistory.asp (301 words)

	Other Theaters
		The Pantages has a history as grand and diverse as the stage and screen fare which audiences have flocked to enjoy there for half a century.
		The Pantages, first to last, was designed for maximum audience comfort, with over 40% of the interior space devoted to public areas, lobbies, lounges and restrooms.
		The Pantages reopened, refreshed, again taking its place as one of the finest movie houses on the west coast and continued as such for nearly a decade.
	www.rajuabju.com /latours/other_theaters.htm (857 words)

	Pantages Theater Haunted House - HauntedHouses.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This truly grand theater, named after Alexander Pantages, is a glorious palace-like, Art-Deco masterpiece, one of the most beautiful theaters in the world.
		In 1949, The Pantages Theater was acquired by Howard Hughes, to be the crowning jewel of his national movie theater chain, RKO pictures, which he bought.
		Howard Hughes, the singing lady and perhaps Alexander Pantages are perfectly happy hanging out at The Pantages, lending a hand to the living.
	www.hauntedhouses.com /states/ca/house14.htm (755 words)

	Pantages Theatre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Built in 1930 (shortly after the birth of "talkies") for the then-princely sum of $1.25 million, the Pantages (then part of the Fox movie theatre chain) was one of the most beautiful theatres in town.
		But the best news is that in order to get the theatre ready for the big Disney show, the Pantages invested almost $10 million in a massive facelift of the landmark theatre, restoring it to its original glory.
		The Pantages is located on the north side of Hollywood Blvd., just east of the northeast corner of Hollywood and Vine.
	www.seeing-stars.com /OnStage/Pantages.shtml (727 words)

	Cinema Treasures \| Pantages Playhouse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Alexander Pantages had originally intended to build the theatre on the site of the old Manitoba Hotel which had burned down several years earlier.
		However, in 1923 Pantages was lured away from his own theatre by Famous Players to combine vaudeville acts with movies at the newly built Capitol theatre and the theatre was closed.
		Had Alexander Pantages been able to build the theatre on the original site no doubt it would have fronted on Main Street.(the present theatre site is one building lot down from the corner.) When the new lobby and studios were built a few years ago, it was to the side of the original building.
	cinematreasures.org /theater/11752 (657 words)

	HistoryLink Essay: Pantages, Alexander (1876-1936)
		Alexander Pantages was a theatrical entrepreneur who had a considerable impact on the development of popular stage entertainments in the Puget Sound region in the early twentieth century.
		Pantages, born on the Greek island of Andros, probably in 1876, worked at a multitude of jobs in several countries after having run away from home at the age of nine.
		The acts of the Pantages circuit distinguished themselves from their rivals by the quality of performers and by a tendency to be sensational.
	www.washington.historylink.org /output.cfm?file_id=2999 (1485 words)

	Broadway Center for the Performing Arts - Education
		The Tacoma Pantages served as a live theater for only eight years before being converted to a movie house and being sold to RKO, at which time the name was changed to the Orpheum.
		A proposal to restore the Pantages as the cornerstone of a revitalized downtown area led to the restoration beginning in 1978 after the city bought the theater.
		The Pantages Theater, built in 1918 by Alexander Pantages, was partially funded with financial assistance from his mistress, Kate Rockwell.
	www.broadwaycenter.org /about/history.asp (767 words)

	Page Title (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A lot, thought Pantages, who changed his given name from Pericles (the philosopher king) to Alexander (the conquering emperor).
		An young émigré from Greece via Egypt and Panama, Pantages was still little more than a boy when he joined the Yukon Gold Rush. Starting out as a guide and bartender, he learned how to book shows and made show business his primary career.
		At first Pantages was little more than noisome nuisance but in time he became a powerful competitor.
	vaudeville.org /index_files/Page760.htm (147 words)

	Hammel, Green and Abrahamson Revitalizes Minneapolis Theatre District With Restoration of Pantages Theatre
		The Pantages was once a star performer in the well-known, nationwide vaudevillian theatre circuit before falling into disuse.
		Edmond Ruben purchased the Pantages in 1945, renovated it and re-opened it a year later in 1946 as a movie theatre.
		Today, the Pantages joins the Orpheum and Historic State theaters in Minneapolis' Theatre District in keeping the city firmly in the cast of major performing arts venues.
	www.hga.com /the_latest/press_releases/pantages_revitalizes.html (695 words)

	Pantages Theater - Pantages Theater Tickets - Pantages Theater Los Angeles
		Like the majority Pantages Theater tickets large theatres of old man-model, it has an entry, powders in bottom Pantages Theatre directions the rooms, a large room Pantages Theater tickets, large balconies, a great sector of stage, and the rooms of raising Pantages Theater tickets slides, a well of orchestra.
		History: In 1949, the theatre of Pantages was acquired by Howard Hughes, to be the crowning jewel of its national chain of film theatre, the images of RKO, which it bought.
		Little after its death, the noise of a woman singing Pantages Theatre tickets theatre could be heard when the theatre was dark and peace sometimes during the day or the night as well.
	lakertickets.com /pantages-theater-tickets.htm (656 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It was constructed by Alexander Pantages, one of the most prominent managers of vaudeville entertainment and a renowned theater magnate.
		All of the houses owned or operated by Pantages were designed by architect B.
		Pantages personally directed the entire chain, including acquisition, building construction and operation of amusements presented.
	www.warnors.com /history.htm (210 words)

	Pantages Theater
		Opened on June 4, 1930 as the last and largest of a chain of theaters operated by vaudeville magnate Alexander Pantages, its interior is considered to be the most stunning example of theater architecture in Los Angeles.
		The Academy Award ceremonies were held at the Pantages from 1949 to 1959..
		Not only Broadway shows but live concerts as well were hosted by Pantages, such as the Bonnie Raitt tour and Paul Weller.
	www.hollywood-usa.net /Map/pantages.htm (294 words)

	Pantages Theater Hollywood Movie Theater Discount Hotels near Pantages Theater Hollywood
		Originally built as a vaudeville house in 1918 by Alexander Pantages, this lavish addition to his nationwide theater empire was designed by the great theater architect B. Marcus Priteca and was inspired by the theater in France's opulent Palace of Versailles.
		Pantages reopened in 1983 as part of the Broadway Center for the Performing Arts, featuring nationally-known drama, dance and comedy performances.
		Pantages Theater Hollywood, CA The Pantages Theatre features accessible seating for physically challenged patrons; this seating is available in the orchestra level only.
	www.theatersinhollywood.com /pantages-theater/pantages-theater.htm (323 words)

	framed
		Soon, Pantages found his theaters were being denied first-run blockbuster features from major studios, but that was only the beginning.
		Pantages insisted that he was being framed, and that the young woman had torn and ripped her own clothing.
		- Poor Pantages was convicted and sentenced to fifty years, but the verdict was overturned on appeal, on the basis that it was prejudicial to Pantages to exclude testimony about the morals of the plaintiff.
	www.ytedk.com /framed.htm (501 words)

	HistoryLink Essay: The new Pantages Theatre in Tacoma opens on January 7, 1918.
		Tacoma’s new Pantages is part of the Pantages circuit of vaudeville houses, which are owned and operated by Seattle vaudeville magnate Alexander Pantages (1876-1936).
		Although the venue was originally built to showcase Pantages vaudeville, the house had always been equipped to show motion pictures, which became its primary draw beginning in the 1930s.
		Thankfully, however, the Pantages was not allowed to decay beyond repair, nor did it become a casualty of downtown revitalization.
	www.historylink.org /essays/output.cfm?file_id=5182 (352 words)

	Broadway/LA - Pantages Theatre History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It's a fitting location: The Pantages has become one of the greatest landmarks of Hollywood, signifying both the glorious past and adventuresome future of the world's entertainment capital.
		The Nederlander Organization, owner and operator of the historic Pantages Theatre, is spending nearly $10 million to renovate the building with the goal of returning the luster and majesty that the theatre had when it opened its doors to the public in 1930.
		The newly-remodeled Pantages will be visible to the public when it re-opens its doors for the first preview performance of Disney’s The Lion King on September 28th.
	www.broadwayla.org /pantages/history.asp (352 words)

	HistoryLink Essay: West, Thomas L., Architect (Knapp & West)
		The most spectacular design of the firm was the Alexander Pantages House.
		Alexander Pantages (1876-1936) was a theatrical entrepreneur with a great impact on the development of popular stage entertainments in the Puget Sound region in the early twentieth century.
		Alexander Pantages home (Thomas West, 1907), 803 E Denny Way, ca.
	www.historylink.org /output.cfm?file_id=3371 (556 words)

	PSTOS - Pantages (Palomar) Theatre, Seattle Washington
		Marcus Priteca and built by Alexander Pantages in 1911.
		The Seattle instrument is believed to be the first Robert Morton installed in the Pantages chain.
		When the Danz Brothers took control of the house and renamed it the "Palomar," the Robert Morton organ was removed and a larger Kimball instrument from the Capitol Theatre was installed.
	www.pstos.org /instruments/wa/seattle/pantages.htm (301 words)

	Real Estate Weekly
		Seattle theatre magnate Pericles (Alexander) Pantages spent $250,000 on the structure, at the southwest corner of Jasper Avenue and 102 Street (where the IPL Tower is today).
		That’s when happened with the Pantages, which closed in 1929 as the economy went sour and talkies (film with sound) began to catch the public’s fancy.
		The Pantages, like the other grand old theatres, were the embodiment of magic in the lives of thousands of Edmontonians, long before television, computers, DVDs and video games were even an idea in some inventor’s mind.
	www.rewedmonton.ca /content_view?CONTENT_ID=85 (1033 words)

	The Seattle Times: Seattle History
		In 1900, John Cort built the Grand Opera House, "the finest theater in the city." Cort eventually moved to New York where, in 1912, he opened the Cort Theater on Broadway, which is still in operation.
		Cort had two rivals when he was in Seattle: John Considine and Alexander Pantages.
		Pantages built three theaters here, named after himself, each bigger than the one before.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /news/local/seattle_history/articles/story8.html (435 words)

	EPL.ca: Buildings (1911 to 2004)
		Built in 1913 by Alexander Pantages and George Brown, the Pantages Vaudeville Theatre hosted such great entertainers as the Marx Brothers, Buster Keaton, Laurel and Hardy, and others.
		Alexander Pantages used Italian and Greek marble throughout, trimmed with bronze and bevelled glass.
		This California-style bungalow was completed in 1914, and was first occupied by Judge Alexander Andrews McGillivary, who sat on the Supreme Court for the Provincial Government.
	www.epl.ca /EPLPhotoCollection.cfm?collection=Buildings&from=1911&to=2004 (2865 words)

	Westways Magazine - Archived Issues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This proximity also prompted vaudeville impresario Alexander Pantages to build his last and largest California showplace, the Hollywood Pantages.
		The Hollywood Pantages was one of the first theaters to open after the advent of "talkies" and featured an elaborate "channeling" sound system.
		The theater's movie screen went dark in January 1977, after which the Pantages was transformed into a strictly stage-performance venue.
	www.aaa-calif.com /westways/0102/offramp.asp (366 words)

	Alexander the Man Who Knows (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Between 1915 and 1924, Alexander, The Man Who Knows, astounded theater audiences, performing feats of mind-reading and psychic prediction that defied explanation.
		Dressed in exotic robes, wearing a jeweled turban and holding his trademark gazing globe, Alexander dominated the stage for nearly a decade before retiring in 1924, at the age of 43, the richest man in vaudeville.
		Set against the excitement of the vaudeville theater circuit of the teens and twenties, the glamor of early Hollywood, and the rugged beauty of the Pacific north-west, THE MAN WHO KNOWS is a story of magic and mentalism, love and betrayal, wealth and fame.
	www.generalrubric.com /magicposters/marketmagic/alex/alexstory.html (378 words)

	Pantages Theatre - Los Angeles, CA, 90028 - Citysearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Founder Alexander Pantages (of the Fox Theatre chain) originally stacked the bill with MGM flicks and vaudeville acts, but center stage eventually gave way to live theater.
		The Pantages underwent a major restoration in preparation for the L.A. run of "The Lion King," bringing back the magnificent art deco gleam that had been covered by years of tarnish and deterioration.
		Past successful theatrics include "Man of La Mancha" and "The King and I." During the 1950s, the Pantages even hosted the Academy Awards, when the likes of Humphrey Bogart and Vivien Leigh walked through its soaring lobby.
	losangeles.citysearch.com /profile?fid=4&id=11278715 (347 words)

	Orpheum Theatre Restoration (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Originally named the New Pantages Theatre after Alexander Pantages, an entrepreneur who owned a string of theaters, the venue housed vaudeville productions.
		With a modest budget of $1 million, Pantages designed the theater interior with a vaulted ceiling painted to resemble a clear, night sky and mythical figures reminiscent of pre-Reformation Spain.
		Unfortunately, vaudeville's popularity lasted only a few years, and the Pantages was sold, renamed the Orpheum Theatre, and reopened to show movies.
	www.signweb.com /electric/cont/orpheum990111.html (1123 words)

	mirvish.com \| our theatres
		Pericles Alexander Pantages had been a sailor on a Greek merchant ship who left the sea in search of riches during the great 1897 Yukon gold rush.
		Cineplex responded to the court order by gutting the Imperial 6 and rebuilding it as a live theatre, restoring the lobby areas to the original 1920 design and renaming the structure "The Pantages".
		Livent continued to own and operate the Pantages until 1999, when the theatre was purchased - along with other Livent assets - by Clear Channel Entertainment.
	www.mirvish.com /OurTheatres/Canon.html (663 words)

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