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| + | [[Image:IsisCooganChaplin.jpg|thumb|left|A pair of Coogan & Chaplin impersonators employed by manager [[J. A. Jones]] to promote the run of Chaplin's ''The Kid'' at the Isis in 1921.]]The [[Isis Theatre]], located on [[Palafox Street]] at [[Garden Street|Garden]], was one of several theaters built for the [[Saenger Amusement Company]] (the others being the [[Saenger Theatre|Saenger]] and [[Bonita Theater]]s). It has since been demolished. Bricks from the theater were salvaged by [[Seville Quarter]] and make up the floor in the "Phineas Phogg's" dance hall. |
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| − | |location=2-4 North [[Palafox Street]]<br/>Pensacola, FL 32502
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| − | |client=[[Nat Kaiser]] & [[M. J. Elkan]] | |
| − | |engineer=[[C. H. Turner]]<ref>[http://cinematreasures.org/theater/18156/ Cinema Treasures]</ref>
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| − | |completion_date=[[1913]]
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| − | |size=50'1" x 133'8.5"<br/>500 seats
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| − | The '''Isis Theater''', located on the northeast corner [[Palafox Street|Palafox]] and [[Garden Street]]s, was a [[Saenger Amusement Company]] venture and 'sister theater' to the nearby [[Saenger Theatre|Saenger]] and [[Rex Theatre]]s. It was built in [[1913]]<ref name="historicalrole">"Movie theaters stage historical role." ''Pensacola News Journal'', July 7, 1985.</ref> on the site of the former [[Caldwell House]]. The building was owned by [[Nat Kaiser]] and [[M. J. Elkan]], who leased the space to the theater proprietors. For many years the theater shared the building space with a confectioner's shop.
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| − | Originally located with the address 2 North [[Palafox Street]], it moved to 4 North Palafox in [[1921]]. After the Saenger opened in [[1925]], the Isis was often sent the overflow; as each movie reel finished at the sold-out Saenger, porters would hurry them to the Isis.<ref name="historicalrole"/>
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| − | The building was acquired by the [[Saenger company]] in [[1935]]<ref name="isissold">"Isis Theater Building Sold To Local Firm." September 13, 1951.</ref> and remodeled in early [[1938]].<ref>"Southeast Notes." ''Boxoffice'', February 12, 1938.</ref>
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| − | In [[1950]], a federal court consent decree ordered the [[Paramount Gulf Theaters]] (successor of the Saenger company) to divest itself of certain theaters based on a population formula; under the formula, Paramount was only allowed to operate one subsequent-run theater in Pensacola, and it retained the Rex for that purpose.
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| − | On [[September 12]], [[1951]], Paramount Gulf sold the building to the [[First Building Corporation]], of which [[John C. Pace]] was president, to be leased as the new headquarters of the [[First Bank & Trust Company of Pensacola]].
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| − | {{cquote|Today more than ever I believe in the future of Pensacola. The city is showing growth and is on the threshold of great expansion. My associates and I are happy to have acquired the property for a new banking house and believe it is additional evidence of our confident belief in the further growth of this city.|20px|20px|[[John C. Pace]]<ref name="isissold"/>}} | |
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| − | Bricks from the theater were salvaged during a later renovation and are included in the floor of [[Seville Quarter]]'s "Phineas Phogg's" dance hall.
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| − | [[Merrill Lynch]] occupied the building for several years before relocating to [[Palafox Pier]]. The current downstairs tenant is [[Gulf Coast Health Care]].
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| − | ==Images==
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| − | Image:IsisScaramouche.jpg|A [[Palafox Street]] trolley outside the Isis (left) promotes the showing of [[Wikipedia:Rex Ingram (director)|Rex Ingram]]'s 1923 movie ''[http://imdb.com/title/tt0014440/ Scaramouche]''.
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| − | Image:IsisCooganChaplin.jpg|A pair of Coogan & Chaplin impersonators employed by manager [[J. A. Jones]] to promote the run of Chaplin's ''The Kid'' at the Isis in 1921.
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| − | ==References==
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| | [[Category:Historic theaters]] | | [[Category:Historic theaters]] |
| − | [[Category:Palafox Street buildings]]
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