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{{Infobox Building|image=|caption=|name=Isis Theater|location=2-4 North [[Image:IsisCooganChaplin.jpgPalafox Street]]<br/>Pensacola, FL 32502|thumbarchitect=|left|A pair of Coogan client=[[Nat Kaiser]] & Chaplin impersonators employed by manager [[M. J. AElkan]]|engineer=[[C. JonesH. Turner]] to promote the run of Chaplin<ref>[http://cinematreasures.org/theater/18156/ Cinema Treasures]</ref>|owner=|construction_start_date=|completion_date=[[1913]]|renovations=|date_demolished=|cost=|structural_system=|style=|size=50's 1" x 133'8.5"<br/>500 seats|mapcode=}}The 'The Kid'' at the Isis in 1921.]]The [[Isis Theatre]]Theater''', located on the northeast corner [[Palafox Street|Palafox]] at and [[Garden Street|Garden]]s, was one of several theaters built for the a [[Saenger Amusement Company]] (the others being venture and 'sister theater' to the nearby [[Saenger Theatre|Saenger]] and [[Bonita TheaterRex Theatre]]s). It has since been demolishedwas built in [[1913]]<ref name="historicalrole">"Movie theaters stage historical role." ''Pensacola News Journal'', July 7, 1985. Bricks from </ref> on the site of the theater were salvaged former [[Caldwell House]]. The building was owned by [[Seville QuarterNat Kaiser]] and make up [[M. J. Elkan]], who leased the floor in space to the theater proprietors. For many years the theater shared the "Phineas Phoggbuilding space with a confectioner's" dance hallshop.

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"/> 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> 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. 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]]. {{arch-stubcquote|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"/>}} 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.  [[Merrill Lynch]] occupied the building for several years before relocating to [[Palafox Pier]]. The current downstairs tenant is [[Gulf Coast Health Care]]. ==Images==<gallery>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]''.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.</gallery> ==References=={{reflist}}