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Alexander Pantages

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Alexander Pantages (Περικλῆς Ἀλέξανδρος Πανταζῆς, Periklis Alexandros Padazis; 1867 – February 17, 1936) was a Greek American vaudeville impresario and early motion picture producer. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 57 relations: Alexander the Great, Andros, Anthony Heinsbergen, B. Marcus Priteca, Barto and Mann, Breach of promise, Busby Berkeley, David Sarnoff, Dawson City, Eunice Pringle, Famous Players, Film producer, Footlight Parade, Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale), Glendale, California, Greece, Greek Americans, Hill Street (Los Angeles), Impresario, Jake Ehrlich, Jerry Giesler, John Considine (actor), John Considine (impresario), John W. Considine Jr., Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., Kathleen Rockwell, Keith-Albee-Orpheum, Klondike Gold Rush, Los Angeles Examiner, Louis B. Mayer, Mural, Musical film, Panama Canal, Pantages Theatre, Pantages Theatre (Vancouver), Pantages Tower, Paramount Pictures, Paul Porcasi, RCA, Repertory theatre, RKO Pictures, Ronald Kessler, San Francisco, Seattle, Skouras Brothers Enterprises, Spyros Skouras, The New York Times, Tim Considine, Vancouver, Vaudeville, ... Expand index (7 more) »

  2. 19th-century Greek Americans
  3. People acquitted of rape
  4. People from Andros
  5. Theatre owners
  6. Vaudeville producers

Alexander the Great

Alexander III of Macedon (Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon.

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Andros

Andros (Άνδρος) is the northernmost island of the Greek Cyclades archipelago, about southeast of Euboea, and about north of Tinos.

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Anthony Heinsbergen

Anthony Heinsbergen (December 13, 1894 – June 14, 1981) was a Dutch American muralist considered the foremost designer of North American movie theatre interiors.

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B. Marcus Priteca

Benjamin Marcus Priteca (23 December 1889 – 1 October 1971) was a Scottish architect.

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Barto and Mann

Barto and Mann: Dewey Barto (né Stewart Steven Swoyer; June 10, 1896 – January 31, 1973) and George Mann (December 2, 1905 — November 22, 1977), known as the "laugh kings" of vaudeville, were a comedic dance act from the late 1920s to the early 1940s.

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Breach of promise

Breach of promise is a common-law tort, abolished in many jurisdictions.

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Busby Berkeley

Berkeley William Enos, (November 29, 1895 – March 14, 1976) known professionally as Busby Berkeley, was an American film director and musical choreographer.

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David Sarnoff

David Sarnoff (February 27, 1891 – December 12, 1971) was a Russian and American businessman who played an important role in the American history of radio and television.

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Dawson City

Dawson City, officially the City of Dawson, is a city in the Canadian territory of Yukon.

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Eunice Pringle

Eunice Irene Pringle (March 5, 1912, Garden Grove, California – March 26, 1996) was an aspiring dancer, notable for accusing Los Angeles movie-house owner Alexander Pantages of rape in 1929, resulting in a sensational trial.

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Famous Players

Famous Players Limited Partnership was a Canadian-based subsidiary of Cineplex Entertainment.

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Film producer

A film producer is a person who oversees film production.

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Footlight Parade

Footlight Parade is a 1933 American musical film directed by Lloyd Bacon, with songs written by Harry Warren (music), Al Dubin (lyrics), Sammy Fain (music) and Irving Kahal (lyrics).

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Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)

Forest Lawn Memorial Park is a privately owned cemetery in Glendale, California, United States. Alexander Pantages and Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) are Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale).

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Glendale, California

Glendale is a city in the San Fernando Valley and Verdugo Mountains regions of Los Angeles County, California, United States.

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Greece

Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe.

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Greek Americans

Greek Americans (Ελληνοαμερικανοί Ellinoamerikanoí Ελληνοαμερικάνοι Ellinoamerikánoi) are Americans of full or partial Greek ancestry.

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Hill Street (Los Angeles)

Hill Street is a major north–south thoroughfare in Los Angeles, measuring in length.

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Impresario

An impresario (from Italian impresa, 'an enterprise or undertaking') is a person who organizes and often finances concerts, plays, or operas, performing a role in stage arts that is similar to that of a film or television producer.

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Jake Ehrlich

Jake W. Ehrlich (October 15, 1900 – December 24, 1971) was an American lawyer and writer.

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Jerry Giesler

Harold Lee Giesler, known professionally as Jerry Giesler (November 2, 1886 – January 1, 1962) was an American trial attorney. Alexander Pantages and Jerry Giesler are Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale).

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John Considine (actor)

John William Considine III (born January 2, 1935) is a retired American writer and actor who wrote for and made numerous appearances in film and television from 1960 until 2007.

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John Considine (impresario)

John W. Considine (September 29, 1868 – February 11, 1943) was an American impresario, a pioneer of vaudeville.

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John W. Considine Jr.

John W. Considine Jr. (October 7, 1898 – March 22, 1961) was an American film producer.

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Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.

Joseph Patrick Kennedy Sr. (September 6, 1888 – November 18, 1969) was an American businessman, investor, philanthropist, and politician.

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Kathleen Rockwell

Kathleen Eloise Rockwell (October 4, 1873/1876/1880 (year of birth disputed) – February 21, 1957), known as "Klondike Kate" and later known as Kate Rockwell Warner Matson Van Duren, was an American dancer and vaudeville star during the Klondike Gold Rush, where she met Alexander Pantages who later became a very successful vaudeville/motion picture mogul. Alexander Pantages and Kathleen Rockwell are People of the Klondike Gold Rush.

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Keith-Albee-Orpheum

The Keith-Albee-Orpheum Corporation was the owner of a chain of vaudeville and motion picture theatres.

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Klondike Gold Rush

The Klondike Gold Rush was a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of Yukon, in north-western Canada, between 1896 and 1899.

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Los Angeles Examiner

The Los Angeles Examiner was a newspaper founded in 1903 by William Randolph Hearst in Los Angeles.

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Louis B. Mayer

Louis Burt Mayer (born Lazar Meir; July 12, 1884Mayer maintained that he was born in Minsk on July 4, 1885. According to Scott Eyman, the reasons may have been. Alexander Pantages and Louis B. Mayer are American racehorse owners and breeders.

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Mural

A mural is any piece of graphic artwork that is painted or applied directly to a wall, ceiling or other permanent substrate.

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Musical film

Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing.

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Panama Canal

The Panama Canal (Canal de Panamá) is an artificial waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean, cutting across the Isthmus of Panama, and is a conduit for maritime trade.

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Pantages Theatre

Pantages Theatre may refer to.

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Pantages Theatre (Vancouver)

The Pantages Theatre was a vaudeville and film theatre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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Pantages Tower

Pantages Tower is a condominium and boutique hotel at 200-210 Victoria Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures Corporation, commonly known as Paramount Pictures or simply Paramount, is an American film and television production and distribution company and the namesake subsidiary of Paramount Global.

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Paul Porcasi

Paul Porcasi (1 January 1879 – 8 August 1946) was an Italian actor.

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RCA

The RCA Corporation was a major American electronics company, which was founded in 1919 as the Radio Corporation of America.

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Repertory theatre

A repertory theatre, also called repertory, rep, true rep or stock, which are also called producing theatres, is a theatre in which a resident company presents works from a specified repertoire, usually in alternation or rotation.

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RKO Pictures

RKO Radio Pictures Inc., commonly known as RKO Pictures or simply RKO, was an American film production and distribution company, one of the "Big Five" film studios of Hollywood's Golden Age.

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Ronald Kessler

Ronald Borek Kessler (born Ronald Borek; December 31, 1943) is an American journalist and author of 21 non-fiction books about the White House, U.S. Secret Service, FBI, and CIA.

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San Francisco

San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center in Northern California.

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Seattle

Seattle is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States.

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Skouras Brothers Enterprises

The Skouras Brothers Enterprises Inc. was an American movie theater chain from the early days of film-making based in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Spyros Skouras

Spyros Panagiotis Skouras (Σπύρος Σκούρας; March 28, 1893 – August 16, 1971) was a Greek-American motion picture pioneer and film executive who was the president of 20th Century-Fox from 1942 to 1962. Alexander Pantages and Spyros Skouras are Greek emigrants to the United States.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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Tim Considine

Timothy Daniel Considine (December 31, 1940 – March 3, 2022) was an American actor, writer, photographer, and automotive historian.

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Vancouver

Vancouver is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia.

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Vaudeville

Vaudeville is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment which began in France at the end of the 19th century.

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Victoria, British Columbia

Victoria is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast.

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Wall Street Crash of 1929

The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as the Great Crash, Crash of '29, or Black Tuesday, was a major American stock market crash that occurred in the autumn of 1929.

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Washington (state)

Washington, officially the State of Washington, is the westernmost state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

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Western United States

The Western United States, also called the American West, the Western States, the Far West, and the West, is the region comprising the westernmost U.S. states.

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William Randolph Hearst

William Randolph Hearst Sr. (April 29, 1863 – August 14, 1951) was an American newspaper publisher and politician who developed the nation's largest newspaper chain and media company, Hearst Communications.

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Winnipeg

Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada.

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Yukon

Yukon (formerly called the Yukon Territory and referred to as the Yukon) is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three territories.

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See also

19th-century Greek Americans

People acquitted of rape

People from Andros

Theatre owners

Vaudeville producers

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Pantages

Also known as Alex Pantages, Pantages, Pantages, Alexander.

, Victoria, British Columbia, Wall Street Crash of 1929, Washington (state), Western United States, William Randolph Hearst, Winnipeg, Yukon.