Silent Era Information*Progressive Silent Film List*Lost Films*People*Theatres
Taylorology*Articles*Home Video*Books*Search
 
Pandora's Box BD
 
Silent Era Home Page  >  Theatres  >  United States  >  Washington  >  Seattle  >  Pantages
 
Theaters
Motion picture theatres from the silent era.
Copyright © 1999-2024 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company.
All Rights Reserved.
 
 
Pantages Theatre  
Address Third Avenue at University Street
Opening Night Seating Capacity 1500
Original Theatre Owner Alexander Pantages
Original Theatre Architect B. Marcus Priteca
Years of Operation 1914-1963?
Type of Musical Accompaniment Robert Morton theater pipe organ (1921-?)
Current Status Demolished

The Pantages Theatre originally opened in 1904 at the corner of Second Avenue and Seneca Street. There was no organ installed in the original theatre, and it is unknown whether motion pictures were exhibited there.

In 1914, the second Pantages Theatre opened at the northeast corner of Third Avenue and University Street. The Pantages Theatre was a first-run house. In September 1921, a new Robert Morton theatre pipe organ with partially-unified sixteen ranks was installed. The organist was Laura Van Winkle. Seattle organist Warren Wright also performed at the Pantages.

Sometime after 1925, the theatre was sold and renamed several times, continuing operation until 1963, when the then-named Palomar Theatre was demolished to be replaced by a parking garage.

References: FilmYearBook-1926 p. 590 : with additional information supplied by David B. Parker.

 

Report Pantages Theatre Errors or Omissions

 
Silent Era Home Page  >  Theatres  >  United States  > Washington  >  Seattle  >  Pantages
 
Pioneers of Africian American Cinema
Become a Patron of Silent Era

LINKS IN THIS COLUMN
WILL TAKE YOU TO
EXTERNAL WEBSITES

SUPPORT SILENT ERA
USING THESE LINKS
WHEN SHOPPING AT
AMAZON

AmazonUS
AmazonCA
AmazonUK

Cat and the Canary Standard BD

Capra at Columbia UHD/BD

Little Rascals Vol 1 BD

Charley Chase 1927 BD

Floating Weeds BD