Alexander Pantages
Businessperson, Deceased Person
1867 – 1936
Who was Alexander Pantages?
Alexander Pantages was a Greek American vaudeville and early motion picture producer and impresario who created a large and powerful circuit of theatres across the western United States and Canada. At the height of his empire, he owned or operated 84 theaters across the United States and Canada. He was known as a tireless operator and a particularly ruthless one. In 1929 he was accused of raping a native 17 year-old dancer named Eunice Alice Pringle; the negative publicity led to the selling of his operations and he ceased to be a force in exhibition or vaudeville ever again. Despite his pioneering spirit and promoting of the "movie palace" concept, he is largely forgotten today in historical accounts of the early development of motion pictures. He died in 1936 worth only a fraction of his original net worth.
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- Born
- 1867
Andros - Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Feb 17, 1936
- Resting place
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
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on July 23, 2013
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