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[[Image:IsisScaramouche.jpg{{Infobox Building|thumbimage=|rightcaption=|180pxname=Isis Theatre|A location=2-4 North [[Palafox Street]] trolley outside the Isis (left) promotes the showing of <br/>Pensacola, FL 32502|architect=|client=[[Wikipedia:Rex Ingram (director)|Rex IngramC. H. Turner]]'s 1923 movie ''<ref>[http://imdbcinematreasures.comorg/titletheater/tt001444018156/ Scaramouche]''.]Cinema Treasures]</ref>[[Image:IsisCooganChaplin.jpg|thumbengineer=|rightowner=|120pxconstruction_start_date=|A pair of Coogan & Chaplin impersonators employed by manager completion_date=[[J. A. Jones]] to promote the run of Chaplin's ''The Kid'' at the Isis in 1921.1913]]|renovations=|date_demolished=|cost=|structural_system=|style=|size=500 seats|mapcode=}}The '''Isis Theatre''', 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 [[1914]] for [[C. H. Turner1913]]<refname="historicalrole">[http://cinematreasures"Movie theaters stage historical role." ''Pensacola News Journal'', July 7, 1985.org/theater/18156/ Cinema Treasures]</ref> on the site of the former [[Caldwell House]] . For many years it shared the building space with a capacity of 500 seatsconfectioner's shop. 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 Isis was remodeled in early [[1938]],<ref>"Southeast Notes." ''Boxoffice'', February 12, 1938.</ref> shortly after the Saenger company opened the nearby [[Rex Theatre]] for second-run movies.
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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]''.
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==