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[[Image:IsisScaramouche.jpg|thumb|right|180px|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|thumb|right|120px|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.]]
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]] a few blocks southand [[Rex Theatre]]s. It was built in [[1914]] for [[C. H. Turner]]<ref>[http://cinematreasures.org/theater/18156/ Cinema Treasures]</ref> on the site of the former [[Caldwell House]] with a capacity of 500 seats. 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.
After the theatre closed, it was renovated in {{date needed}} for use as an office building. Bricks from the theater were salvaged during the renovation and make up the floor in [[Seville Quarter]]'s "Phineas Phogg's" dance hall.
