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March 1 | 6:30pm-8:00pm | University Bookstore
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\"\"<\/a>Alexander Pantages was 13 when he arrived in the U.S. in the 1880’s, after contracting malaria in Panama. He opened his first motion picture theater in 1902 and went on to build one of the largest and most important independently-owned theater chains in the country. At the height of the Pantages Theaters\u2019 reach, he owned or operated 78 theaters across the U.S. and Canada. He amassed a fortune, yet he could not read or write English. In 1929 he was convicted of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old dancer\u2014a scandal that destroyed his empire and reduced him to a pariah. The day his grandest theater, the Pantages Hollywood, opened in 1930, he lay sick in a jailhouse infirmary. His conviction was overturned a year later after an appeal to the California State Supreme Court, but the question remains: How should history judge this theater pioneer, wealthy magnate and embodiment of the American Dream?<\/p>\n

Join author and University of Washington lecturer Taso Lagos<\/a> as he discusses the life and tragic times of this pioneering immigrant, including the antisemitism and immigrant stigmas that abounded in Hollywood during Pantages\u2019 life.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Taso Lagos is a lecturer in the Hellenic Studies\/European Studies Program at the Jackson School of International Studies. He holds a BA, MA, and PhD from the University of Washington. \"\"<\/a>His research focuses on civic engagement and digital technologies, Greek-American media history, immigration studies, and nation branding<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

March 1 | 6:30pm-8:00pm | University Bookstore RSVP to cweseuc@uw.edu Alexander Pantages was 13 when he arrived in the U.S. in the 1880’s, after contracting malaria in Panama. He opened his first motion picture theater in 1902 and went on to build one of the largest and most important independently-owned theater chains in the country.<\/p>\n

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