In 1929, theatre mogul Alexander Pantages was accused of rape by 15 year old vaudeville dancer Eunice Pringle. When the Hollywood Pantages Theatre opened on June 4, 1930, Pantages was listening to the news coverage of the opening from his jail cell. This week we discuss the rise and demise of Alexander Pantages and The Hollywood Pantages Theatre, the last theatre he built for the vaudeville Pantages Theatre Circuit.