<Tr> <Th> Architect </Th> <Td> B. Marcus Priteca </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Architectural style </Th> <Td> Art Deco </Td> </Tr> <P> The Hollywood Pantages Theatre, formerly known as RKO Pantages Theatre, is located at Hollywood and Vine (6233 Hollywood Boulevard), in Hollywood . Designed by architect B. Marcus Priteca, it was the last theater built by the vaudeville impresario Alexander Pantages . The palatial Art Deco theater opened on June 4, 1930, as part of the Pantages Theatre Circuit . </P> <P> The Pantages Theatre Circuit had been built on vaudeville, and the new Hollywood theater programmed first - run movies alternating through the day with vaudeville acts for its first two years . But like other theaters during the Great Depression, it was forced to economize and thereafter operated primarily as a movie theater, though live entertainment was presented occasionally . </P>

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