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Part of Richards Studio Photographs
ca. 1923. The marquee of the Palace Theater, circa 1923, promotes the Hal Roach production of Jack London's "Call of the Wild." Top billing in the film, released in 1923, belonged to Buck, the Saint Bernard, who fought his way to freedom in "one of the best fights between man & beast ever filmed," according to the marquee. Buck unfortunately was eclipsed by another doggie superstar when Warner Brothers released "Where the North Begins" the same year, starring Rin Tin Tin. The second feature was the 1923 Roach silent picture "The Uncovered Wagon." The theater opened in 1911 as "The Palace" and operated after 1941 as "The Cameo." It was razed in 1960. (WSHS)
Palace Theater (Tacoma); Motion Picture Theaters--Tacoma--1920-1930;