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Paramount Reborn in Glittering Premiere at Oakland
The 1928 Paris World Fair inspired architects like Timothy Pflueger to craft movie palaces such as Oakland's Paramount Theatre of the Arts. After a yearlong Bay Area funded restoration, the Paramount played again with a gala premiere featuring Swan Lake, Jacob Krachmalnick, Danter Lola Falana, Milton Berle, Donald O Connor, Enzo Stuarti, Jan Peerce, Henry Fonda, and scenes from Cyrano de Bergerac. Ticket prices ranged from 75 to 250 dollars as audiences filled the house.
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San Francisco
Timothy Pflueger
Oakland
Paramount Theatre of the Arts
Pflueger
Fox Theatres
Paramount
Bay Area
Paramount Plays
Jacob Krachmalnick
Danter Lola Falana
Milton Berle
Donald O'Connor
Enzo Stuarts
John Scott Trotter
Maurice Kaplaw
Jan Peerce
Henry Fonda
American Conservatory Theatre of
Douglas Fairbank Sr