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Old 01-12-2015, 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Bugsy View Post
It is from a stint at the Pantages Theater in Minneapolis. It opened in 1916 and is still in use today.

Gibbons was from St. Paul, so doing an event at a venue across the river wouldn't have been unusual. While he didn't make much from the 1923 title fight with Jack Dempsey, he did pretty well with the vaudeville shows.

I stand corrected then. The Pathe News reference on top of all the European sounding supporting acts led me to believe it was UK based.
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