Fox Theatre
527 N. Grand Boulevard,
St. Louis,
MO
63103
527 N. Grand Boulevard,
St. Louis,
MO
63103
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During the 30’s through the 50’s this theatre was operated jointly by Fanchon & Marco and The Arthur Family together in partnership!
Photos of the ceiling restoration project: http://m.stltoday.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/fox-theatre-restoration-project-gives-a-view-from-the-top/article_b9185e97-2bb1-5cdc-88e2-86c89c7e97e1.html?mobile_touch=true
After the production of “Anything Goes” closes June 9, the theatre will be closed for the summer as the ceiling is restored.
Didn’t realize the twin to this one is the Fox in Detroit!
Chances of the roof sign being restored can be laid to rest…the superstructure has been removed.
We all grew up with the great TV cowboys. I even have a vintage black Hoppalong Cassidy cowgirl skirt with white fringe and my husband has the HC watch.
Great photo.
“The Robe” was not shown at the Fox but at the St. Louis up Grand Avenue.
I am not sure about this, but I read somewhere that the house box-office record for the Fox, when it was still showing films, was set by 20th’s THE ROBE. Anyone know the facts?
I took the St. Louis Fox tour in 2009. The guide said the current capacity was 4,000 seats after the restoration. That is still a huge theater. The place has been well-restored and is well-maintained. I would recommend the tour to any theater buff! (Alas, think what the San Francisco Fox would be like today if it had been preserved!)
Nice publicity!
The Fox was recently featured on the opening season for “America’s Got Talent.” Nice shots of the exterior and interior as people arrived for auditions for the reality show.
The news paper stated that the Fox would go dark for seven weeks for extensive interior and exterior work. Does anyone know if this work is completed?
My mom worked there as a teenager in the 60s. It was in the movie “Escape from New York.” When I was in filmschool I drove up from Nashville and shot a documentary of the FOX for my production project. It’s my favorite theater ever. Best experience there was seeing Andrew Lloyd Webbers Phantom of the Opera w/my wife and family. I love the FOX. Wished I could drive up there every year to see a show. Would love to have seen an actually movie there.
Was also a concert venue for rock shows. The Grateful Dead played here on 2/2/70, 3/17-3/18, 12/9-10,‘71 and 10/17-19, 1972.
The reduction of seating capacity to the current level took place in 1960 while the theatre was still operating as a movie house.
When the Detroit and St. Louis Foxes were built, the plans were identical, the only differences being the Detroit Fox had 6 more seats (5,048 to 5,042) and the front facade was different (The Detroit Fox has a large office tower fronting the auditorium). The St. Louis fox lost more seats during their renovation, but originally they were the same layout. I’m very happy both have been restored.
Interesting history.
At last I visited the St Louis FOX on 3/2/10. A fabulous place in every way, one of the most magnificent theaters in America.
Many have said the FOX St Louis and the FOX Detroit are twins. Not quite. The Detroit FOX is 500 seats (11%) larger, and the designs are similar (generally) but there are many differences — as befits the work of outstanding architects. But where the Detroit FOX excels is that an $8 million restoration, thanks to Little Caesar’s pizza, has restored ALL the beautiful details to “like new” sparkling condition. The St Louis FOX only had $2 million to spend, and $6 million definitely makes a difference. So Detroit wins for a change.
No matter. A visit to either is a wonderful experience.
Great info. Still too bad the roof sign is not restored yet! That would make the exterior restoration compltet!!
Chuck: Beautiful photos….Thanks! And 4500 seats…..Wow!
Nice to learn that St. Louis has the Fox!
From the late 1940s, a photo of the Fox Theatre in Saint Louis.
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I’m glad the organ is geing heard again. Stan would have wanted it that way. I think that the theatre is looking fantastic recently. I sincerely hope that the management will consider reinstalling the roof sign. That would be the final component to the completion of the exterior. If they don’t, they should at least take down the metal scaffoldinjg. What do you guys at CT think?
Information about the Wurlitzer Organ and the Late Stan Kann, can be found at the Saint Louis Theatre Organ Society web page:
http://www.sltos.org/ The Organ will play again. The theatre has selected organists to play for the tours.
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News Story from NBC In Saint Louis