I WAS 17 AND VERY DISSAPOINTED WHEN THEY CLOSED THE FOX THEATRE. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN OAKLAND, AND AS A CHILD, IN THE SUMMER, MY COUSINS AND I WOULD PAY ONLY 50 CENTS TO SEE TWO FEATURE FILMS. WE WERE ABLE TO WATCH THESE FILMS AS MANY TIMES AS WE LIKED, SO WE WOULD SPEND THE WHOLE DAY AND PART OF THE NIGHT AT THE PARAMOUNT AND THE FOX THEATRES. OUR PARENTS LOVED IT, BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE HAVING A ALL DAY BABYSITTER AND THEY KNEW WE WERE SAFE, BECAUSE WE ALWAYS STAYED TOGETHER. I LOVED GOING BACK TO THE PARAMOUNT WHEN THEY REOPENED IT, BECAUSE IT BROUGHT BACK ALL THOSE MEMORIES OF THAT TIME IN MY LIFE, WHEN LIFE WAS SO SIMPLE!!! I AM HOPING THAT THE FOX THEATRE WILL RE-OPEN SO THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO GET THAT WONDERFUL FEELING AGAIN.
I WAS 17 AND VERY DISSAPOINTED WHEN THEY CLOSED THE FOX THEATRE. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN OAKLAND, AND AS A CHILD, IN THE SUMMER, MY COUSINS AND I WOULD PAY ONLY 50 CENTS TO SEE TWO FEATURE FILMS. WE WERE ABLE TO WATCH THESE FILMS AS MANY TIMES AS WE LIKED, SO WE WOULD SPEND THE WHOLE DAY AND PART OF THE NIGHT AT THE PARAMOUNT AND THE FOX THEATRES. OUR PARENTS LOVED IT, BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE HAVING A ALL DAY BABYSITTER AND THEY KNEW WE WERE SAFE, BECAUSE WE ALWAYS STAYED TOGETHER. I LOVED GOING BACK TO THE PARAMOUNT WHEN THEY REOPENED IT, BECAUSE IT BROUGHT BACK ALL THOSE MEMORIES OF THAT TIME IN MY LIFE, WHEN LIFE WAS SO SIMPLE!!! I AM HOPING THAT THE FOX THEATRE WILL RE-OPEN SO THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO GET THAT WONDERFUL FEELING AGAIN.