Comments about Fox Uptown Theatre in Los Angeles, CA

rivest266 on September 7, 2019 at 3:18 pm

Grand opening ad posted.

vokoban on September 10, 2010 at 6:01 am

Here is a 1958 photo of the Uptown. It was in a term paper I found at an estate sale:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/vokoban/4975407995/

kencmcintyre on December 11, 2009 at 8:09 pm

They also did the RKO Hillstreet and the Burbank on Main Street.

William on December 11, 2009 at 2:47 pm

The demolition was done by the Cleveland Wrecking Company.

kencmcintyre on November 25, 2009 at 4:36 pm

The last ad for the Uptown in the LA Times is dated 10/23/59 for William Castle’s “The Tingler”. A March 1965 LAT item states that a new Ralphs will open on the site formerly occupied by Fox West Coast’s Uptown Theater. That would put the demolition in the early or mid 1960s. The Times does not mention the closing of the theater or its demolition, that I saw.

kencmcintyre on June 17, 2008 at 5:07 pm

Sure looks that way. Nobody’s perfect.

William on June 17, 2008 at 4:48 pm

The middle photo from ken mc’s post from Aug. 5, 2007 is the Westlake Theatre in Los Angeles.

unihikid on March 8, 2008 at 1:18 pm

hey ken that last photo looks an awful lot like the golden gate.

kencmcintyre on August 5, 2007 at 5:11 pm

Here are some additional photos and an architect’s sketch from the LAPL:
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics50/00044621.jpg
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics50/00044624.jpg
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics50/00044622.jpg

kencmcintyre on November 28, 2005 at 2:43 pm

Here are some additional photos from the LA Library:

http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015500.jpg

http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015491.jpg

http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015493.jpg

http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015495.jpg

http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015494.jpg

http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015497.jpg

kencmcintyre on September 25, 2005 at 2:58 pm

End of the road for the Uptown, courtesy of the LA Library:

http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015498.jpg

Ken Roe on December 6, 2004 at 6:13 am

The Fox Uptown Theatre opened on 29th December 1925 with a first-run feature film “Graustark” starring Norma Talmadge and Eugene O'Brien. On stage was Charlie Nelson and His Playboys.

DavidT on November 24, 2003 at 9:23 am

To see a 1952 view of the Fox Uptown’s marquee click here:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015499.jpg
To see three 1942 views of the Fox Uptown interior click here:
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015490.jpg
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015492.jpg
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015488.jpg

William on October 20, 2003 at 6:14 pm

When the Fox Uptown Theatre opened it had a Wurlitzer Theatre organ (opus#1208) style 215, it was installed on 11/24/1925.

William on October 17, 2003 at 9:07 am

The Fox Uptown Theatre was located at 1008 S. Western Ave.. It was razed to make more room for a Auto Dealership lot.

Bill H on September 15, 2002 at 8:00 pm

The architect of this theater was L.A. Smith.

Fox Uptown Theatre

1008 S. Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90006

1008 S. Western Avenue,
Los Angeles, CA 90006