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Fox Theatre
Photograph: courtesy The Silent Movie Blog.
Address 1350 Market Street
Opening Night Seating Capacity 4650
Original Theatre Owner unknown
Original Theatre Architect Thomas W. Lamb
Years of Operation Opened 28 June 1929
Operating 1929 through October 1932
1 April 1933 through 16 February 1963
Type of Musical Accompaniment Orchestra and Wurlitzer theater pipe organ
Current Status Demolished

The Fox Theatre was a first-run theatre and was equipped for Movietone sound from its opening day, 28 June 1929.

The theatre briefly interrupted operations from October 1932 through 31 March 1933.

References: Tillmany-TheatresSF pp. 9, 10-14, 34.

 

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