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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » Colorado » La Junta » Fox Theater

Fox Theater

La Junta, CO
11 E. Third Street
, La Junta, CO 81050 United States
(map)
719.384.3699
Status: Open
Screens: Twin
Style: Spanish Colonial
Function: Movies
Seats: 255
Chain: Independent
Architect: Unknown
Firm: Unknown
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The historic Fox was originally built in 1912 as a playhouse, but was purchased in 1939 by the Fox Theater chain and converted to a movie theater with 800 seats.

The movie house remained open until the mid-1980's, when it closed for renovations which included the sad, but inevitable, twinning of the theater.

Following the conversion, the theater remained open until April 2001, when owner and operator Terry Smith decided to sell the theater.

He found a willing buyer in Winston Evans, who has been in the exhibition industry for 45 years, and once owned several theaters around southern California. Evans took over the day-to-day operations of the historic movie theater a month later and the theater has remained open ever since.
Contributed by Ross Melnick

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Could this theater be the Fox Theater in La Junta, Colorado? If it is, the address is 11 East 3rd Street.
posted by Lost Memory on Sep 9, 2005 at 4:28pm
If this theater is in Colorado, then here is a photo of it.
posted by Lost Memory on Sep 10, 2005 at 5:04am
This theatre is currently closed as of the week November 5, 2005. The marquee says closed for restoration. Interior work in progress was visible through the windows. It appeared significant work was still needed in the lobby area.
posted by brentclarkf on Nov 10, 2005 at 3:25pm
A 1985 view of the Fox Theater in La Junta.
posted by Don Lewis on Jun 7, 2008 at 6:26pm
This is another photo of the Fox Theater from a different angle.

posted by Lost Memory on Jun 27, 2008 at 6:41pm
I visited the Fox back in January to see "Bride Wars" when visiting a friend who lives in the area. The theater is very clean, well kept and well managed. It had been closed for many years but was purchased by a Joel Johnson and family about a year and a half ago and renovated. It is still a twin and has a very large lobby. The theaters are made up by splitting the main floor auditorium in two. They feature new seats, carpeting and restored wood floors and other nice features. Not many original details remain in the auditoriums but the lobby is quite original and has a display of artifacts from the theater and historic photos. I visited with Mr. Johnson for quite a while after the show and he is a very kind man with a passion for the theater. He even took me upstairs and allowed me to see the original balcony. This area is quite a time capsule and murals adorn the walls depicting native American/cowboy and western scenes. There are also many vintage seats, the old (but empty) projection booth and a beautiful proscenium arch and antique asbestos fire curtain. When the theater was twinned in the 1970's, the ceiling in the bottom auditoriums was lowered and this area was sealed off. Mr. Johnson stated that he hopes one day to restore this area in a historically correct manner and open it as a 3rd screen.
This is an amazing theater. Go and see a movie and support the owner's hard labor and efforts if you are ever in the area!
posted by TonyH. on Mar 24, 2009 at 9:26pm
Here is a nice close-up shot of the Fox.

posted by Lost Memory on Apr 27, 2009 at 12:25pm
Here are some 1984 photos:

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posted by Lost Memory on May 21, 2009 at 4:44pm
Another 2009 photo is here.

posted by Lost Memory on Jun 3, 2009 at 3:16pm
This is another photo of the Fox.

posted by Lost Memory on Sep 2, 2009 at 7:06pm
The Fox opened again on March 14, 2008. The new owners are Joey and Cristina Johnson. According to this article current seating is 159 and 96. If you don't have a calculator handy, that's 255 total seats.

posted by Lost Memory on Oct 14, 2009 at 11:08am
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