Fox Covina Theater
211 N. Azusa Avenue,
Covina,
CA
91722
211 N. Azusa Avenue,
Covina,
CA
91722
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The Fox was a bland, 1960’s box style theatre that somewhere along the line was tri-plexed. When I attended the theater was already a second run house with bad projection and scratchy prints. The house was ill maintained and as far as I could tell really didn’t have much of a style to begin with.
It was put out of business by the opening of the large multi-screen AMC Covina theater down the block.
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When the Fox Covina was multiplexed with an addition in 1972, the total seating capacity was upped from 814 to 1,316, according to an item in Boxoffice Magazine, November 20, 1972.
Thanks for the additional info, Joe. Always appreciated…
I worked here for a couple months back in ‘87, my second part-time job after moving to California. Disliked one crappy co-worker, a little bitch who shall remain nameless. Another employee introduced me to “Rocky Horror”, playing out at the GCC Montclair Plaza. As I recall, we were running LETHAL WEAPON and THE ARISTOCATS during my tenure. During breaks, there was little else to do but sit in the auditoriums watching films. After quitting, I later saw Timothy Dalton’s two Bond outings at this place. In the 90s, they showed Hindi(!) movies, as well as Hollywood fare. THE EDGE(1997)was probably the last flick I caught here.
According to the Boxoffice article about its opening in the June 30, 1969, issue, the Fox Covina was designed by L. Perry Pearson and Paul Wuesthoff of the Los Angeles firm Pearson & Wuesthoff, which was soon to become Pearson, Wuesthoff, & Skinner.
As far as I’ve been able to discover, this firm designed most of the theaters built by National General in the west and southwest from about the mid-1960s into the 1970s. They also provided architectural plans for expansions carried out at many NGC theaters in the region during this period.
Checking through Google Earth addresses it appears that the shopping center this was may have been demolished. Was this theatre on the east or west side of N. Azusa?
I remember it on the West side on N. Azusa.
It a Home depot parking lot now.
Saw “Big Wednesday” there in May 1978. As surfers, we were all stoked and made the drive out to the Fox for the film. First and only time I was there.
On the north side of the theater (west side of Azusa Ave,) there was a Marie Callender’s, with the original architecture style of the Marie’s. I remember frequenting this Marie Callender’s when I was young and it didn’t have indoor restrooms. You had to go outside and they were located on the side of the buildings. This was the early 80s. I also remember at this time, that my parents stopped frequenting this theater for awhile. It was due to reports of two young children being abducted from the theater.
On the north side of the theater (west side of Azusa Ave,) there was a Marie Callender’s, with the original architecture style of the Marie’s. I remember frequenting this Marie Callender’s when I was young and it didn’t have indoor restrooms. You had to go outside and they were located on the side of the buildings. This was the early 80s. I also remember at this time, that my parents stopped frequenting this theater for awhile. It was due to reports of two young children being abducted from the theater.