Comments about Fox Theater in Mount Holly, NJ

Bruce Calvert on July 27, 2016 at 7:29 pm

Here is a 1930 program from the Fox Theatre in Mount Holly.

DwarfDog on August 28, 2006 at 4:45 pm

This theater structure still stands but has been adaptivly reused

teecee on June 28, 2006 at 2:53 pm

This theatre is NOT the Mt. Holly Theatre. Originally built in 1907 as the Mt. Holly Opera House. Remodeled by JB Fox and renamed Fox Theatre. Reopened on 9/23/1929. Yes, it had close to 1000 seats, including 209 in the balcony.

Images of America: South Jersey Movie Houses, page 40.

thx1164 on May 21, 2006 at 2:32 pm

I know a former Projectionist from this Theater. Calvin Thompson. He is a very avid Disney memorabilia collector and one heack of a Disney Artist. Talk about passion for film. Calvin was and still is tops.

teecee on March 10, 2006 at 5:40 am

Here is a 1940s postcard of the Mt. Holly Theatre:
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teecee on March 3, 2006 at 2:43 pm

Most likely they are the same theater. The 1951 FDY lists both, with no address for the Mt. Holly. The 1956 FDY lists the Fox with no address and the Mt. Holly at 48 Main Street. The 1970 FDY lists the Mt. Holly theater under the Fox Theatres corporate listing.

RickB on March 2, 2006 at 1:42 pm

Having some trouble placing this…my memory is not coming up with a Main Street in Mount Holly, and map sites want to put you in the nearby village of Rancocas, which I doubt was ever big enough to support any theater, let alone a 1000-seater. I did find a historical page says that High Street was sometimes called Main Street, so maybe that’s where this one was. The theater I think I remember in Mount Holly was called the Mount Holly Theater and was on the odd-numbered side of Washington Street; it lasted into the ‘70s or maybe the '80s with movies, then was taken over by an outfit called CenterStage that presented live theater for a while before running into financial trouble.

Fox Theater

48 Main Street, Mount Holly, NJ 08060

48 Main Street,
Mount Holly, NJ 08060