Fox Garvey Theatre
135 North Water Street,
Wichita,
KS
67202
135 North Water Street,
Wichita,
KS
67202
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Opened on October 23, 1969 next to the Holiday Inn Plaza in downtown Wichita. The Fox Garvey Theatre was to be the replacement for the Miller Theatre. It would be later twinned when Mann bought out National General.
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Please note that the Fox Theatre listed on this site and the Fox Garvey are the same theatre. The ‘technical’ name for the Fox is Fox Garvey, named for the Garvey family who the part of the Wichita business district that the theatre was located in. The theatre was to have been equipped with 70mm but never took place.
Described in this 1970 trade article: Boxoffice
The Boxoffice article Tinseltoes linked to says that the Fox Garvey Theatre was designed by Platt & Associates. Sidney S. Platt designed the Garvey Center, in which this theater was located, and several other major projects in Wichita.