Fox Theatre

527 N. Grand Boulevard,
St. Louis, MO 63103

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Patsy
Patsy on May 17, 2012 at 11:11 am

Nice publicity!

Trolleyguy
Trolleyguy on May 17, 2012 at 6:44 am

The Fox was recently featured on the opening season for “America’s Got Talent.” Nice shots of the exterior and interior as people arrived for auditions for the reality show.

Lak
Lak on August 16, 2011 at 10:02 am

The news paper stated that the Fox would go dark for seven weeks for extensive interior and exterior work. Does anyone know if this work is completed?

Frank Scalf
Frank Scalf on August 13, 2011 at 12:01 pm

My mom worked there as a teenager in the 60s. It was in the movie “Escape from New York.” When I was in filmschool I drove up from Nashville and shot a documentary of the FOX for my production project. It’s my favorite theater ever. Best experience there was seeing Andrew Lloyd Webbers Phantom of the Opera w/my wife and family. I love the FOX. Wished I could drive up there every year to see a show. Would love to have seen an actually movie there.

bicyclereporter
bicyclereporter on January 22, 2011 at 12:54 pm

Was also a concert venue for rock shows. The Grateful Dead played here on 2/2/70, 3/17-3/18, 12/9-10,‘71 and 10/17-19, 1972.

JAlex
JAlex on November 27, 2010 at 10:39 am

The reduction of seating capacity to the current level took place in 1960 while the theatre was still operating as a movie house.

spectrum
spectrum on November 25, 2010 at 10:04 pm

When the Detroit and St. Louis Foxes were built, the plans were identical, the only differences being the Detroit Fox had 6 more seats (5,048 to 5,042) and the front facade was different (The Detroit Fox has a large office tower fronting the auditorium). The St. Louis fox lost more seats during their renovation, but originally they were the same layout. I’m very happy both have been restored.

TLSLOEWS
TLSLOEWS on August 4, 2010 at 3:27 pm

Interesting history.

rlvjr
rlvjr on March 6, 2010 at 3:58 pm

At last I visited the St Louis FOX on 3/2/10. A fabulous place in every way, one of the most magnificent theaters in America.

Many have said the FOX St Louis and the FOX Detroit are twins. Not quite. The Detroit FOX is 500 seats (11%) larger, and the designs are similar (generally) but there are many differences — as befits the work of outstanding architects. But where the Detroit FOX excels is that an $8 million restoration, thanks to Little Caesar’s pizza, has restored ALL the beautiful details to “like new” sparkling condition. The St Louis FOX only had $2 million to spend, and $6 million definitely makes a difference. So Detroit wins for a change.

No matter. A visit to either is a wonderful experience.

Lak
Lak on January 12, 2010 at 11:48 am

Great info. Still too bad the roof sign is not restored yet! That would make the exterior restoration compltet!!

lostmemory
lostmemory on November 25, 2009 at 1:22 pm

This is the National Register of Historic Places nomination form for the Fox.

Patsy
Patsy on October 24, 2009 at 7:46 am

Chuck: Beautiful photos….Thanks! And 4500 seats…..Wow!

Patsy
Patsy on October 8, 2009 at 3:07 pm

Nice to learn that St. Louis has the Fox!

DonLewis
DonLewis on October 4, 2009 at 2:38 pm

From the late 1940s, a photo of the Fox Theatre in Saint Louis.

Don…

Lak
Lak on September 21, 2009 at 10:02 am

I’m glad the organ is geing heard again. Stan would have wanted it that way. I think that the theatre is looking fantastic recently. I sincerely hope that the management will consider reinstalling the roof sign. That would be the final component to the completion of the exterior. If they don’t, they should at least take down the metal scaffoldinjg. What do you guys at CT think?

ldhickory
ldhickory on September 10, 2009 at 6:23 pm

Information about the Wurlitzer Organ and the Late Stan Kann, can be found at the Saint Louis Theatre Organ Society web page:
http://www.sltos.org/ The Organ will play again. The theatre has selected organists to play for the tours.
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News Story from NBC In Saint Louis

JAlex
JAlex on June 2, 2009 at 10:03 am

Going back to the entries of last November concerning the Life Magazine photo: Shot was taken the night of Friday March 30, 1951. The special midnight show was for the benefit of St. Louis policeman Aloysius Nelke, who had been paralyzed by a burglar’s bullet. As for the two children seen—1) It was a Friday night, no school on Saturday; 2) By themselves? I would think they were with the woman seen immediately behind them.

Lak
Lak on May 21, 2009 at 1:40 pm

They should replace the current photo on this web site with a photo of the theatre in its restored form.

lostmemory
lostmemory on May 2, 2009 at 8:09 am

The Fox looks great Chuck. The people of St. Louis should be proud of this theater. It’s a good example of how a neglected theater can be brought back to life.

Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on May 2, 2009 at 12:34 am

LM, that photo really shows of the new verticle.

lostmemory
lostmemory on May 1, 2009 at 7:58 pm

This is a 2009 photo.

Life's Too Short
Life's Too Short on April 15, 2009 at 12:19 pm

Here is a shot from 1959:

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I like this marquee better. More neon and fewer giant lions.

Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on April 6, 2009 at 12:48 pm

1985 photo of the Fox Theatre.
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1986 photo of the Fox Theatre.
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Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on March 29, 2009 at 12:49 am

Another shot of the verticle
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