Fox Theatre
2215 Broadway,
Redwood City,
CA
94063
2215 Broadway,
Redwood City,
CA
94063
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The Fox was a beautiful theatre. I feel very fortunate to have worked there for so many years. Still miss it. Stevenj is very accurate with his memories/descriptions.
They didn’t, steven was saying that he saw many Elvis movies, Christoper Lee movies and Vincent Price movies at this theatre. Not the three of them in the same movie.
I was never aware those three had made a movie together :P
I grew up on the SF Peninsula (San Carlos) during the 50’s and 60’s and the Fox was one of 3 theaters (along with the Laurel and Carlos in San Carlos) that became nearby homes away from homes to escape the parents. During that time the Fox showed mostly 1st run American International horror films and 20th Century Fox releases. The auditorium was in great shape then and quite beautiful. The proscenium was drape covered and lit with alternating colors at intermission. There was a round clock above the left front exit tunnel lit in blue neon and the name of a local nearby car dealer (EZ Davies – who probably paid for it) across the top half. Sneaking up to the balcony without getting caught was the Saturday matinee game we played with the uniformed usherettes (never using the lobby grand entrance but the one to the right of the snack bar). Saw many many Elvis/Christopher Lee/Vincent Price films here.
Yes. Those are waaaay old but great pics!
Some pics of the New Sequoia Theatre in 1930(apologies for quality)
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Great interior photos of the Fox Theatre, brought back so many memories. THANX!
Nice link thanks for posting.
There are additional photos of the the theater, includin interior photos, on this webpage.
A few 2011 photos can be seen here and here.
Its open and doing well
Thanks Larry.
This theatre was recently purchased by a new investor who promises to re-open the theatre by mid-summer of 2010. Will be used for live/civic attractions. No showing of films was mentioned in article..(Peninsula Examiner,5/10)
Then when putting it in a photobucket account you need to give credit to the person responsible for the photo. Need to take copy rights into consideration also.
2009 photo of the Fox Theatre.
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Chuck1231, One of the problems with linking pictures from the source is things change and the original link becomes a dead link. ken mc has linked afew shots in the past to current eBay pictures that are only good for a month many times. After that time they are dead links.
Why not link directly to the source of the photo instead of putting it in your photobucket. Give credit where credit is due.
Here is a July 1951 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/yfkflcq
Some photos of the Fox Theatre courtesy kevystew.
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The Fox is only a half block from the Century 20 Theatres that is not listed on CT. Anyone have info on the Centry 20 Theatres that they can add it?
An undated photo on the original Sequoia Theater located at 2114 Broadway can be found in “Images of America Redwood City on page 29. It shows the front of the theater with probably 100 people. I will scan the photo along with a photo of the "Sequoia” at the second location on Broadway. Also there is a photo of the start of the demo of the Redwood Theater showing workers on the roof. Also note my new thread about the FIRST theater(1915)in Redwood City –“The Bell” or Bell Theater on Main St.-there is a photo in same book.
I agree Larry. The 1945 photo is a nice photo. This is a 2009 photo.
Lost Memory
What a great picture!
A 1945 photo of the Sequoia is here.
Here is another photo of the Fox.
Thanks, Larry. I’ll put the information about the opening on the Paris page.