Historic Bakersfield Fox Theater

Fox Theater looking for photos and memories for it’s 90th anniversary book.

https://www.kget.com/news/local-news/fox-theater-asking-community-to-share-photos-memories-for-book/?fbclid=IwAR3qkWOMG3N9qJ-rgXp-2MYd5wcOqRpHZUPXS-W5sxQo6bhL3kM1HuPm2_M

Bakersfield newspaper article that supplements DavidZornig’s comment above:

https://www.bakersfield.com/news/fox-theater-asks-for-community-s-help-in-fixing-clock/article_1ee8ee4e-24e3-11e9-874f-b7d6b718f208.html

Visited for the May 5, 2018 concert by Neil Young and Crazy Horse: beautiful theater, great acoustics, perfect ambiance for the concert. Added a couple pictures to the Photo section.

Grand opening ad has been posted here.

1975 bookings:
3/12/75: Murder On the Orient Express
3/26/75: Escape To Witch Mountain (cartoon fest)
4/09/74: Escape To Witch Mountain (featurette: Winnie the pooh and tigger Too)
4/16/75: A Woman Under the Influence; Cinderella Liberty
4/23/75: Flesh Gordon; The Groove Tube
5/07/75: Emmanuelle; Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
5/21/75: Shampoo
6/18/75: Shampoo; The Owl and the Pussycat
6/25/75: Bambi (featurette: The Hound That Thought He Was a Raccoon)
7/02/75: Bambi; Superdad
7/16/75: One Of Our Dinosaurs Are Missing; Cinderella
7/30/75: Linda Lovelace For president; Pardon My Blooper
8/06/75: Nashville
8/20/75: Nashville; White Lightning
8/27/75: Beyond the Door (Quadraphonic Possessound)
9/03/75: Beyond the Door; The Devil’s Rain
9/19/75: Flossie; What Do You Say To a Naked Lady?
9/30/75: Live Closed Circuit: Frazier fight)
10/01/75: Flossie; What Do You Say To a Naked Lady?
10/03/75: Farewell My Lovely; Slither
10/15/75: The Great Gatsby; Once Is Not Enough
10/22/75: The Way We Were; Lords of Flatbush
11/07/75: The Best of Walt Disney’s True-Life Adventures; The Strongest Man in the World
11/19/75: Mahogany; Once Is Not Enough
12/16/75: Walls of Fire (1 day only)
12/17/75: Mahogany; once Is Not Enough
12/20/75: Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs; featurette)
11/

1973 bookings:
1/10/73: Avanti!; Pulp
(1/13-1/14/73: MGM Matinee: Zebra in the Kitchen; cartoons)
1/19/73: The Sword in the Stone; Nikki – Wild Dog of the North
2/07/73: The World’s Greatest Athlete; Now You See Him, Now You Don't
2/28/73: Sounder; The Hot Rock
3/07/73: The Poseidon Adventure
4/18/73: Charley and the Angel; Cinderella
4/25/73: The Heartbreak Kid; The War Between Men and Women
5/02/73: Sleuth; The Cuplepper Cattle Co.
5/09/73: Man of La Mancha; Cactus in the Snow
5/16/73: Dirty Harry; Klute
(5/19-5/20/73: Matinees; The Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters; 2nd “horrific” feature)
5/23/73: A Clockwork Orange; Bananas
6/06/73: Scorpio; Skyjacked
6/13/73: Battle For the Planet of the Apes; Big Jake
6/27/73: Live and Let Die; The Mechanic
7/11/73: The Aristocats; Song of the South
7/25/73: Mary Poppins (featurette – The Silver Fox and Sam Davenport)
8/09/73: Tom Sawyer; Brother of the Wind
8/23/73: The Sound of Music
9/12/73: Harry In Your pocket; Take the Money and Run
9/21/73: The New Centurians; Five Easy Pieces
9/28/73: A Touch of Class; Made For Each Other
10/05/73: Last Tango in Paris
10/31/73: Electra Glide in Blue; The Outside Man
11/07/73: North Country and Bigfoot
11/21/73: That Darn Cat; Dumbo
12/07/73: Jeremy; Harry in Your Pocket
12/14/73: Fiddler On the Roof; Man of La Mancha
12/21/73: Robin Hood (featurette: Nature’s Strangest Creatures)

1971 bookings:
1/13/71: Lovers and Other Strangers; Underground
1/20/71: Joe; Putney Swope
1/27/71: Thunderball; You Only Live Twice
2/10/71: The Wild Country; The Boatniks
2/24/71: Where’s Poppa?; Sabata
2/28/71: The private Life of Sherlock Holmes; Baquero
3/03/71: MASH; Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
3/24/71: Cold Turkey; The Twelve Chairs
4/02/71: The Barefoot Executive; The Savage Wild
4/07/71: The Barefoot Executive; The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
4/14/71: MASH; Patton
4/28/71: Tora! Tora! Tora!
5/26/71: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea; Son of Flubber
6/09/71: Valdez is Coming; Assassination Bureau
6/16/71: Vanishing Point; Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
6/23/71: Man and Boy; True Grit
6/30/71: Support Your Local Gunfighter; The Deserter
7/07/71: The $1,000,000 Duck; The Barefoot Executive
7/21/71: Bananas; Von Richtofen and Brown
7/28/71: Evil Knievel; Celebration at Big Sur
8/04/71: The Hunting Party; Midnight Cowboy
8/11/71: Willard; The House That Dripped Blood
8/25/71: Scandalous John; King of the Grizzlies
9/01/71: Lawman; Support Your Local Gunfighter
9/08/71: The Andromeda Strain; Colossus – the Forbin Project
9/22/71: The Panic in Needle Park; Little Murders
9/29/71: The Touch; The Statue
10/06/71: Doc; The Hunting Party
10/13/71: The Mephisto Waltz; The Seven Minutes
10/20/71: The Organization; Lawman
10/27/71: The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker; Making It
11/03/71: Born to Win; What Do You Say To a Naked Lady?
(11/06-11/07/71: Kids matinees: Kingdom in the Clouds; cartoons)
11/10/71: American Wilderness
11/24/71: The living Desert; The Vanishing Prairie (featurette: Dad, Can I Borrow the Car?)
12/01/71: The Stewardesses (3-D)
12/22/71: Diamonds Are Forever

1969 Bookings:
1.08.69: The Yellow Submarine; Live a Little – Love a Little
1.15.69: The Night They Raided Minsky’s; 5 Card Stud
(1.18.69: Sat kids matinee: N/A)
1.22.69: Lady in Cement; A Flea In Her Ear
(1.25.69: Sat kids mat: Magic Boy; Destination Moon)
1.29.69: Charge of the light Brigade; 2nd feature
(2.01.69-2.02.69: Kids mats: Aladdin and His Magic Lamp)
2.05.69: Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell; Shalako
(2.08.69: Sat kids: Misty; Arizona Raiders)
2.11.69: Swiss Family Robinson; The Happiest Millionaire
2.19.69: Swiss Family Robinson; Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar
2.26.69: Rachel, Rachel; The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
(3.01.69: Sat kids: The Reluctant Astronaut; The Ghost and Mr. Chicken)
(3.08.69: Sat kids: Munster, Go Home; The Incredible Mr. Limpet)
3.12.69: The African Safari; Will Penny
3.19.69: Charly; The Thomas Crown Affair
(3.22.69: Sat kids: The Singing Princess)
3.26.69: Angel in my Pocket; Hellfighters
4.09.69: Hell in the Pacific; Sinai Commandos
4.16.69: The Killing of Sister George; Coogan’s Bluff
(4.19.69: sat kids: Alias Jesse James; cartoons)
4.23.69: The Killing of Sister George; Barbarella
(4.26-4.27.69: Sat Sun kids: Pinocchio (live-action)
4.30.69: Hannibal Brooks; Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
5.07.69: The Magus; The Touchables
5.10.69: Sat kids: Batman; The Secret of Magic Island; cartoons)
5.14.69: Where It’s At; How Sweet It Is!
(5.17.69: Free Merchants mat: Blast-off; chptr 1: Canadian Mounties vs Atomic Invaders; cartoons)
5.21.69: Midas Run; The Stalking Moon
(5.24.69: Free Merchants mat: Smokey; chptr 2: Canadian Mounties; cartoons)
5.28.69: Winning; Strategy of Terror
6.04.69: Winning; The Cincinatti Kid
(6.07.69: Free merchants mat: The Incredible Mr. Limpet)
6.11.69: If it’s Tuesday, It Must Be Belgium; 2nd feature
(6.14.69: Free Sat Merchants show: n/a)
6.18.69: How To Commit Marriage; Harper
6.25.69: The Love Bug (featurette: Winnie the pooh and the Blustery Day) (includes Wed premiere with Brock’s Fashion Show for Children’s Home Society)
7.02.69: The Love Bug; Git!
7.16.69: Popi; Subterfuge
7.23.69: Doctor Zhivago; Yours, Mine and Ours
7.30.69: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; Submarine X-1
8.06.69: Che!; 100 Rifles
8.13.69: Rascal; Blackbeard’s Ghost
8.20.69: Whatever Happened to Aunt Alice?; How To Commit Marriage
8.27.69: The Chairman; Planet of the Apes
9.03.69: Ring of Bright Water; Follow Me
(9.06.69: Sat kids: Hatari)
9.10.69: Number One; If It’s Tuesday, It Must Be Belgium
(9.13.69: Free Sat mat: Willie mcBean and His Magic Machine)
9.17.69: Some Kind of Nut!; West Side Story
9.24.69: Staircase; Joanna
10.01.69: The Lion in Winter; I Love You, Alice B. Toklas
10.08.69: Can Heironymus Merkin Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness; The Love God
10.14.69: Macbeth (1 night only)
10.15.69: Midnight Cowboy; The Stalking Moon
10.29.69: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid; Mackenna’s Gold
(11.01.69: Sat kids: Help!)
(11.08.69: Sat kids: Who’s Minding the Mint?)
11.19.69: Darby O'Gill and the Little People; The Parent Trap
11.26.69: Alice’s Restaurant; The First Time
12.10.69: Camille 2000; That Cold Day in the Park
(12.13.69: Sat kids: Munster, Go Home!)
12.18.69: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service; Kill a Dragon
(12.27.69: Sat kids: Texas African Style)

1967 Bookings:
1.11.67: Khartoum; Return of the Seven
1.18.67: After hte Fox; Taxi From tobruk
1.25.67: The Quiller Memorandum; The Flight of the Phoenix
2.01.67: A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To the Forum; Arrivederci, Baby!
2.08.67: A Fistful of Dollars; Kiss the Girls and Watch Them Die
2.15.67: Georgy Girl; The Sleeping Car Murder
(2.18.67: Kids mat: Robinson Crusoe on Mars; cartoons)
2.22.67: Monkey’s, Go Home!; The Cat
(2.26.67: Sun morning: Closed-circuit Daytona 500 Race)
3.01.67: The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming; The Fortune Cookie
3.07.67: Madame Butterfly (one day only)
3.08.67: The Endless Summer; Sun Scorched
3.17.67: The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin; Kati and the Wildcat
3.24.67: In Like Flint; Come Spy With Me
4.05.67: How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying; The Tramplers
4.11.67: Switzerland and the Alps (with live narration)(one day only)
4.12.67: Tobruk; Gunfight in Abaline
4.19.67: A Man For All Seasons (short: Herb Albert and the Tijuanna Brass Double Feature)
5.17.67: The Alamo; The Appaloosa
5.23.67: Royal Ballet: Romeo and Juliet (1 day only)
5.24.67: The Shaggy Dog; The Absent-Minded Professor
6.07.67: Caprice; Fantastic Voyage
6.14.67: Hombre; Rio Conchos
6.21.67: 8 On the Lam; Finders Keepers
6.28.67: You Only Live Twice (cartoon – Pink Paradise)
7.12.67: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs; Tammy and the Millionare
7.19.67: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs; Born Free
7.26.67: The Way West; For a Few Dollars More
8.02.67: A Guide For the Married Man; What a Way To Go
8.09.67: The Gnome-Mobile; The Legend of the Boy and the Eagle
8.16.67: The Gnome-Mobile; The Reluctant Astronaut
8.23.67: In the heat of the Night; Lightning Bolt
(8.26.67: Kids morning: Free cartoon carnival)
8.30.67: In the Heat of the Night; Deadlier than the Male
9.06.67: Divorce American Style; Georgy Girl
9.13.67: Woman Times Seven; The Caper of the Golden Bulls
(9.16.67-9.17.67: matginees: The Daydreamer)
9.20.67: Barefoot in the Park; The Tall Women
9.27.67: Two For the Road; Zorba the Greek
(9.30.67: morning kids: Invasion of the Animal People; Battle of the World; Monster From the Ocean Floor)
10.04.67: The Honey Pot; The Way West
10.11.67: Rough Night in Jericho; The Perils of Pauline
10.18.67: Rough Night in Jericho; The Long Duel
10.25.67: The Taming of the Shrew
(11.04.67: Sat kids: Fluffy; Namu, the Killer Whale)
11.08.67: The Flim-Flam Man; Caprice
11.14.67: Bolshoi Ballet ‘67 (1 day only)
11.15.67: The Sand Pebbles
12.06.67: The Sand Pebbles; Operation Kid Brother
12.13.67: The Sand Pebbles; The Last Challenge
12.20.67: The Jungle Book; Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar

12.25.66: Follow Me, Boys (featurette: Nature’s Half-Acre)

1965 Bookings:
1.10.65: The Disorderly Orderly; Ring of Treason
1.20.65: Father Goose; The Big Parade of Comedy
1.27.65: Father Goose; Bedtime Story
2.05.65: Mary Poppins (stereo)
3.10.65: The Americanization of Emily; Nothing But the Best
3.17.65: Baby, the Rain Must Fall; The Americanizaion of Emily
(3.20.65: Midnight: Haunted Palace; Comedy of Terror; Masque of the Red Death)
3.24.65: Marriage, Italian Style; Beat the Devil
3.31.65: Johnny Goldfarb, Please Come Home; What a Way To Go
4.07.65: Johnny Goldfarb, Plaeas Come Home; Peyton Place
4.14.65: Major Dundee; The Outlaws Is Coming!
4.21.65: Major Dundee; Under the Yum-Yum Tree
4.28.65: The Truth About Spring; This Happy Feeling
5.05.65: Cheyenne Autumn; Beach Blanket Bingo
5.19.65: Cheyenne Autumn; The Pink Panther
5.26.65: How To Murder Your Wife; Doctor in Distress
6.02.65: How To Murder Your Wife; The Rounders
6.09.65: How To Murder Your Wife; Masquerade
6.16.65: The Girls On the Beach; Brainstorm
6.23.65: Cinderella; The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao
7.02.65: The Yellow Rolls-Royce; A Shot In the Dark
7.14.65: In Harm’s Way; A Swingin' Summer
7.21.65: In Harm’s Way; Mister Moses
7.28.65: Ski Party; In Harm’s Way
8.04.65: The Train; I’ll Take Sweden
(8.13.65: Friday 13th Mat: Monsters Crash the Pajama Party; 2nd feature)
8.18.65: What’s New, Pussycat?; Why Bother To Knock
8.25.65: What’s New, Pussycat?; Sex and the Single Girl
9.01.65: Von Ryan’s Express; Fate Is the Hunter
(9.11.65: Sat morning kids: Robinson Crusoe on Mars; Battle Beyond the Sun; Snow White and the Three Stooges)
9.15.65: The Collector; A High Wind in Jamaica
9.22.65: Never On Sunday; Topkapi
9.29.65: An Evening With the Royal Ballet
10.01.65: Lord Jim; Genghis Khan
10.06.65: Billie; Tickle Me
10.13.65: Old Yeller; Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion
10.20.65: Old Yeller; McClintock
10.27.65: Marriage On the Rocks; Requiem For a Gunfighter
(10.30.65: Spook show mat: 2 features; Casper cartoons; 3 Stooges comedy)
11.03.65: Marriage On the Rocks; The Sandpiper
11.10.65: Ship of Fools; Marriage on the Rocks
11.17.65: Ship of fools; Bambole
11.24.65: The Cincinatti Kid; Murder Ahoy
(11.26.65-11/27/65: kids mat: The Dwarfs To the Rescue; 5 cartoons)
12.08.65: The Bedford Incident; Horror Castle
12.15.65: A Hard Day’s Night; Help! (shorts: The Rolling Stones; The Dave Clark Five)
(12.18.65-12.19.65: Kids mat: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians; 5 cartoons)
(12.20.65-12.23.65: mats: KLYD Radio Xmas Movie Party – new movie every day)
12.25.65: That Darn Cat (featurette: Flash, the Teenage Otter)

The title, according to its Library of Congress entry is officially “Fox: The Last Word – The Story of the World’s Finest Theater”. It is indeed a wonderful book, but out-of-print and not easy to find. Amazon occasionally has a few used copies, but they are rarely less than $200 and sometimes have sold for over a $1,000. It is truly a collector’s item.

1963 bookings:
(1-05-63: Sat. kids: 1001 Arabian Nights)
1/09/63: Boccaccio ‘70 (featurette: Trade Winds; Tweetie-Bird cartoon)
(1/12/63: Sat kids: Goliath and the Dragon)
1/16/63: Gigot; Lisa
(1/19/63: Sat kids: Up Periscope)
1/23/63: Sodom and Gomorrah (featurette: Wonderful Arkansa)
(1/26/63: Sat kids: Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea)
(1/26/63: sneak preview)
1/30/63: Divorce, Italian Style; Waltz of the Toreadors
(2/02/63: Sat kids: The Littlest Hobo)
2/06/63: Billy Budd; The Frightened City
2/13/63: Madame; Make Mine Mink
(2/16/63: Sat kids: Journey to the 7th Planet)
(2/16/63: Midnight: Frankenstein 1970; Gidget)
2/20/63: Son of Flubber; Stowaway in the Sky
3/06/63: Diamond Head; Two Tickets to Paris
(3/09/63: Sat kids: Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki)
(3/16/63: Sat kids:Alakazam the Great)
3/20/63: 40 Pounds of Trouble; Stagecoach to Dancer’s Rock
(3/23/63: Flight of the Lost Balloon)
3/27/63: To Kill a Mockingbird (featurette: Pacific Paradise)
(3/30/63: Sat kids: The Three Stooges in Orbit)
(4/06/63: Sat kids: It Came From Outer Space)
(4/13/63: Sat kids: The Fabulous World of Jules Verne)
(4/20/63: Sat kids: The Atomic Submarine)
4/24/63: The Birds; The Mystery Submarine
(4/27/63: Sat kids: The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold)
5/01/63: The Birds; The Raven
(5/04/63: Sat kids: Walt Disney cartoon show)
5/08/63: The Birds; The Manchurian Candidate
(5/11/63: Sat kids: Creature From the Black Lagoon)
5/15/63: Nine Hours to Rama; Auntie Mame
(5/18/63: Sat kids: The Incredible Shrinking Man)
5/22/63: The Ugly American; I Like Money
(5/25/63: Sat kids: Atlantis, the Lost Continent)
5/29/63: The List of Adrian Messenger; Paraniac!
(5/29/63: Midnight: on stage: monster show; on screen: Night Creatures)
(6/01/63: Sat kids: The Mighty Ursus)
6/05/63: Mondo Cane (featurette: Invitation to Monte Carlo)
(6/08/63: Sat kids: Francis in the Haunted House)
6/12/63: The Stripper; The Loves of Salammbo
(6/15/63: Sat kids: on stage: Gorilla “Oro” in Dr. Silkini’s Scream Show; on screen: The Land Unknown)
(6/17/63-6/18/63: vacation party morning: The Lost World; The time Machine; Five Weeks in a Balloon)
6/19/63: Tammy and the Doctor; Showdown
6/28/63: Savage Sam; Yellowstone Cubs
7/06/63: Sat kids: The Cosmic Man)
7/12/63: The Longest Day
(7/13/63: KAFY radio Midnight: Battle of the Bands)
(7/22/63: One night only: LIVE Sonny Liston vs Floyd Patterson World Championship Fight)
8/02/63: Summer Magic; 30 Years of Fun
(8/10/63: Sat kids: The Adventures of Davy Crockett)
8/16/63: The Thrill Of It All; Cure or Kill
(8/17/63: Sat kids: The Boy and the Pirates)
(8/24/63: Sat kids: The Magic Sword)
8/30/63: For Love of Money; The Girl Hunters
(8/31/63: Sat kids: Morgan the Pirate; Blue Hawaii; The incredible Shrinking Man)
(9/07/63: Sat kids: “Big” feature; 3 Stooges)
9/11/63: Come Blow Your Horn; Roman Holiday
(9/13/63: Midnight: The Premature Burial; Phantom of the Opera; Tales of Terror)
(9/20/63: Free kids show)
9/26/63: The V.I.P.’s (featurette: A Journey to Understanding)
10/02/63: The V.I.P.’s; Murder at the Gallop
(10/03/63: sneak preview)
10/05/63 ONLY: The Grand Tour: Europe In Your Own Car (travel film)
10/06/63: The V.I.P’s; Murder at the Gallop
10/16/63: The Leopard; Marilyn
(10/19/63: Sat kids: Lost Planet Airmen)
10/23/63: X-The Man With X-Ray Eyes; The Young Racers
(10/26/63: Sat kids:The Sad Sack; Hercules; Teenage Monster)
(10/27/63: Travel film: Italian Holiday)
10/30/63: Wives and Lovers; Of Love and Desire
11/06/63: The Incredible Journey; Calvary Command
(11/16/63-11/17/63: Sat Sun mats: The Miracle of Santa’s Reindeer; cartoon – The Jolly Genie)
11/27/63: Under the Yum Yum Tree
(11/29/63: Friday free Wonderbread show: Wonders of Aladdin)
(12/07/63: Sat kids: All cartoon show)
12/11/63: A New Kind of Love; A Face in the Rain
(12/13/63: midnight: Blood of the Vampire; Circus of Horrors; Brides of Dracula)
(12/14/63: Sat kids: All cartoon show)
12/18/63: The Haunted Palace; The Mindbenders)
(12/21/63: Sat kids: American Legion canned food show: My Dog Buddy)
12/25/63: The Sword in the Stone; The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze)
(12/31/63: sneak preview)
(10/31/63: Dr. Jeckyl and his Weird Show – mat: The Man Who Could Cheat Death; Eve: tripple horror feature)