Fox Theatre (Fullerton)

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Fox Theatre is a movie theater located on Harbor Boulevard in Fullerton, California and was built in 1925. The theater was closed and abandoned in 1987. The Fullerton Historic Theatre Foundation is currently in the process of fundraising and restoring the theater.

1 History
2 Architecture
3 Restoration
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

The Fox Theater was originally built by C. Stanley Chapman to show vaudeville performances and silent movies. The original name of the theater given by Chapman was the Alician Court Theatre in honor of his wife Alice Ellen.

An official landmark of the City of Fullerton since 1990, the Fox Theatre was added to the National Register of Historic Places in October, 2006.

The Fox Theater was closed and unused since 1987. The city of Fullerton began to show movies in the back lot in 2005.

[edit] Architecture

The Fox Theater was designed by architect Raymond M. Kennedy of the firm Meyer and Holler, who also designed Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. The Fox has lavish interior design in the Italian Renaissance style, and is approached through a spacious courtyard open to the street. The theater also features six large murals which were created by Anthony Heinsbergen and Company who also painted murals for Los Angeles City Hall, the Biltmore Hotel, and the Wiltern Theatre.