Fox Uptown Theatre

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The Fox Uptown Theatre was a movie theater owned by Fox Theaters located at 1008 S. Western Avenue in Los Angeles. [1]

History

Fox Uptown Theatre was designed by Lewis Arthur Smith and opened on December 29, 1925 with a screening of Graustark starring Norma Talmadge. The theater was equipped with a Wurlitzer organ, had a large rooftop sign, was built and operated by West Coast Theatres, and had 1,715 seats. [1]

When the theater closed on October 23, 1959, it was operated by National General Theatres. Its last screening was Vincent Price's The Tingler . It was demolished several years later. An indoor mall was then built on the site. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Fox Uptown Theatre". Cinema Treasures. Retrieved 23 February 2019.

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