Fox Theatre

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

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JAlex
JAlex on June 2, 2009 at 11:03 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 2:40 pm

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

Life's Too Short
Life's Too Short on April 15, 2009 at 1:19 pm

Here is a shot from 1959:

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

Ziggy
Ziggy on January 15, 2009 at 5:12 pm

Wow! I think it looks great! Every bit as colorful and glamourous as it should be.

Lak
Lak on January 15, 2009 at 3:15 pm

I spoke to the people at Fox Associates a couple of weeks ago about the possibility of restoring the roof sign. Theey said that, “ it was not being considered at this time because the metal scaffeling that holds it up is very deteriorated due to the age of the structure.”

Life's Too Short
Life's Too Short on November 22, 2008 at 8:09 pm

I was able to grow a full beard at age 17 and went wherever I pleased (until I got sick of the beard and shaved).

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on November 22, 2008 at 7:49 pm

I was close to six feet tall when I was 14. While waiting for my grandmother’s bus to arrive at the station in Philly one day, I paid a dollar and saw a couple of adult films at a grind house on Market Street. Not parentally approved activity.

DavidZornig
DavidZornig on November 22, 2008 at 7:40 pm

I guess I shouldn’t talk. We were regulars at the midnight double features at Chicago’s Playboy (later Sandburg) Theatre, when we were all of 12-13 years old.
Also once saw Jerry Vale at the Empire Room well past 10pm, when I was 10 myself.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on November 22, 2008 at 7:31 pm

I don’t think it was summer vacation. They look kind of cold.

DavidZornig
DavidZornig on November 22, 2008 at 7:25 pm

Nice pic. Spike Jones Live.
It’s five minutes to ten though, what are those two little kids doin' out?

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on November 22, 2008 at 7:03 pm

This is an April 1951 photo of a St. Louis theater from Life Magazine. The theater is unidentified, but the marquee matches the photos of the Fox as seen above.
http://tinyurl.com/5c9jwe

Life's Too Short
Life's Too Short on November 20, 2008 at 6:19 pm

The speech goes on forever. But then at the end they finally light the sign:

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Lak
Lak on October 26, 2008 at 1:35 pm

The new sign looks great! Hopefully, when Fox Associates realizes how much the St. Louis community appreciates the improvement, they’ll be more inclined to restore the roof sign as well!

DavidZornig
DavidZornig on October 24, 2008 at 5:09 pm

FYI. Fox organist Stan Kann has nice obituary in the current Old Cars Weekly magazine written by Gerald Perschbacher.

It mentions his 22 year Fox career, memorial and scholarship fund set up at the theatre.

Also that he later had appeared a record 77 times on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, and 89 times on the Mike Douglas Show. “A vacuum cleaner & gadget collector who hilariously fumbled his way into the hearts of millions of Americans”. All of which was after his move to California.
He was also unbeknownst to most people, a car collector.

It further states that he “was hailed as the best known concert organist in North America”.

Lak
Lak on October 23, 2008 at 10:07 am

JAlex my e-mail address is .k12.fl.us Thanks. Send me your e-mail address as well.

JAlex
JAlex on October 22, 2008 at 11:07 pm

former resident:

I took a shot the “opening night”. Would be glad to forward to you, but I need an e-mail address. The lighting, incidentally, is red neon. As well, flood lighting of facade is functioning again. In other words, the theatre glows…quite a sight.

Lak
Lak on October 20, 2008 at 12:57 pm

Does anyone have any photos of the new sign?

JAlex
JAlex on October 19, 2008 at 12:18 pm

Theatre has just installed a new vertical…observed last night and, if not a reproduction of the original 1929 design, it sure comes close. Sign is yet to be lamped, so don’t know if it will feature neon or led/incandescent.

jgrebe
jgrebe on October 2, 2008 at 6:55 pm

There will be a Memorial service for Stan on Sunday at 2PM at the Fox

cosmos31
cosmos31 on October 2, 2008 at 1:21 am

Stan Kaan ,the “HAPPIEST MAN” , and one of the MOST “Genuine ”, too
God Bless Stan, His Family , and Friends…he belongs to the Ages….

jgrebe
jgrebe on September 29, 2008 at 7:44 pm

Legendary St. Louis Fox Theatre organist Stan Kann has died this morning at St. Louis U Hospital undergoing heart surgury
An era ends.

Life's Too Short
Life's Too Short on September 28, 2008 at 6:26 pm

Pardon my ignorance: who is Mary?