The Fox Theatre opened in 1929 as one of the crown jewels in William Fox's motion picture empire. C. Howard Crane, one of the most distinguished movie palace architects of the era, designed the Fox at a cost of six million dollars. With a seating capacity of 5060, the Fox was second in size only to New York's Roxy Theatre.
Fierce rajahs armed with wicked, curving scimitars glare down from their niches in the lobby.
Indian Vishnus meditate on either side of the stage. And, to find a resting place, one couldn't ask for a better vantage point than one of the many gilded velvet throne chairs adorning the lobbies. A giant four-manual Wurlitzer organ, one of only five of its type every built, filled the hall with music from its 36 ranks and 2,700 pipes. At a carefully selected moment, the Fox's mightly Wurlitzer would rise from the depths of the theatre in a spectacular blaze of light. In 1981, the Fox was privately purchased, and an incredible restoration project was launched.