PCAD - Fox West Coast Theatres Corporation, Fox Westwood Village Theatre, Westwood, Los Angeles, CA

AKA: Fox Theater Westwood, Los Angeles, CA; Mann's Village Theatre, Westwood, Los Angeles, CA

961 Broxton Avenue
Westwood, Los Angeles, CA 90024-2801

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Ground was broken for the Fox Westwood Village Theatre, 11/1930; it opened 08/14/1931. Like a number of theatres in Westwood, the Fox has been used for many motion picture premieres.

Also known as: Village Theatre, Village Theater, Mann's Village Theatre; the Janss Investment Company, planners of Westwood Village, the site of the Fox Westwood Village Theatre, devised that certain buildings within its Spanish Colonial Revival commercial district would have towers, to be used as landmarks for motorists speeding by on Wilshire Boulevard. The theatre had a dominating 170-foot beacon, its top emblazoned in red neon with the word "Fox." The tower located the theatre and marked the Broxton Avenue-Weyburn Avenue intersection.

PCAD id: 186

Publications

"West Coast Theatres Sold for $17,000,000", .New York Times, 24, 1934-11-20. Naylor, David, American Picture Palaces The Architecture of Fantasy, 172, 220, 1981. "Major studio preview in theater", Daily Variety, 3, 1/17/1952. "Playhouse ground to be broken", Los Angeles Times, part V: 1, 11/16/1930. "Jones getting out snappy heralds and programs at no coat", Motion Picture Herald, 56, 1/23/1932. "Catering to a university community", Motion Picture Herald, 18-20, 10/24/1931. "Preliminary plans for Fox Westwood Village Theatre", Southwest Builder & Contractor, 50, col 2, 4/25/1930. "Plans for the Fox Westwood Village Theatre", Southwest Builder & Contractor, 50, col. 3, 8/15/1930.

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The Village Theatre in Westwood Village

Fox West Coast Theatres Corporation, Fox Westwood Village Theatre, Westwood, Los Angeles, CA (1930-1931)

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