Fox on the Arlington Steeple?
By Greg
For years, I’ve wondered if it were my imagination that many years ago the Arlington Theater had the letters “FOX” on the steeple.
Was going to ask Edhat readers, but as I was squatting in the street this morning to take this photo, someone drove up, and when asked, mentioned he remembered when the “Fox’ letters were up there. About what year were those letters removed, Edhat readers?
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Feb 24, 2019 11:50 AMIt’s still the Fox Arlington to me.
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Feb 24, 2019 08:58 AMEarly 70's: The "F" was out on one side and the "X" was out on the other so for some time we called it The Fo-Ox Arlington.
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Feb 23, 2019 07:32 PMMichael Redmon may know as well ... he's quoted in the Indy article posted previously.
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Feb 23, 2019 06:08 PMWhere's Neal Graffy? He's bound to know the exact year.
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Feb 23, 2019 05:48 PMThe Fox letters had to have made it into the 60's. Metropolitan Theaters purchased the property in 1975 and did a renovation in 1976 ....... https://www.independent.com/news/2016/may/18/arlington-theatres-reel-good-legacy/ ....... http://pcad.lib.washington.edu/building/89/
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Feb 23, 2019 05:29 PMYes, and as I recall, the red neon "FOX" sign also revolved. I think the letters were removed in the 1970s or '80s. I have no idea why. Also, the vertical neon sign for the Granada, before the fake new old-timey marquee was put up a few years ago, spelled out "GRANADA," but when there was a movie preview, it spelled "PREVUE" in neon. I recently saw a picture of the Granada somewhere, only instead of saying "GRANADA," the neon vertical sign said "WARNER'S." I have no recollection of that at all, but I'm assuming that the Granada was at one time owed by Warner Bros., like the Arlington was owned by Fox.
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Feb 23, 2019 04:13 PMWe always called it the "Fox Arlington". I have no idea when they took the Fox off the tower but I know it was lit up at night. I imagine it was there when the theatre opened in 1931 (my Mom was at the grand opening) and definitely through the 1950s, probably longer.
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Feb 23, 2019 02:45 PMYes, the theater was long ago known as the Fox-Arlington.
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Feb 23, 2019 02:48 PMOwned originally by the Fox West Coast Theater chain.