Fox Theater - Revision history

Ccarlsson: added photo

2023-04-30T04:56:51Z

added photo

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	''Died: February 16, 1963		''Died: February 16, 1963
	''Only 34 years old''		''Only 34 years old''

			[[Image:Fox Theatre Demolition Jun 1963 opensfhistory wnp25.2946.jpg\|800px]]

			'''Fox Theater Demolition, June 1963.'''

			''Photo: OpenSFhistory wnp25.2946''

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Ccarlsson: added photo and category

2023-04-26T05:00:55Z

added photo and category

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	''by Allen White''		''by Allen White''

			[[Image:Fox Theater Jan 2, 1962 opensfhistory wnp5.50587.jpg\|550px]]

			'''Fox Theater on January 2, 1962.'''

			''Photo: OpenSFHistory.org wnp5.50587''

	[[Image:Fox theater farewell benefit Feb 16 1963 AAA-4870.jpg]]		[[Image:Fox theater farewell benefit Feb 16 1963 AAA-4870.jpg]]
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Ccarlsson at 21:02, 31 March 2022

2022-03-31T21:02:59Z

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	After the show, Ray Hackett and his orchestra played for dancing on the stage. During the break before the dancing, the organ was played. It marked the final time the public would hear this organ in the theatre.		After the show, Ray Hackett and his orchestra played for dancing on the stage. During the break before the dancing, the organ was played. It marked the final time the public would hear this organ in the theatre.

			<iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/t8o90jvKRec" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

	'''EPILOGUE'''		'''EPILOGUE'''

Lisaruth: video not embedding: '''This is a couple of excerpts from "The Fabulous Fox" made by Bartel-Thomsen in 1988.'''

2022-03-30T17:11:58Z

video not embedding: <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/t8o90jvKRec" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> '''This is a couple of excerpts from "The Fabulous Fox" made by Bartel-Thomsen in 1988.'''

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	After the show, Ray Hackett and his orchestra played for dancing on the stage. During the break before the dancing, the organ was played. It marked the final time the public would hear this organ in the theatre.		After the show, Ray Hackett and his orchestra played for dancing on the stage. During the break before the dancing, the organ was played. It marked the final time the public would hear this organ in the theatre.

	~~<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/t8o90jvKRec" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>~~

	~~'''This is a couple of excerpts from "The Fabulous Fox" made by Bartel-Thomsen in 1988.'''~~

Lisaruth: removed broken link: http://www.atos.org/Pages/Journal/Fox-SF-organ/Fox-SF-organ.html — original source for text and images

2022-03-30T17:09:43Z

removed broken link: http://www.atos.org/Pages/Journal/Fox-SF-organ/Fox-SF-organ.html — original source for text and images

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	''Died: February 16, 1963		''Died: February 16, 1963
	''Only 34 years old''		''Only 34 years old''

	~~[http://www.atos.org/Pages/Journal/Fox-SF-organ/Fox-SF-organ.html original source for text and images]~~

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Lisaruth at 17:05, 30 March 2022

2022-03-30T17:05:47Z

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	''Died: February 16, 1963		''Died: February 16, 1963
	''Only 34 years old''		''Only 34 years old''

	~~''--Allen White''~~

	[http://www.atos.org/Pages/Journal/Fox-SF-organ/Fox-SF-organ.html original source for text and images]		[http://www.atos.org/Pages/Journal/Fox-SF-organ/Fox-SF-organ.html original source for text and images]

Ccarlsson: added ticket image

2014-12-30T19:56:37Z

added ticket image

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	''Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library''		''Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library''

			[[Image:Fox-Theater-ticket-March-5-1960-George-Wright-Showtime.jpg]]

			'''Ticket from March 5, 1960 at the Fox Theater.'''

			''Image: Shaping San Francisco''

	Hedda Hopper proclaimed from the stage,		Hedda Hopper proclaimed from the stage,

Ccarlsson: added video clips of demolition from youtube

2013-02-06T06:35:28Z

added video clips of demolition from youtube

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	A stage show followed, featuring vaudeville "greats" such as Joaquin Garay and Eddie Peabody. And there were motion picture and recording stars by the carload: Kay Starr, Jane Russell, Richard Egan, Lois Moran, Jane Wyman, Hedda Hopper, and a host of others. Under the direction of Herman Kersken, the first manager of the Fox, the show was exceptionally well produced.		A stage show followed, featuring vaudeville "greats" such as Joaquin Garay and Eddie Peabody. And there were motion picture and recording stars by the carload: Kay Starr, Jane Russell, Richard Egan, Lois Moran, Jane Wyman, Hedda Hopper, and a host of others. Under the direction of Herman Kersken, the first manager of the Fox, the show was exceptionally well produced.

	When the curtain went up for the finale, the entire cast was on stage. There was no set and only the bare back wall framed the scene. As members of the cast sang Auld Lang Syne, they slowly left the stage, leaving only one work light glowing. With the stage bare, the orchestra and organ console hidden at the bottom of the orchestra pit, one lone stagehand walked across the vast stage, put out his cigarette, and turned off the work light. The San Francisco Fox Theatre would soon be reduced to dust.		When the curtain went up for the finale, the entire cast was on stage. There was no set and only the bare back wall framed the scene. As members of the cast sang Auld Lang Syne, they slowly left the stage, leaving only one work light glowing. With the stage bare, the orchestra and organ console hidden at the bottom of the orchestra pit, one lone stagehand walked across the vast stage, put out his cigarette, and turned off the work light. The San Francisco Fox Theatre would soon be reduced to dust.

	After the show, Ray Hackett and his orchestra played for dancing on the stage. During the break before the dancing, the organ was played. It marked the final time the public would hear this organ in the theatre.		After the show, Ray Hackett and his orchestra played for dancing on the stage. During the break before the dancing, the organ was played. It marked the final time the public would hear this organ in the theatre.

			<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/t8o90jvKRec" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

			'''This is a couple of excerpts from "The Fabulous Fox" made by Bartel-Thomsen in 1988.'''


	'''EPILOGUE'''		'''EPILOGUE'''

Ccarlsson: replaced photo with better version

2011-06-01T05:54:44Z

replaced photo with better version

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	''by Allen White''		''by Allen White''

	[[Image:SF-~~Fox~~.jpg]]		[[Image:Fox theater farewell benefit Feb 16 1963 AAA-4870.jpg]]

	'''San Francisco Bids Farewell to the Fox'''		'''San Francisco Bids Farewell to the Fox Theater, February 16, 1963.'''

			''Photo: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library''

	Hedda Hopper proclaimed from the stage,		Hedda Hopper proclaimed from the stage,

Ccarlsson: Protected "Fox Theater": finished essay [edit=sysop:move=sysop]

2009-01-02T01:59:34Z

Protected "Fox Theater": finished essay [edit=sysop:move=sysop]

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