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The Fox Theatre company history timeline

1929

The theater opened on December 25, 1929, just two months after the stock market crash.

The sing-alongs that precede each feature are still shown by the Brenograph Movie projector which was installed in 1929.

1932

Members of the Yaarab Temple could not meet their [mortgage payments], and by 1932, William Fox was bankrupt." After the mortgage was foreclosed in December 1932, the entire complex was purchased jointly by Paramount Pictures and Lucas & Jenkins, a Georgia company that owned a hundred theatres.

1939

In 1939, the movie most associated with Atlanta and the South, Gone with the Wind, premiered at the now-demolished Loew's Grand Theatre rather than the Fox.

1962

The theater was integrated in 1962.

1974

A group was formed to save the theater and it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in May 1974.

1975

Every year since Atlanta Landmarks assumed management in 1975, the Fox has generated an operating surplus.

1976

The United States Department of the Interior subsequently named the Fox a National Historic Landmark on May 26, 1976, citing its architectural uniqueness.

2006

In June 2006, the theater installed a $130,000 digital cinema video projection system, which debuted with a showing of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe on June 26, part of the Summer Film Festival.

2016

The venue was the site of Prince's final performance, held one week before his death on April 21, 2016.

2019

On February 2, 2019, the theater hosted the 8th annual NFL Honors on CBS.

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