Fabulous
Fox celebrates its 75th with 'Street Angel' August 1...1929 prices, mood
The Fabulous Fox Theatre is thrilled to be celebrating its 75th
Anniversary this year.To
mark the occasion of its Diamond Jubilee, the Fox will recreate the
lavish and spectacular 11-act program that originally dazzled thousands
of patrons on
January 31, 1929
.This elaborate reenactment
featuring William Fox’s classic masterpiece Street Angel,
starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell accompanied by Stan Kann
on the mighty Wurlitzer organ, will take place on Sunday, August 1.Show times are
2 p.m.
and
7 p.m.The public is invited
to attend at 1929 prices.For
this day only, parking will be free!
In order to recreate the excitement on
Grand Avenue
from 1929, Producer Mary Strauss is encouraging all movie patrons to
come to Street Angel in vintage attire for an on-stage costume
parade.Special guests and
dignitaries will be arriving in vintage vehicles provided by the St.
Louis Classic Car Club.Patrons
attending this special production will be welcomed not only by a red
carpet at the front door, but by uniformed doorman attired in tails, top
hats and gloves.One writer
described the original Fox crowd as “thousands of eager and amazed
Americans, bobbed-haired women in wraps and evening gowns, clean shaven
men in the severe black and white of evening clothes…”
The August 1st
program is based on the original dedicatory script – complete with
dignitaries, singers, dancers and live animals.The program will begin with a rededication of the theatre by Patrick
Murphy, the voice of KETC/Channel 9.A living tableau of
St. Louis
, a tribute to its civic pride and progressive enterprise, narrated by Julius Hunter will feature
J. Kim Tucci
as
Saint Louis
and KMOX Radio’s Carol Daniel as the personification of new St. Louis
.This tableau adds another
dimension to
St. Louis
’ 2004 celebration this year.Other
acts include opera selections, chorus lines, ballet interpretations and
a Neapolitan Festival, “a mood picture of gay old
Naples
.”
August 1st at the Fabulous Fox promises to be fun for
the whole family!The
program is a nostalgic salute to the golden age of the movie palace and
to
St. Louis
’ most outstanding entertainment venue.As the guest program from the 1929 Dedicatory Program stated:This Theatre – for all that it is – and for all that it
represents – is dedicated to the motion picture, to the art of the
stage, to music and above all – to you.Thank you,
St. Louis
!
All seats for the 75th Anniversary Celebration
are general admission and the Fox is offering 1929 prices!Tickets are only 75 cents at the Box Office and $1 atMetroTix Outlets.Tickets
are on sale now!For more
information, please call MetroTix at 314/534-1111
or visit www.metrotix.com.
