S. Charles Lee

#210: Fox Theatre Inglewood

#210: Fox Theatre Inglewood

May 24, 2024
Opened in 1949, the Fox Theatre Inglewood was one of the grandest movie houses in a neighborhood full of them. It was also the final LA-area theater built by Fox before the government consent decree that required the major studios to divest themselves of their theater holdings. It's been closed for 40 years, with all of its original interiors intact – a slowly decaying time capsule, waiting for whatever's next.
#114: Alex Theatre (Glendale)

#114: Alex Theatre (Glendale)

September 1, 2022
The Alex Theatre is the last of Glendale's grand movie palaces. Opened in 1925 as a venue for vaudeville and silent films, it spent decades as a first-run movie theater, and more recently as a vital performing arts center. The iconic marquee and tower, added in 1940, projects a timeless opulence befitting a building that's endured nearly 100 years of ownership changes, fires, renovations and the changing tastes of the public.