Fox Northridge

10170 Reseda Blvd. Northridge (Los Angeles), CA 91324 | map |  

Opened: September 11, 1963 in the North Park Plaza shopping center with "Come Blow Your Horn." The location was on the east side of the street a block south of Devonshire. 

 

"Lights! Glamour! Music." It's a pre-opening ad from the L.A. Times. Thanks to Michael Coate for including it on the From Script To DVD page about the theatre.

Seats: 806. Thanks to Joe Vogel for locating data about the the theatre in an item in the September 2, 1963 issue of Boxoffice, 

Booth: The house had Simplex 35/70s and an Ampex 6/4/1 sound system. 

Architect: Clarence Smale with Carl G. Moeller as designer. The cost was reported to be $350,000.

 

 

Thanks to Mark Gonzales for this photo of the Fox running "Lawrence of Arabia." David Zornig shared it on Cinema Treasures. It's also been on the Valley Relics Museum Facebook page. Bruce Kimmel comments:

 

"It began on Wednesday November 7, 1963 - another citywide run - played the World in this run, as well as the Encino and El Portal. Doubt this was shown in 70mm there, as it was a shortened version, if memory serves."

 

Thanks to Kathy Kroll for sharing this. "I got this at that theater!! Saw 'Alfie' there !!!"

Closed: Sometime in the early 1980s. Competition had stiffened when the Peppertree Cinemas triplex opened in 1973 across the street at 10155 Reseda Blvd.

Status: It became a shoe store after closing. It's now a Goodwill store.  

 

Interior views:

A snackbar shot that appeared in the December 25, 1963 issue of Motion Picture Herald. Thanks to Michael Coate and William Kallay for sharing it on their page about the theatre on From Script To DVD.

 

Thanks to Bill Gabel for locating this trade magazine shot for a post on Cinema Treasures. It appeared in the December 25, 1963 issue of Motion Picture Herald. 

 

More exterior views:

Another 1963 "Lawrence of Arabia" view. Thanks to Bill Gabel for locating this one for a post on Cinema Treasures. It appeared in the December 25, 1963 issue of Motion Picture Herald. 

 

 

 

The building as a Goodwill store. Image: Google Maps - 2022

More information: See the Cinema Treasures page about the Fox Northridge. Michael Coate and William Kallay's site From Script To DVD has a page about the theatre.

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