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5th Avenue Theatre
Fox 5th Avenue Theatre
 
Address 1308 5th Avenue
Opening Night Seating Capacity 2349
Original Theatre Owner James Q. Clemmer
Original Theatre Architect Robert C. Reamer
Years of Operation September 1926 through 1978
1980 to present day
Type of Musical Accompaniment Wurlitzer theater pipe organ
Current Status Restored in 1979 and operating as live theater venue

The 5th Avenue Theatre, James Q. Clemmer’s new movie palace, opened [?] 23 or 24? September 1926, in downtown Seattle. The 5th Avenue Theatre was a first-run house and featured a Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ, which served the theatre from 1926 through 1969. Seattle organists Warren Wright, Berthold Lindgren and Betty S. Hilton performed there. By circa November 1929, the theatre had been sold to Fox West Coast Theatres, with James Clemmer continuing as theatre manager (through at least December 1929), and was known as the Fox 5th Avenue Theatre.

Showing 1-4 December 1929, The Kiss (1929); 5-6 December 1929, Romance of the Rio Grande (1929).

The theatre was controlled by Hamrick-Evergreen Theatres circa 1936.

The 5th Avenue Theatre still exists today, and still exhibits its beautiful original ornate Chinese interior decor. The theatre is a popular venue for live theatre touring companies in Seattle.

References: Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 1 December 1929, pp. 6E, 8E; Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 3 December 1929, p. 9; Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 4 December 1929, p. 15; Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 5 December 1929, p. 9; Variety-19291106 p. 10 : Puget Sound Theatre Organ Society website : with additional information provided by Larry Mayer.

 

Website: The 5th Avenue Theatre website

Webpage: Puget Sound Theatre Organ Society’s 5th Avenue Theatre webpage

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