Blue Fox Theatre, Historic movie theater in Grangeville, US
The Blue Fox Theatre is a movie house in Grangeville featuring Spanish Colonial Revival design with decorative tiles and ornamental details on its exterior. The building accommodates roughly 500 patrons in a single screening room.
Built in 1929, the Blue Fox Theatre opened on May 2, 1930, and also hosted live productions in its early years. A 1942 fire damaged the interior, which was reconstructed before the theater reopened in 1945. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 30, 1999.
The name comes from J.H. Dickson, who won a 1929 naming contest and received $10 and three movie tickets. The Wagner family has owned the building since the 1930s and still runs it, showing films in a single auditorium.
The building sits on Main Street in downtown Grangeville and is easy to reach on foot. Visitors can call ahead to check what films are showing and current screening times.
The theater's name came from a 1929 contest: J.H. Dickson won $10 and three movie tickets for suggesting "Blue Fox." The neon-lit marquee was added in 1940, ten years after the cinema opened on May 2, 1930.
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