March 11, 2005

The Playhouse Is the Thing

By THOMAS DOHERTY

Text: Books discussed in this essay

Built in 1929, just before the Great Depression swung a wrecking ball into ambitious construction projects, the Fox Theatre in Atlanta stands as a haughty monument to Jazz Age excess and bull-market swagger. A mélange of faux Egyptian, Ur-Masonic, and florid Art Deco styles, the grand motion-picture palace boasts a plush 4,400-seat hall with enough glimmering grillwork, giddy ornaments,

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