Roxy Theatre was a premier first run theatre that traded on the name of theatre impresario Samuel L. ‘Roxy’ Rothapfel. Herbert Lubin developed the project but ran into financial trouble with cost overruns (the total cost of the theatre was approximately $12 million) and sold his interest in the theatre to William Fox a week before the theatre opened.

The stock market crash and subsequent Depression was a financial strain on Fox and his holdings and the theatre went into receivership in 1932.

The theatre was closed on 29 March 1960 and the building was demolished later in 1960.

References: Cinema Treasures website; Website-Wikipedia.