Most of us never had the opportunity to dine in the Fox Film’s studio commissary in the 1930s, so this is our best opportunity to get a feel for what it was like. As you can see, everybody is dressed very nicely in jackets, ties, and hats, which was de rigeur back then. We can even see a couple studio pages dressed in their natty uniforms. It opened in 1928 but this photo must have been taken in or after 1932, which is when the mural on the wall was created. It was the work of Haldane Douglas, who would later receive an Oscar nomination for Art Direction on 1943’s For Whom the Bell Tolls.
This a contemporary photo showing that glorious mural in color:
Most of us never had the opportunity to dine in the Fox Film’s studio commissary in the 1930s, so this is our best opportunity to get a feel for what it was like. As you can see, everybody is dressed very nicely in jackets, ties, and hats, which was de rigeur back then. We can even see a couple studio pages dressed in their natty uniforms. It opened in 1928 but this photo must have been taken in or after 1932, which is when the mural on the wall was created. It was the work of Haldane Douglas, who would later receive an Oscar nomination for Art Direction on 1943’s For Whom the Bell Tolls.
Too cool for words.
Hi Martin,
I would really like to see this photo colorized by on of the sites you displayed in the past.
Jerry