“THIS FOX THEATRE, IN THE SIMPLEST AND LEAST PATRIOTIC TERMS POSSIBLE, IS A BEWILDERING SPECTACLE OF SHEER OPULENT MAGNIFICENCE. ITS ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPTION WAS AT OUTSET UNIQUE, AND THE EXECUTION OF THE PLAN LEAVES NO FLAW IN THE IDEA SOMEBODY HAD OF CREATING A PLACE WITH A RICHNESS, A COLOR, A PICTURESQUE AND ALMOST DISTURBING GRANDEUR BEYOND IMAGINATION.” --Atlanta Journal, December 22, 1929