Cinema St. James
212 N. Jefferson Street,
St. James,
MO
65559
212 N. Jefferson Street,
St. James,
MO
65559
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My father owned this theater for years. It was a wonderful place when he remoldeled it. He took great pride in presenting a nice place for that community. He worked for Pepsi Cola full time and had worked in a movie house as a kid and developed a love for owning his own. My mother sold the theater upon my father’s passing. I have so many great memories in that place. We were not residents of the community but my father was a long time business man in St. James. He loved the area and choose to be buried there.
After remodeling the seats it only had 325 seats. He generally ran 2nd run movies but every so often he would have a first run. In the beginning our family ran the theater together. It was a family establishment and we did take pride in the appearance and it was lovely right down to the walls lined with curtains.
Theater is closed and demolished. A new bank has been built on the site.
Here is a photo from 2001.
This theatre was built as the Lyric in 1947. It closed and was demolished in the past ten years. A bank sits on the site. I saw “Beverly Hills Cop” there! The theare could have been cute, but the management wasn’t interested in cleaning it up or selling it. It had an apartment behind the projection booth, so I tried a few times to buy it. My favorite memory was the Pepsi sign in the concession stand that said “Welcome to the Cinema Theater”.
This is a photo of the Cinema St. James. Its probably from 1997.