Loew's State Theatre
715 Washington Avenue,
St. Louis,
MO
63101
715 Washington Avenue,
St. Louis,
MO
63101
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Love the old ticket kios! The Warner Theatre/Erie PA still has a kios and it is used!
Great pictures of Loews in the 60s… that’s more or less how I remember it looking in the 70s. And indeed, there was a Katz Drugs to the left at the corner, and the Washington Ave News was next door to the right. They built the “futuristic” (for it’s time) bank building across the street in 1975. Thank gosh for memories and pictures!
Great looking Marquee.Good stories.I can relate to the “SUPERFLY” flicks.
The Chandaliers MAY have been taken out and installed in a LOEWS HOTEL I know that they did that from time to time,about the box office I have no idea.
Does anyone know what happened to the chandaliers and marble box office that were removed from the theatre in 77 when it closed?
Another Loews gone and it was designed by Thomas Lamb! The Akron Civic Theatre in Akron Ohio was a Loews, too.
Great pictures of the LOEWS STATE. Too bad the Vertical sign was gone.Those were the days!!!!!!!
1967 photo of the Loew’s State Theatre.
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The large verticle sign had already been removed by this time.
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I wonder what became of the St. Louis Health Club and St. Louis Jewelry that were above the entrance of the Loew’s State. You had to go through the doors to the right of the box office and take the elevator up to these two. The elevator also took the Maint. man to the basement to get the letters ready for the marquee when the movie changed.
I saw many great Kung-Fu features there in the 70’s, as well as offbeat films like “Bug”. I snuck in to watch “Super Fly” (wasn’t old enough) but they actually let me in to see the only X-rated film they ran…“The Street Fighter” (X-rated due to extreme violence for the time). The last time I was there was shortly before they closed…a Bruce Lee double feature (which they ran several times between 1974-77…always to a packed house and extra days) “Fists Of Fury” and “The Chinese Connection”. This would have been during the second week of June, 1977…I had seen “Star Wars” at the Creve Coeur Cine' earlier in the day, and stopped by the Loews to watch Bruce again…I didn’t know they would close the place in a couple of months…
This is a vintage photo of the Loew’s State Theater.
Just wondering why Loew’s added “State” to the names of several of their theaters? Why not just Loew’s St. Louis"?
Here is a couple links for the Loew’s State, Entrance and auditorium.
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I am wondering why this theatre is listed as an atmospheric with a ceiling of gold leaf and a central chandelier.It does not sound like a true atmospheric,however the theatre may have atmosphere.There are other theatres on the atmospheric list which probably should’t be there,which tends to make it confusing.I am researching and compiling a list of atmospherics and have found about 146 so far,which I suspect has only scratched the surface,as John Eberson probably designed that many himself.
atmos.
The New Orleans Loew’s State was not a “twin” to the St. Louis house.
I have some great memories of this theatre, and I am happy that I was able to enjoy it before it was torn down. I was a patron there in the early 70’s, and I do remember it for the ethnic films such as “Super Fly” “Foxy Brown” and several other black films of which I cannot remember the names… It was truly a very beautiful place. Lastly, another thing I cannot forget is the “Pink Panther” cartoons that were always shown before the movie.