Esquire Theater
6706 Clayton Road,
St. Louis,
MO
63117
6706 Clayton Road,
St. Louis,
MO
63117
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Opened on November 8, 1939, this vintage Art Deco style theater was renovated into a seven screen multiplex. Retains vintage charm including an exterior ticket booth.
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I suspect that the “City” folks patronize the Esquire because it’s familiar. They along with their families have been going there for DECADES!
Here is another photo:
http://tinyurl.com/ya5gq8l
Currently advertised as AMC Esquire 7.
JAlex posted this relevant Esquire info on the thread of another St. Louis area theatre:
“The Esquire converted to a three-screen venue in late 1969 and early 1970. The theatre was closed in December 1969 and the main theatre (without the balcony) reopened on December 25, 1969. The two mini-theatres (the old balcony) opened on February 4, 1970.”
When was the 4th auditorium was added? Also, when was the 4th aud rebuilt to add the 4 newer screens?
Theatre #4 opened in March 1977. This structure was demolished during the summer of 1989 with the present building with four screens opening that November.
I’d love to see a pic of the old #4…as well as a pic of the original #1 with the floodlights & curtain.
I only saw one movie here…“Fantasia”, when it was re-released in 1990. I remember driving by it many, many times when parents and I would visit the Science and Natural History Museums, which were in a park in Clayton at that time. When I last visited that neighborhood, it was really dead…hardly any activity at all on a weekday summer night. That’s not how it used to be…
\o/ @ Norman Plant for that mid 70’s marquee shot. LOL @ the fact that “Flesh Gordon” was playing there! Somebody at Mid-America must have loved that movie…it ran at the Holiday Drive-In probably one or 2 weekends a year every year too. Then again, I shouldn’t be surprised – they DID operate a full blown porn house (Fine Arts) and featured a weekly diet of T & A at the Holiday, I-70 AND the Falcon Drive-Ins!
I remember standing in line in what liked seemed forever with my parents to see Return of the Jedi here. Also remember skipping school to see Young Guns II here as well. Great memories for me.
Stood in line for opening day of “Jedi” myself! It was so weird to me that the flick was playing here instead of at Creve Coeur.