Sunset Hills Cinema 4
10925 Sunset Plaza,
Sunset Hills,
MO
63122
10925 Sunset Plaza,
Sunset Hills,
MO
63122
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I believe I read somewhere (sorry…forgot the source) that Wehrenberg wanted to keep and expand this theater, but the management company of the center would not allow them to purchase or lease extra space to do it…which is why Wehrenberg dropped this theater. Can anyone confirm this?
LOL Yep you sure was. That entire plaza has changed drastically. Where Korvettes was is now Home Depot. The Plaza 66 is gone.
Well, I was close :)
Kyle, The Sunset Hills was where Pets Mart and Old Navy is now located.
OK, I’m looking at Google Maps and the layout of the Plaza and Shoppes at Sunset Hills. I’m guessing the theater was where the Longhorn Steak House is now. Keep in mind I said I was “guessing”, since the theater was an outlot. Can anyone confirm/correct on this?
Boxoffice ran an article about this theater in its issue of July 19, 1965. The text is fairly detailed in its description of the house, but the four photos are not very helpful. The Cinema I and II was said to be the first two-screener in the St. Louis area. The theater was designed for GCC by St. Louis architect Syl G. Schmidt.
Final night of operation was February 26, 1995. At the close it was a $1-house operated by Moseley.
Needy: I believe this theater was located in the open-air shopping center (Sunset Hills Plaza? Plaza at Sunset Hills? Can anyone help with the name) at South Lindbergh and Watson Road (Route 66). The theater was torn down a long time ago. Don’t know what’s there now.
As I recall, Sunset Hills and Northwest Plaza were the strongest performers for GCC.
Became a four-screen venue in October 1983.
Theatre converted from a twin to a tri-plex in December 1978.
Location? What’s there now?
Correcting my 4/12/2006 entry:
Opening date was December 25, 1964.
Venue opened December 23, 1964.
Incorrect data again. Perhaps it was only another ‘typo’. Strive for perfection; it is attainable.
Don, your are correct in the opening date for the Sunset Hills. It was 74 when the splits started. I was a sutdent assistant at the Loew’s State in downtown at the time and the Loew’s day and dated with the Sunset Hills. I remember when “Goldfinger” opened the first week B.O. at Loew’s State was $76,000 and the Sunset Hills was half. At that time it was the Sunset Hills 1 & 2. #2 ran the same feature that the Loew’s Mid City ran.
I believe the original opening date was 1964. Cinema 1 was twinned in the early 70’s, with the two new screens given the numbers 2 and 3, and the original screen 2 renamed to 1. The theatre operated as Cinema 1,2 & 3 until about 1982 when the orignal screen 2 was twinned, making a 4-plex. GCC was unable to finalize agreements with the landlord to add a wing for additional screens, and the theatre was doomed as the mega-plexes began to proliferate.