Tivoli Theater
6350 Delmar Boulevard,
St. Louis,
MO
63130
6350 Delmar Boulevard,
St. Louis,
MO
63130
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Wow. That is the very first concession booth I ever remember visiting. Amazing find!
Described in this 1977 trade article: Boxoffice
Wow! The U-City Cinema! The place where this whole movie loving obsession of mine began some 36 years ago! Wish I could read what was on the marquee! Thanks again, Norman!
My sources are contemporary (meaning 1924) St. Louis newspapers which are available at local libraries.
Hey JAlex- what are your sources for info on the Tivoli? Am writing a report and need solid info.
The one and only time I’ve ever seen “The Sound of Music” on the big screen, it was here! I also remember seeing a double feature of “Alien” & “The Man Who Fell To Earth” with my mom in the early 80’s. She covered my eyes through the majority of “TMWFTE” due to all the nude/love scenes.
This theatre now has REAL-D in one of their auditoriums. They are currently playing Up in that auditorium.
When I went there from around 1980-85, they would have a printed program of all the films to be shown for the next few months. A typical weekend in U City would be: a bite to eat at Gyro’s Greek restaurant, see an oddball film at the Tivoli (for example “The Last Tango In Paris”), walk up to Blueberry Hill and hang out for a while, then down to the Varsity to experience “Rocky Horror” for the umpteenth time (and the Stooges too!) I was just at the Tivoli last week to watch a film I worked on for the 48 Hour Film Project. The Edwards have a great community spirit!
Here is another 1985 photo.
1985 photo of the Tivoli when it was known as the Tivoli Reperatory Theatre.
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This photo is sharper.
The expanded photo does look more distorted than the smaller version.
It’s a little bit out of focus, but the Tivoli Theatre looks like a very attractive theatre.
Here is a 2008 photo.
Sequence of names:
1924 – Tivoli
1969 – Magic Lantern
1974 – U-City
1977 – Tivoli.
This is the Tivoli at night.
And here is a December 2007 photo.
This is a November 2007 view of the Tivoli Theater.
A more recent photo of the Tivoli Theater can be seen here.
Here is a recent night view of the Tivoli Theater.
This is a recent close-up of the Tivoli entrance.
This is another recent photo of the Tivoli Theater.
Here is a photo of the Tivoli Theater.
Some of my earliest memories of going to the movies are at this theatre in the early-mid 1970’s. In those days, the place was known as the U-City Cinema and regularly featured double-feature programming.
The seating may well have been close to 1,400 at one time. You must remember that seats at that time(1924), were narrow by today’s standards and ran from side to side with narrow aisles and precious little room between rows.