Ritz Theater
3149 S. Grand Boulevard,
St. Louis,
MO
63118
3149 S. Grand Boulevard,
St. Louis,
MO
63118
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I remember when my Grandma died in 86'. She lived on Juniata St for 40 years. We drove up from Nashville and stayed at her house during the funeral. I remember being depressed and walking the few blocks from her house to the RITZ. I never went in, it may have been closed by then. My mom and aunt told me that they used to walk there all the time to see movies as kids.
Yes, Mid-America operated this theatre from 1962 to 1979.
Didn’t Mid-America Theaters run this place for a while in the 70s?
Here are two 1985 photos of the Ritz:
Photo1
Photo2
The site of the theatre is now a parking lot.
Final day of operation was March 30, 1986.
Here is an undated photo of a Ritz Theater in St. Louis.
Became a two-screen house December 1981.
And, for Kerry M: No, the Melba was the farthest south theatre on Grand.
Yeesh. I saw a number of films there on my cheap date nights, including “Blue Thunder” with the recently deceased Roy Schieder. The place wasn’t kept very clean, but maybe it was just the sloppy neighborhood kids. I swear a rat ran across my foot there once in 1980. Wasn’t that the southernmost theater on Grand Ave?
Last operated in the early 80’s by Harman Moseley who then was running some art film in the then twinned theatre. I guess that didn’t work well, so he ran some soft-core and later exploitatation. The neighborhood finally complained and the city bought the building and demolished it. Now the site of a very cramped parking lot.
In 1925 a Kilgen organ was installed , a 2m/4r instrument.It had a 2hp motore and was on 10" wind The opus number was 3471. No indication of the fate of the organ.
JamesGrebe
Theatre located at 3149 S. Grand.
Built in 1910, one of the theatres of O.T. Crawford. Opened as the JUNIATA Theatre.
Theatre renamed the RITZ in 1924 when the Ansell Brothers took over.
Architect was William Lucas.
Capacity of 950.