How many movie palaces were there on Grand on St. Louis' “Great White Way” during its hayday and what were their names?
I recall as a kid that Loews Midtown joined the group when the American Theater traded places with the Loews (Orpheum?) in Downtown St. Louis, probably in the late Fifties. The American has now become the Roberts Orpheum but remains a house for stage productions and concerts not movies. Were all the Grand Avenue houses originally built for vaudeville and motion pictures??
How many movie palaces were there on Grand on St. Louis' “Great White Way” during its hayday and what were their names?
I recall as a kid that Loews Midtown joined the group when the American Theater traded places with the Loews (Orpheum?) in Downtown St. Louis, probably in the late Fifties. The American has now become the Roberts Orpheum but remains a house for stage productions and concerts not movies. Were all the Grand Avenue houses originally built for vaudeville and motion pictures??
Thanks!
ELK