Cinema

1961 S. St. Aubin Street,
Sioux City, IA 51106

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rivest266
rivest266 on September 16, 2025 at 10:40 am

This was renamed Esquire on October 15th, 1941, and Empire on January 1st, 1950, after the Esquire Magazine complained. Ads posted.

rivest266
rivest266 on September 15, 2025 at 9:45 am

Appears to be opened as the Park Theatre, placing its first ad on April 2nd, 1915. Ad posted.

rivest266
rivest266 on October 13, 2017 at 1:58 pm

This opened as Cinema on April 30th, 1965. Grand opening ad in the photo section.

Found on Newspapers.com

CJ1949
CJ1949 on May 25, 2015 at 1:16 am

The Google photos don’t look right they are not showing St Aubin … anyway, the Esquire eventually became the Cinema Theatre, always was a single screen, and it ran well into the 1980’s – don’t know when it closed. Also not mentioned on the Sioux City theatres page is the Cameo Theatre which was downtown on 409 Nebraska, a twin with narrow auditoriums and it was in business from around the late 60s to the late 80s.