Douglass Theatre
4201 Finney Avenue,
St. Louis,
MO
63113
4201 Finney Avenue,
St. Louis,
MO
63113
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Charles A. Pittman opened the Jest-A-Mere Theatre on November 27, 1918. Pittman was the only African American owner/builder of a new-build St. Louis movie theater at that time as labor unions reportedly tried to tamper with the construction of the venue.
Its grand reopening as the (Frederick) Douglass Theatre on September 1, 1927 with Ralph Graves in “The Swell-Head” supported by live vaudeville and selected film shorts in in photos. The venue added sound to remain viable. It closed at end of lease on April 22, 1962 with Elizabeth Taylor in “Butterfield 8” and, appropriately enough, “The Last Sunset” with Kirk Douglas.
Jerry Alexander, there was another theatre on Finney at Pendleton called the Venus Theatre. It was listed as open prior to 1926 and closed in 1934. Do you have any information on the Venus Theatre?