Orpheum Theatre
416 N. 9th Street,
St. Louis,
MO
63101
416 N. 9th Street,
St. Louis,
MO
63101
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Additional Info
Previously operated by: Loew's Inc., Orpheum Circuit
Architects: G. Albert Lansburgh
Styles: French Renaissance
Previous Names: American Theater, Loew's Orpheum Theatre, Roberts Orpheum Theatre
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The Orpheum Theatre first opened on September 3, 1917. In the Film Daily Yearbook editions 1941-1943, the 2,000-seat theater was listed as (Closed). On January 28, 1943 it was taken over by Loew’s Inc. and renamed Loew’s Orpheum Theatre.
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Paul Salley, Ellen Knittel
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Nice looking theatre.
This photograph of the Orpheum Theatre was taken by George Mann in 1927.
When will the theater re-open or is the Hotel still trying to expand and demolish the auditorium and build two ballrooms while retaining the front of the Orpheum? Hope there is some good news about it being readied for a grand re-opening. Too bad the last owners tiered the main floor – hope that was not concrete and can be removed and seats put back in.
Their website is gone – looks like they may have closed. The link at teecee’s 2005 post above has changed – the photos are now at: http://www.builtstlouis.net/opos/americantheater.html
The Roberts brothers who owned not only the theater but hotels, television stations, and other holdings, have had financial difficulties and have sold the theater as well as other holdings to another developer who is evaluating the next step for the theater.
A few months ago I was walking by the theatre and noted one of the exit doors on St. Charles was open. Of course I looked in and saw the house lights on so I entered. I found the stage and the orchestra section being used for storage for the adjacent high-rise apartment which the Roberts brothers began and never completed before their financial troubles began.
Since the Roberts brothers no longer own the theatre, the old-Mayfair Hotel and the high-rise it would be appropriate to remove their name and catalogue the theatre as the ORPHEUM.
January 28th, 1943 grand opening ad as a Loew’s theatre in photo section
Labor Day in 1917 was September 3rd.
The time-frames when the Orpheum exhibited films:
December 1926 to April 1928 (with Orpheum circuit vaudeville) September 1934 to July 1936 (Warner Bros. management) July 1936 to February 1938 (Fanchon & Marco management) January 1943 to May 1960 (Loew’s management)
I photographed the Orpheum a few years ago. Here’s a link to some photos and a short write up.