Longwood Theatre (#2)
9415 S. Broadway,
St. Louis,
MO
63125
9415 S. Broadway,
St. Louis,
MO
63125
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Previously operated by: Komm Theaters
Architects: A.F. Stauder, Arthur Stauder
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The Longford Theatre (#1) was located at 9409 South Broadway and operated from 1927 until closing in July 1938 (it has its own page on Cinema Treasures). The Longwood Theatre (#2) was a Komm Theatre, seating 781 on one floor. It opened on July 22, 1938 with Eddie Cantor in “Ali Baba Goes to Town” & Tyrone Power in “Second Honeymoon”. Located just three blocks north of the more elaborate Southway Theatre but still had a large patron base from the densely populated German neighborhood. The Longwood Theatre (#2) has a rather small lobby but the theatre was long and narrow. Typical of all Komm theatres, the lobby had its terrazzo floors with the Komm Theatre Emblem in the middle of the lobby floor.
There was an ice cream parlor next door to the theatre and a doorway from the lobby into the parlor, but you were not allowed to take the ice cream into the theatre auditorium. This was one of the few theatres that Mr. Komm lined all the auditorium walls with draperies. No wall decor just the draperies.
The Longwood Theatre (#2) went to week-ends only in 1957 and closed for good in 1962 with Sal Mineo in “Killer Dino” & Mickey Rooney in “Francis in the Haunted House” and was demolished in 1963.
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Charles Van Bibber
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There were two theatres named Longwood in the 9400 block of South Broadway.
The first, with 400 seats, closed in July 1938. This located at 9409 S. Broadway.
The second, with just short of 700 seats, opened a few days later on July 22, 1938. The location was 9415 S. Broadway. The architects of record were A.F. and Arthur Standler. For nearly a year in 1938/39, theatre was part of the short-lived chain of neighborhood theatres of Harry Greenman.
I’ll bet the architects were actually A.F. and Arthur Stauder, a team of brothers who were pretty active in the area.
Longwood Theatre (#1) was located at 9409 South Broadway. The trade press listed it as closed in 1930 unable to make the conversion to sound. It converted to sound on film in 1932. It was taken on by new management on March 17, 1938. They immediately shared plans for a New Longwood Theatre to be built next door at 9415 South Broadway called the New Longwood Theatre.
Longwood Theatre (#2) opened (without “New”) on July 22, 1938 with “Ali Baba Goes to Town” and “Second Honeymoon.” It closed at the end of its 20-year lease with Sal Mineo in “Dino” and Francis, the Talking Mule in “The Haunted House” on November 16, 1958. After an extensive remodeling, it reopened as the Longwood Bowl on June 18, 1960.