Sunset Hills Cinema 4
10925 Sunset Plaza,
Sunset Hills,
MO
63122
10925 Sunset Plaza,
Sunset Hills,
MO
63122
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Did Butch Cassidy play here when first released?
“Cactus Flower” played at the Creve Coeur, Grandview and South County. None of these theatres exists today.
Does anyone know where the film Cactus Flower played? I seem to think it was either here or maybe a cinema at South County mall…..thx
December 24th, 1964 grand opening ad in photo section. First twin in the area.
dscheifler….thanks yeah they were all memorable films to me so the whole evening still hangs around there in memory…..that theater was. A big one for me….so weird to think of so many places from our youth are now just memories…
Joe Vogel, Once again, many thanks for another informative back issue link. The great details that General Cinema took with it theaters still seems unmatched anywhere. I briefly worked for them in the mid 1970’s-Hartsdale, NY.
Oceantracks, you’ve got a good memory. I remember seeing Paper Moon there as a kid with my family, along with most of the others you mentioned. I think “The Sting” ran for about a year.
Needy and Kyle, the theater was at the top of the sloped parking lot on the west end of the shopping center. It faced west toward the parking lot, with the entrance approximately here: 38.55348,-90.413517
Hey thanks…yeah I think i saw all of those at Sunset Hills…..also “Westworld” and “Papillion”……popular theater back then….so weird that everything seems to be gone now…..
Did “The Sting” “The Godfather” and Paper Moon" play here when the were first released? My fuzzy memory may be playing tricks in me….
The former General Cinema Northeast 4 Theatre, in Philadelphia, PA, also had this particular design when it opened as Cinema I & II in 1965.
I believe I read somewhere (sorry…forgot the source) that Wehrenberg wanted to keep and expand this theater, but the management company of the center would not allow them to purchase or lease extra space to do it…which is why Wehrenberg dropped this theater. Can anyone confirm this?
Well, I was close :)
OK, I’m looking at Google Maps and the layout of the Plaza and Shoppes at Sunset Hills. I’m guessing the theater was where the Longhorn Steak House is now. Keep in mind I said I was “guessing”, since the theater was an outlot. Can anyone confirm/correct on this?
Boxoffice ran an article about this theater in its issue of July 19, 1965. The text is fairly detailed in its description of the house, but the four photos are not very helpful. The Cinema I and II was said to be the first two-screener in the St. Louis area. The theater was designed for GCC by St. Louis architect Syl G. Schmidt.
Final night of operation was February 26, 1995. At the close it was a $1-house operated by Moseley.
Needy: I believe this theater was located in the open-air shopping center (Sunset Hills Plaza? Plaza at Sunset Hills? Can anyone help with the name) at South Lindbergh and Watson Road (Route 66). The theater was torn down a long time ago. Don’t know what’s there now.
As I recall, Sunset Hills and Northwest Plaza were the strongest performers for GCC.
Became a four-screen venue in October 1983.
Theatre converted from a twin to a tri-plex in December 1978.
Location? What’s there now?
Correcting my 4/12/2006 entry:
Opening date was December 25, 1964.
Venue opened December 23, 1964.
Incorrect data again. Perhaps it was only another ‘typo’. Strive for perfection; it is attainable.
I believe the original opening date was 1964. Cinema 1 was twinned in the early 70’s, with the two new screens given the numbers 2 and 3, and the original screen 2 renamed to 1. The theatre operated as Cinema 1,2 & 3 until about 1982 when the orignal screen 2 was twinned, making a 4-plex. GCC was unable to finalize agreements with the landlord to add a wing for additional screens, and the theatre was doomed as the mega-plexes began to proliferate.