Armo Skydome
3192 Morganford Road,
St. Louis,
MO
63116
3192 Morganford Road,
St. Louis,
MO
63116
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Previous Names: Armo Airdome
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The Armo Airdome was opened on June 13, 1936 with Fred Astaire in “Follow the Fleet” & Dean Jagger in “Wanderer of the Wasteland”. Two weeks after opening it was renamed Armo Skydome. It was located at Morganford Road and Wyoming Streets in South St. Louis. I believe it was one of the last operating airdomes in the city, closing on September 2, 1952 with Gene Kelly in “An American in Paris” & Van Johnson in “Invitation”.
It was demolished and the site later became one of the Cooks Department Store, which is long gone also.
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I lived down on Alfred Ave. and attended the ARMO. I remember the price as 10 cents, and if you gave them 6 RC bottle caps, you got a ticket for a free cup of RC Cola. The floor was pea gravel and I believe the seats were wood individual fold down type. Just before the movie started, an usher would walk up on stage and pull back large panels on both sides of the screen which protected the speakers from the weather. The building right next to the north was a bakery with an upstairs apartment. I remember that everytime I was at the ARMO, the woman who lived upstairs was out on her back porch sitting in a lawn chair watching the movie for free.The Cook
market building has been redone and is like a small strip mall and extends all the way over to what used to be Becktolds market, the bakery is gone. The last movie I saw there was “The Creature from
the Black Lagoon”. I was 6 years old, it scared me half to death.
It was on one of the movie channels last year when I was surfin
around, so i watched a few minutes, this time I almost laughed
myself half to death.
If you guyshaven’t been down on Morgenford lately, it’s coming back to life with restaurants, grocery stores, furniture stores and other shops, and the neighbor hood is generally coming back slowly, the homes being rehabbed,etc.
Mike46
My grandparents owned the Armo. They lived next to the Wehrenbergs at Lindbergh and Lincoln. My grandfather, Carl Holtzmann passed away in 1941. My grandmother ran it for a few years, before selling it. The family would love to have a copy of a photo, if anyone has one. I was unable to contact usscamp who said that he had one. Any help or additional info would be greatly appreciated.
Looks like I haven’t checked this site for quite some time.
my email is I still have the photo my aunt took.
It was from across the street in the winter time, you can see snow on the ground. If you email me we can make an arrangement to get you the photo. I will try again to get the photo on this site.
Did the Holtzmann’s live in the 4300 block of Fyler?
Joe
I still have the picture of the front of the ARMO Skydome. If someone smarter than I can scan the picture and replace the one above, I will send them a copy. You can email me at
Joe
Cook’s Market ; Reggie!
I just found this site, after telling my kids about going to the Armo, I searched on Google, and here it is! I lived in the 4100 block of Utah, and went to the Armo frequently in the 50’s. I loved the fact it changed movies every 3 or 4 days, so we went a lot. I remember seeing “The Thing” and it scared me to death, and I had to walk home in the dark!
I would love to see the picture of the Armo, so I will email der251 and offer to scan the picture.
Do you remember the outdoor theater next to the Princess on Gravois and Pestalozzi?
The new picture of the Armo is courtesy of der251, whose aunt took the photo. I scanned it and uploaded it to the website. Thanks to der251 for preserving this piece of history.
Hey James Grebe! I lived at 4024 Connecticut thoughout the 80’s, raised by my grandparents. They bought the house sometime in the mid to late 50’s, I believe, and owned it up to about a year ago. Bill and Nelda Holland, were there names.
The Armo Airdome launched on June 13, 1936 with “Follow the Fleet” and “Wanderer of the Wasteland.”
The Armo Airdome launched on June 13, 1936 with “Follow the Fleet” and “Wanderer of the Wasteland.” Within two weeks, it was renamed the Armo Skydome - a name it kept thoughout the next 16 years closing for the season on September 2, 1952 with “An American in Paris” and “Invitation.” It was demolished and replaced by a Cook’s Department Store.