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From 1934 until 1968, the Opera House was home to the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. In April 1966, the Symphony's Board voted to purchase the St. Louis Theater on Grand Blvd. and began extensive renovations. The theater was renamed Powell Hall and remains the home of the SLSO. In 2023 the St. Louis Symphony returned to Stifel Theater for select ...
Wehrenberg's Cinema Four Center in St. Charles was the first multiplex in the St. Louis area. In the late 1980s and into the 1990s, the circuit started building megaplexes of ten or more screens. Wehrenberg also expanded outside the St. Louis area. New theaters opened their doors to guests in Springfield, Osage Beach and Cape Girardeau, MO.
To provide films for his theaters, Loew founded Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) in 1924, by merging the earlier firms Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures, and Louis B. Mayer Productions. Loew's Incorporated served as the distribution arm and parent company for the studio until the two were separated by the 1948 U.S. Supreme Court ruling United States v.
The Fox Theatre, a former movie palace, is a performing arts center located at 527 N. Grand Blvd. in St. Louis, Missouri, United States.Also known as "The Fabulous Fox", it is situated in the arts district of the Grand Center area in Midtown St. Louis, one block north of Saint Louis University.
B&B Theatres Operating Company, Inc. [1] or simply B&B Theatres is a family-owned and operated American movie theater chain based in Liberty, Missouri. [1] [2] Founded in 1924, B&B is the fifth-largest theater chain in the United States, operating 500+ screens at 54 locations in 14 US states.
700 Market is a six-story office building located at 700 Market Street in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Spire, Inc. is the sole tenant of the building, using it for its corporate headquarters.
The Orpheum Theater in St. Louis, Missouri is a Beaux-Arts style theater, built in 1917. It was constructed by local self-made millionaire Louis A. Cella and designed by architect Albert Lansburgh. [2] The $500,000 theater opened on Labor Day, 1917, as a vaudeville house. [2]
The new locations included the Westside Pavilion in Los Angeles, the Embarcadero in San Francisco's Financial District, the Embassy in Waltham near Boston, the Plaza Frontenac in St. Louis, the Century Center in Chicago, and the Renaissance in Highland Park near Chicago. In 1991, the Clay Theatre of San Francisco was purchased. [11]