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Brentwood Theatre
2002 Photo from the Adam Martin collection.
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2529 S Brentwood Blvd
Brentwood MO
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| Record #11649 |
Opened: March 14, 1942
Closed: 1986
Current Use: Office Space
Demolished:
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Capacity: 700 seats
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| Previously operated by: Komm Circuit, Holiday Amusement Company, Mid-America Theatres, RKO Century Warner Theatres, AMC Theatres |
Information for this tour was contributed by Darren Snow. This 700-seater opened on March 14, 1942, with Shirley Temple in Kathleen. The Brentwood had more than its share of problems for a well-run theater on an affluent commercial strip in a good neighborhood; bogus bomb threats caused the movie house to be evacuated in 1965 and 1972, and a bungled 1968 burglary netted only $11 in change for the bandits, who were apprehended when the clang of dropped tire irons alerted the police to their presence.
In 1972, Billie Lasker, a smut-fighting grandma of some local fame, led 200 supporters to the offices of the county's prosecuting attorney to protest the Brentwood's screening of Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Sex but Were Afraid to Ask. A couple of years later, a long-simmering parking shortage came to a head when a large number of patrons received parking tickets and raised enough of a stink to inspire a newspaper article. A couple of years later, the owners of the lot behind the theater complained that theater patrons were parking there unauthorized, causing more bad press. When the AMC chain opened the four-screen Galleria multiplex a few blocks away, it was able to rid itself of the minor headache the Brentwood had become. It was subsequently gutted and put to use as office space.
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An article in the 12/17/1985 St Louis Post-Dispatch detailed Mid-America's sale first to RKO then to AMC shortly thereafter. This was one of the theatres acquired by AMC.
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October 2020 photos from the Adam Martin collection.
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October 2020 photos from the Emma Tomiak collection.
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July 2002 photos from the Adam Martin collection.
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Photos from the Charles Van Bibber collection.
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Last featured 2/25/2005. Last edited 7/9/2022.
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