Uptown Theatre
4938 Delmar Avenue,
St. Louis,
MO
63113
4938 Delmar Avenue,
St. Louis,
MO
63113
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Architects: E.W. Pipe
Previous Names: Delmar Theatre & Dome, Embassy Theatre and Airdome
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The Delmar Theatre opened on April 15, 1910 with a stock-musical company policy. Within a few years it became a motion picture house. The architect was E. W. Pipe who designed the theatre in a Spanish/Oriental style.
The theatre was located at 4938 Delmar Avenue and initially seated 1,000 with all seats on a single floor. An Airdome opened next door for the summer months and seated 1,380.
The theatre was renamed the Embassy Theatre and Airdome in August 1925. On October 24, 1931 it became the Uptown Theatre, screening Sylvia Sidney in “Street Scene”.
As a film house the theatre closed on February 5, 1952 with Marie Windsor in “Outlaw Women” & Steve Forrest in “Geisha Girl”. It became a youth church with occasional live events, one of which was in 1954 when the theatre was used as the site of a jazz festival.
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The Delmar Theatre opened on April 15, 1910. Retiring owner Hector M.E. Pasmezogla sold of the Delmar Theatre and Airdome at the end of a 15-year leasing option to Maurice Stahl of the Union, Mikado and Aubert Theatre. He also sold the Criterion and Congress leases to two other folks on August 3, 1925.
Stahl changed the name of the venue to the Embassy Theater and Airdome in August of 1925. Pasmezogla returned to the venue and conducted a major refresh in 1931 in which the venue lost the airdome becoming the Uptown Theater opening October 24, 1931 with “Street Scene.” Seven months later, the Uptown was sold in forecloure.
The Uptown closed on February 5, 1952 with “Outlaw Women” and “Geisha Girl.” It was used by a youth church as a house or worship and for sporadic live events.