Jamestown Mall Cine 2
Lindberg Boulevard and Old Jamestown Road,
Florissant,
MO
63034
Lindberg Boulevard and Old Jamestown Road,
Florissant,
MO
63034
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Previously operated by: General Cinema Corp., Wehrenberg Theatres
Previous Names: Jamestown Mall Cinema I & II
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Opened on July 12, 1974 by the General Cinema Corporation as part of the Jamestown Mall. Opening movies were Barbra Streisand in “For Pete’s Sake” & Helen Hayes in “Herbie Rides Again”. It was closed on October 29, 1989 with Jeff Bridges in “The Fabulous Baker Boys” & Michael Dudikoff in “River of Death”.
On December 14, 1990 it was reopened by Wehrenberg Theatres as the Jamestown Mall Cine 2 with Steven Seagal in “Marked for Death” & Kirstie Alley in “Sibling Rivalry”. It was closed on January 2, 1994 with Charlie Sheen in “The Three Musketeers” & the animated feature “We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story”. Following its closure it became part of the food court.
Not to be confused with the Wehrenberg Theatres Jamestown 14 which was on the other side of the mall and has its own page on Cinema Treasures.
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The regional Jamestown Mall opened theatre-lessly October 10, 1973. General Cinema announced its Jamestown Cinema I & II not long thereafter. The twin-screen venue had two 350-seat auditoriums for a 700 patron capacity. Gene F. Thoebes was in charge on opening day, July 12, 1974 likely on a 20-year leasing agreement. It was General Cinema’s eighth area theater but the first St. Louis area mall theater with its own entrance easily allowing the mall to be closed with the theater open and parking just outside the venue.
By the 1980s, GCC was dropping 6- and 8-screen theaters in the multiplex theater era of film exhibition. With the Jamestown theatre facility landlocked preventing expansion, GCC took an opt-out in the 15th year of leasing closing permanently with “The Fabulous Baker Boys” and the Cannon film, “River of Death” on October 29, 1989. After being vacant for a little over a year, Wehrenberg took on the venue beginning on December 14, 1990 undoubtedly with very favorable leasing terms.
Under the name of the Jamestown Mall Ciné 2 - the proper name for this entry - it opened with “Marked for Death” and “Sibling Rivalry” All shows were served up on a discount, sub-run policy for $1.50. Wehrenberg was a quick read of the Jamestown clientele and quickly lowered pricing to $1 for all shows. Wehrenberg completed the leasing period closing on January 2, 1994 with “The Three Musketeers” and “We’re Back.” The latter film title proved prescient as Wehrenberg exited the Mall only to be enticed back.
The original cinema space became part of the Jamestown Mall Food Court in October of 1994 following a remodel. In 1996, during the megaplex-era of movie exhibition, an ambitious mall expansion was announced that would provide space at the opposite end of Jamestown Mall for a 14-screen movie theater. Trade publication, Variety, warned exhibition companies to avoid second-rate aging malls as they would be mired in financial servitude after being locked into long-term leases in malls with questionable upside. Jamestown Mall fit that bill and, yet, Wehernberg signed a long-term agreement for its Jamestown 14 Ciné opening in in late Fall 1998. It didn’t go Jamestown Mall’s way or Wehrenberg as they fled well before their lease expiry. That theater has its own entry.
Status: formerly 700 seats and now demolished; fun fact: the six line, two-feature announcer that served as the attractor for the original twin just outside of the mall theater’s original location was used as the 14-screen announcer, despite being on the wrong end of the Mall - and well short of the pre-requisite 14 lines needed to display all of the playing films - until the cinema’s closure in 2013. The sign was removed in 2020 and the former Food Court/Theater in 2024.