Longwood Theatre (#2)

9415 S. Broadway,
St. Louis, MO 63125

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dallasmovietheaters
dallasmovietheaters on November 12, 2024 at 3:39 am

Longwood Theatre (#1) was located at 9409 South Broadway. The trade press listed it as closed in 1930 unable to make the conversion to sound. It converted to sound on film in 1932. It was taken on by new management on March 17, 1938. They immediately shared plans for a New Longwood Theatre to be built next door at 9415 South Broadway called the New Longwood Theatre.

Longwood Theatre (#2) opened (without “New”) on July 22, 1938 with “Ali Baba Goes to Town” and “Second Honeymoon.” It closed at the end of its 20-year lease with Sal Mineo in “Dino” and Francis, the Talking Mule in “The Haunted House” on November 16, 1958. After an extensive remodeling, it reopened as the Longwood Bowl on June 18, 1960.

Darren_Snow
Darren_Snow on June 13, 2013 at 1:41 am

I’ll bet the architects were actually A.F. and Arthur Stauder, a team of brothers who were pretty active in the area.

JAlex
JAlex on March 17, 2005 at 3:00 am

There were two theatres named Longwood in the 9400 block of South Broadway.

The first, with 400 seats, closed in July 1938. This located at 9409 S. Broadway.

The second, with just short of 700 seats, opened a few days later on July 22, 1938. The location was 9415 S. Broadway. The architects of record were A.F. and Arthur Standler. For nearly a year in 1938/39, theatre was part of the short-lived chain of neighborhood theatres of Harry Greenman.