Paddock Cinema I & II
1002 Paddock Hills Shopping Center,
St. Louis,
MO
63033
1002 Paddock Hills Shopping Center,
St. Louis,
MO
63033
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The Paddock Shopping Center opened theater-less in 1961 anchored by an A&P grocer. Ten years later the Ceter expanded adding the cinema March 26th, 1971Paddock Hills Closed May 29, 1988 with “Broadcast News” and “Sunset” splitting a screen with “Critters II.”
The theater needs to be added in the Mid-America Cinema Corp. previously-operated list.
RKO took over the theater in April 1984 following Mid-America’s purchase but it didn’t last long. AMC took over the theater in December 1985 after the Mid-America chain was sold.
March 26th, 1971 grand opening ad in photo section.
I recall only seeing two movies there. The Muppet Movie and Back to the Future. Other than what I saw, I don’t remember much about the theater.
Further research shows the seating capacity may have been 580 with 290 seats for each screen. Mid-America began opeating as a discount house in 1980, a policy which continued until the theatre closed. Like all the Mid-America houses, the operation was taken over by RKO Mid-America (1984) and then AMC (1985). After AMC pulled out (1987), theatre was operated independently by the same gentlemen that operated, at the time, the Kirkwood and Lemay Theatres. Theatre was permanently closed in May 1988.
Twin opened 3/26/71. At the time of opening the shopping center was known as Paddock Forest. Each theatre seated 250.