Twin City Cinema
416 S. Truman Boulevard,
Crystal City,
MO
63019
416 S. Truman Boulevard,
Crystal City,
MO
63019
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Previously operated by: Commonwealth Theaters Corp., Mid-America Cinema Corp., RKO, Wehrenberg Theatres
Firms: Sauder, Fine and Bildner
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The Twin City Cinema was opened on March 22, 1974, by the Mid-America Cinema Corp. chain (Komm Theatres). The box office was located to the right as you entered with the concession stand next to it and the rest rooms after that. The two auditoriums, which each sat 300, were on the left of the lobby. Same color scheme as all of the other twin cinemas that Mid-America Cinema Corp. had built with the deep burgundy and brown with a gold trim. In April 1984 it was taken over RKO and was closed in 1985.
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Charles Van Bibber
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Interesting…the venue actually opened March 22, 1974.
Designed by firm of Sauder, Fine and Bildner. There were two auditoria of 300 seats each.
Theatre was listed in the Wehrenberg Theatres ad from February to Sepember of 1985. Then, a note that the theatre was “closed temporarily due to fire.”
Based on a little research on Google Maps, I think the address given for this theater is 416 North Truman Boulevard. I think it should be changed to 416 SOUTH Truman Boulevard. Check it out on Google Maps and I think you’ll see why.
Kyle Muldrow is correct, it should definitely be 416 South Truman Boulevard. It was on the east side of S. Truman, directly across from the shopping center. I saw a few movies there in the late ‘70s/early '80s, including “Deathtrap” and “National Lampoon’s Vacation.”
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 the Twin City closed the following year in 1985.
The Twin City Cinema was opened on March 22, 1974, by the Mid-America Cinema Corp. with “The Laughing Policeman” and “The Paper Chase.“ Mid-America Theatres was struggling financially during the rise of the multiplex era and sold its dwindling operations. Following the sale of this venue, the theater became the RKO Twin City Cinema after RKO Century’s parent company, the Almi Group, announced the acquisition of Mid-America’s cinemas on April 11, 1984.
On December 8, 1984, the venue became the Commonwealth Twin City Cinema for Commonwealth Theatres when it purchased four of the RKO Century theaters in Missouri. Commonwealth didn’t see much foot traffic closing the venue briskly on January 6, 1985. Wherenberg Theatres took on the venue renaming it as the Wherenberg Twin City Ciné with “Heaven Help Us” and “Mischief” on February 8, 1985. The only mischief viewed by the locals took place just seven months later.
Arsonists doused the interior of the Twin City Ciné hoping to destroy the venue in the wee hours of September 19, 1985. They simply destroyed much of the interior of the theatre with the building standing firm. The Ciné’s screenings on September 18, 1985 were “Back to the Future” and “Rambo First Blood: Part II.” Wherenberg listed the low-performing venue as “Closed for Repairs.” As the town awaited potential Doc Brown intervention with the Delorean for those repairs, a new-build CVS was built on the site of the former Ciné. With Doc having the Twin City Ciné quite low on the priority list for potential historic tinkering, its Status should be “Demolished (for now).”