Crest Cinema 3
112 N. Washington Street,
Clinton,
MO
64735
112 N. Washington Street,
Clinton,
MO
64735
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Circling back to the entry here and this may be much ado about nothing but I’d argue that the venue’s entry should be the Crest Cinema 3 closing on March 2, 2003. I’m adding in that its address was at 112 N. Washington (the first number is off above). Technically, the Heartland Community Theatre’s address is 108 N. Washington.
I’ve put a picture in photos that shows the distinction of the Robert Boller-designed Crest III at left (the yellow building) at 112 N. Washington created and launching in 1947; technically, the building housing the Heartland Community Theatre is in a different building at 108 N. Washington known as the (Otto) Gerhardt Building built in 1932. It has a different and interesting lineage.
The Crest III was replaced here by the Missouri Cinema 6 that opened on March 14, 2003 ending downtown cinema exhibition in the town. It’s a reach in the entry to say this was one of the original five theaters that lined the street (technically, the theater it replaced was one of those venues but not this one).
The Heartland live venue took on the 108 N. Washington storefront and, in my estimation, should be decoupled from the entry until such time that it expands fully into the 112 N. Washington spot. And since the Boller reference was not added, I did double-check and Robert Boller definitely designed the venue at left though as the “New Uptown” with name changed at launch. It is my opinion that he should be added to this entry. The entry could also mention that this venue was a post-War theater replacing the original Uptown Theatre which was on the square and burned down on July 11, 1946. In fact, it was on the drafting table as the New Uptown Theatre before the operator personalized its original name.
Not that any of this matters that much…
The 750-seat Go-Sho Theatre opened on November 24, 1947 with “It Happened on Fifth Avenue in downtown Clinton, Mo. The theatre architect was Robert Boller and was opened by the J. T. Ghosen circuit who named it after himself. The theatre replaced the Uptown Theatre which had been destroyed in a fire in 1946. The original design for the venue by Boller was under the name “new” Uptown Theatre; but Ghosen renamed the project during the planning stages.
In 1959, a contest was held to rename the theatre which was updated. Jerry Hyde chose the Crest Theatre as the name which was in place when it relaunched on November 11, 1959 with the film, “The Big Circus.” That also was the final day for the Lee Theatre. The theatre was triplexed becoming the Crest Cinema 3 before closing in 2003. It was replaced with a larger six-screen complex elsewhere in town.
Website link is broken. Info can be found on their Facebook page or by phone. Updated phone#: 660-885-6828
The Crest Cinema closed as a movie theater in 2003, but is being renovated for live performances by the Heartland Communuty Theater. You can see both old and new photos of the Crest at their website:
http://heartlandcommunitytheatre.com/index.html