By: Dave Farquhar

Dave Farquhar — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 01:05:40 +0000

In reply to Murel Warren, Jr.. I attended at least two wedding receptions there when it was Two Hearts. By the time I was making the rounds to movie theaters the only non-Wehrenberg, non-AMC theater left in the area was the Kirkwood Cinema. I'll bet Ghostbusters at the Mark Twain was an experience. I can remember going there when it was a theater but whatever I saw must have been unremarkable. I remember seeing Crocodile Dundee II at the Des Peres 4 in 1988, so it was something more forgettable than that.

By: Murel Warren, Jr.

Murel Warren, Jr. — Tue, 25 Jul 2023 16:46:57 +0000

As a single guy in my early 20’s I made the rounds to all the movie theaters during the 1980s with my friends including at the Mark Twain Cinema. The theater was big and similar to the Esquire’s main theatre at the time. I fondly recall seeing Ghostbusters there unaware of what to expect. Also there, I saw Dune with a friend. As we waited for the doors to open we were given a sheet of paper, which was the glossary of the terms used in the book. It took three times for that movie restarting before the sound was finally working. The Mark Twain Cinema was truly a memorable place. A few decades later in the guise of the LiUNA Event Center I played drums with a music group for a fundraiser thank-you event. It is still a special building, but no longer holds the excitement of going through the entrance and waiting for the doors to open to the large screen. However, I am glad the building still exists.

Comments on: Mark Twain cinema, Sunset Hills

By: Dave Farquhar

By: Murel Warren, Jr.