Comments on: Esquire Theater (1949)

By: Nancy

Nancy — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:40:59 +0000

My whole family used to walk to the Esquire on family nite – wednesdays(?) – and the cost was $1.00. wow.

By: Helen Lubin Bridges

Helen Lubin Bridges — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 05:21:25 +0000

Tom,

What a great recap you wrote here! Thanks for remembering me. Where are you now?

By: ted

ted — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:50:59 +0000

Tom Thumbs Grocery brings back alot of memories. Anyone remember the butter cake that they sold next to the cash register? That stuff was awesome. Apparently, someone made that on a daily basis, wrapped it and sold it to the owner for re-sale.

By: Charles Robson

Charles Robson — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 20:10:30 +0000

I spent many a Friday night at the Esquire in the early 50s. If you lived on the SW side of Spfld and you wanted to meet a girl, the Esquire was the place to be.

By: Pat Ryan

Pat Ryan — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 18:27:19 +0000

We lived within walking distance of the Esquire in 1949 on Glenwood and often went to the Esquire for the before-mentioned 14 cents admission! Wonderful memories of seeing those shows.

By: Tom Watts

Tom Watts — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 14:33:28 +0000

Speaking of Butler School…the faculty was first rate (better than most Ivy League Universities IMHO)…I remember Mrs. Hay (English), Miss Roper (art), Miss Chesebro (Geography), Mr. Suddarth (PE), Miss Bergner and then Miss Martin (math), Miss Curdie and then Miss Julie Adams (history), Mrs. Correll (formerly Miss Ervin) Music. Mr. Head was the principal. Those wonderful murals that were Miss Roper’s significant achievement..her eighth grade students each year painted them..were taken down from each room in the school when I last visited about 5 or 6 years ago. So sad!!!
Some of my classmates made great contributions to the Amercian scene inlater years..George Stericker, Helen Lubin, Frank Sparks, Denny Swanson, Linda Bretscher, Tommy Cooper, Susan Reisch, Nancy and Bitsy Lanphier, Bill Stone, Susan Caudle, Frances Meyerstein, Tom Tennant, Dick Troxell, Carol Reid, Jerry Thomas, and so many more. I wonder how they are now?

By: Tom Watts

Tom Watts — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 12:50:15 +0000

Every Friday night us kids from Butler School..(8th graders mostly)..would go to the Esquire and “make out”..The few adults that went to see the movie were always telling us to quiet down. I am talking about the 1952 or so time frame).

By: ed kienzler

ed kienzler — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:14:08 +0000

The Kerasotas folks had this picture in the Illinois Times back during the summer and said it was taken circa 1934-funny thing is that the building wasn’t built until 1936 and Eddie Albert and for matter Abbott and Costello did not make their first pictures until the late 30′s-please put this building out of its misery its too bad it sits like this

By: ed kienzler

ed kienzler — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 23:15:01 +0000

Why not make this a trifecta-the Orpheum-Strand-and now the Esqire-I hope the new theatre owners do SOMETHING with this place!!!

By: Sherry

Sherry — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 17:57:19 +0000

My brother, sister and I used to go to the Saturday morning matinees. It was a real treat.