At its height, moviegoers from all over the Midwest would come and marvel at the films shown at this iconic piece of Minnesota pop culture history. Sadly, the theater would not survive the 20th century.
Decades before IMAX wowed audiences, there was the Cooper Theater Cinerama. It was an experience unlike any other in the U.S. and lasted until the early ’90s.
Welcome to the Cooper Theater Cinerama of St. Louis Park, Minnesota
The 808 seat Cooper Theater first opened its doors to audiences in 1962. The first film shown at the iconic movieplex was “The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm”, but the next movie shown at the theater made it the go-to attraction for moviegoers throughout the region. “How The West Was Won” played for an astonishing 88 weeks at the Cooper, its longest run in the entire United States, outside of Hollywood…