EXHIBIT 31.1


                                  CERTIFICATION


I, David M. Brain, President and Chief Executive Officer of Entertainment
Properties Trust, certify that:

     1.       I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of
              Entertainment Properties Trust;

     2.       Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any
              untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
              fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
              circumstances under which such statements were made, not
              misleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterly
              report;

     3.       Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
              financial information included in this quarterly report, fairly
              present in all material respects the financial condition, results
              of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the
              periods presented in this quarterly report;

     4.       The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible
              for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
              procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
              15d-15(e)) for the registrant and we have:

         a)   designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
              disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
              supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
              registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known
              to us by others within those entities, particularly during the
              period in which this quarterly report is being prepared;

         b)   evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
              controls and procedures and presented in this report our
              conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and
              procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report
              based on such evaluation; and

         c)   disclosed in this quarterly report any change in the registrant's
              internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the
              registrant's most recent fiscal quarter that has materially
              affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
              registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

     5.       The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed,
              based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
              financial reporting , to the registrant's auditors and the audit
              committee of registrant's board of trustees:

         a)   all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design
              or operation of internal control over financial reporting which
              are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability
              to record, process, summarize and report financial information;
              and

         b)   any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
              other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's
              internal control over financial reporting.



       Date:  May 6, 2004               /s/ David M. Brain
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                                        David M. Brain
                                        President and Chief Executive Officer



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