Gaylynn Theater
7500 Bellaire Boulevard,
Houston,
TX
77036
7500 Bellaire Boulevard,
Houston,
TX
77036
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The Gaylynn Theater was designed by Lee Kyburz and owned by Jefferson Amusement Co. It was located in the Sharpstown Center Mall in Houston. This theater opened as a single screen theater and was twinned in the 70’s. The Gaylynn theater was later torn down and replaced by the Sharpstown Center Cinemas.
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I will post a link to a website that has pictures and an article about the Gaylynn Theater. On that website the opening date of this theater is given as 5/27/65. This theater is also listed as a Cinerama theater.
http://cinerama.topcities.com/gaylynn.htm
My dad took me to the Gaylynn in 1969 to see “2001: A Space Odyssey” Being 13 at the time, the place (and the movie) impressed me greatly. Having “2001” at the Gaylynn in full double throw-down Cinerama as my first real movie experience has made every subsequent theater presentation pale in comparison.
i believe when the theatre was “twinned” in the 1970s it was actually an add on of 3 screens – whether or not they split up the original auditorium i am not sure – but it was definitely distiguished as the “Gaylynn Terrace” which was the flagship auditorium for “event” releases, then adjacent to the Terrace was the Gaylynn 1, 2, 3 cinemas. if i remember correctly they all shared the same box office.
The theatre was still standing when I last visited the Sharpstown area about 10 years ago. It was being used as some sort of indoor sports complex with a jungle theme.
I casually looked for it, the other day—when driving by. I think it’s demolished.
I saw ‘The Lion in Winter’ there, with my high school English Class.
According to opening day ads, Sharpstown Theatre was the original name. Mr. Foy Myrick was the first manager. The premier feature was “Mirage†with Gregory Peck and Diane Baker.
This building has not been demolished. I have suspected this for sometime and was able to confirm by comparing a picture of building in the Sharpstown Center with the old picture of the Gaylynn on Cinerama.topcities.com. The former Gaylynn theater is now home to the Alfonzo Crutch Life Support Center Charter School.