North Main Theatre
3730 North Main Street,
Houston,
TX
77002
3730 North Main Street,
Houston,
TX
77002
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Probably the reason for this not mapping properly to North Main is the zip code. The zip code for 3730 North Main is 77009. Hopefully the photo on the map at the top will stay as it is and that should be a photo of the theatre.
The picture & map are wrong on this theater. The location you show is 3730 South Main Street, Houston, Texas instead of 3730 North Main Street. The North Main Theater is on the north side of Houston not the south.
2009 photo of the North Main Theatre.
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The map view puts you behind the theater, but you can follow the streets around to the front for a more contemporary view. There is also the photo posted on 10/15/08.
Here is a photo circa 1942:
http://tinyurl.com/ybut92p
The premier feature at the North Main was “Page Miss Glory” with Dick Powell and Marion Davies. The North Main advertised “modest prices 15-25¢. Children anytime 5¢.”
A short tour from 1965 of the North Main Theatre in Houston.
A 1965 view of the North Main Theatre in Houston and a night time view of an attendant working with the marquee lettering.
Another photo can be seen here. It looks like some work has been done to the building.
Here is another photo from 1950.
The year given for this photo is 1937.
Cool. Looks just like it did, when I drove by last night.
Click on where it says Here in the post above and it will take you to the site of the photo.
Jack—where’s the pic?
Here is a relatively recent photo of the North Main. It appears salvageable.
Does anyone have any pictures of the theatre? I grew up across the street of “El Cine Ritz” and have many fond memories.
I drove by it tonight—just to check it out. Looks sad.
Marquee Man, I just read, on the Garden Oaks page, that the church group which currently owns it—is restoring it to it’s glory, to use as a performance center—faith-based, no doubt.
The North Main Theatre opened Christmas Day, 1935 and was built by Interstate Theatres. It operated under Interstate until January 3, 1967 when it was sold to an independeat operator. It continued to operate under the North Main Theatre name until 1984 and when the name was changed to Cine Ritz Theatro and showed only Spanish speaking films until it closed in 1991(?)or so. The theatre was sold to a Spanish speaking church which still operates the building today. The massive marquee and tower signage were removed but the interior remains very close to intact. I spent many an hour as a kid in the 50’s and 60’s and I worked there as an usher until it was sold in 1967. I then went to the Garden Oaks where I worked for a couple of years more…what a great time! I miss it all terribly.
The North Main was at one time part of the Interstate Theatre circuit.
A circa-1949 exterior view of the North Main Theatre can be seen here.