North Oaks Cinema 6

4623 FM 1960 Road W,
Houston, TX 77069

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joevaldez
joevaldez on August 18, 2023 at 8:52 pm

Lots of memories here. The first movie I remember seeing at North Oaks was STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN with my dad in June 1982. I was taken by my mom to see TRAIL OF THE PINK PANTHER in December 1982, BLUE THUNDER (June 1983) and INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (May 1984) by my aunt, and TRON (July 1982) by my dad. Most of my street came to see BEVERLY HILLS COP in December 1984. They had a handful of arcade games in the lobby, including a trivia video game we were both obsessed with. This theater was and is in a “lost” mall. In the 1980s, it included a B. Dalton Booksellers, Aladdin’s Castle arcade and a Target, but not much else. The last time I saw a movie here was with my high school girlfriend to see SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY in February 1991.

rivest266
rivest266 on November 11, 2022 at 6:55 pm

This opened on February 4th, 1978 as a screen test with the official opening on the 10th. Grand opening ad posted.

dallasmovietheaters
dallasmovietheaters on December 27, 2021 at 9:10 pm

March 17, 2020 was the final show for the North Oaks Cinema 6.

rivest266
rivest266 on January 3, 2021 at 10:22 pm

permanently closed per google search

pnelson
pnelson on March 3, 2017 at 1:10 am

It looks a little run down in the photo with ragged curtains. Good it is still open though. All movie theatres should always have a long life.

Brian
Brian on March 2, 2017 at 10:03 pm

Hey Scott! Yes it was! I used to work in the area and Id pass by that theater every now and then. It would always bring back memories. I believe its some sort of church now.

Scott Neff
Scott Neff on March 2, 2017 at 9:58 pm

http://www.cinematour.com/tour/us/4851.html

Was it the AMC Greens Crossing 6?

Brian
Brian on March 2, 2017 at 8:25 pm

I used to go to this theater when I was a kid. My mom would take my sister and I quite often during the summer when this first became a $1 movie theater. I remember seeing movies such as Richie Rich, The Sandlot and The Mighty Ducks here. The area around it has gone downhill since then. I still live in the Houston area and pass this theater from time to time but I doubt I’d ever go back. I do think about going just for the nostalgia.

Does anyone remember the $1 movie that used to be in the Greenspoint area, on the opposite side of I45 as the mall?

DJRage70
DJRage70 on October 3, 2015 at 7:34 pm

judging from the photo above it looks like the interior hasn’t changed much since the late 70s

Kellybee
Kellybee on June 26, 2013 at 8:55 pm

I live within walking distance of this theater…amazingly enough, it is still operating (as the North Oaks Dollar Cinema) and does a brisk business.

BrianF
BrianF on March 14, 2010 at 3:08 am

Bill, it’s great to see you on this site. I was surprised to find your message to me here on the North Oaks 6 (I guess it’s where I last posted) rather than on the Gramercy. No, your e-mail addreess is not visible in your profile. I suggest you list your “favorite” theatres, starting with the Gramercy. Little by little I’ve been filling in reminisces about various theatres I had something to do with. I even remarked about the clanking radiator at 72nd St. East.
It’s a shame this site (CinemaTreasures.org ) isn’t more widely known yet. I’ve been lurking on Facebook vicariously wondering what’s been happening with my former employees both in New York City and Texas. But I’ve only been able to find a very few. I certainly would enjoy re-connecting with any of them who care to talk. THAT INCLUDES ALL MY FRIENDS WHO REMEMBER AMC’s KINGWOOD 2 and the NORTH OAKS 6. On aol, my screenname is BriForman.

WilliamHopkins
WilliamHopkins on March 11, 2010 at 10:33 am

Brian, this is William. I worked with you at the Gramercy for several years. I enjoyed reading your comments about your time there and would like to get in touch with you to find out how you’re doing and reminisce about the good old days. Feel free to contact me at my email address (which I believe should be visible to you.) Talk to you soon, I hope. – Bill

BrianF
BrianF on January 2, 2010 at 2:46 am

The AMC NORTHOAKS 6 was the first movie theatre I ever worked at. I was Assistant Manager there in 1979 under the manager that trained me – Mario Marques. When i started in the business, Heaven can Wait was finishing its run and we played The Main Event, Woody Allen’s Manhattan, and Phantasm. The biggest movie while I was there (or just afterwards) was Raiders of the Lost Ark. As a new Asst Manager I would often lock myself out of the Managers' office and I would get back in by going through the ceiling tiles. I would land inside just as the head Usher prid open the Mgr office door with a credit card, and thus i earnerd the name “Superman.” I would also run lines on weekend evenings using a megaphone. since i was right behind the island box office, it bothered the cashiers like JanetT, who was really very sweet, but would always fiddle with the switch on the megaphone to embarass me. When i got promoted to another theatre, the staff gave me a plastic baby rattle of (Managers' office) keys, and a plastic megaphone with AMC emblazoned on it,souvenirs which i have unto this day. Some memories i have of the theatre are: Mario taught me how to high-speed roll quarters collected from game machines; one lady put her four-year-old under a blanket posing as an “infant” (1- and 2-yr olds get in free) went right to the ladies room and both came walking out. [in retrospect, two big feet made a fishy lump under that blanket.] As a newbie, i got in troulble when somebody walked out with the standee of Steve Martin in “The Jerk” with an arrow going through his head, because i had placed the lobby standee near theatre 1 which was too close to the theatre and mall exit. Across the way was the AMC CHAMPIONSVILLAGE 2, where aI subbed one day for i think “Apocalypse Now”. But after less than a year I was made Manager of the AMC Kingwood 2, where i stayed for 3 ½ more years.

Scott Neff
Scott Neff on May 11, 2009 at 5:32 am

This was an original AMC build…. typical of the era. Uses ground floor projection with mirrors.