Gaylynn I & II
7115 Clarewood Drive,
Houston,
TX
77036
7115 Clarewood Drive,
Houston,
TX
77036
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Previously operated by: Cinemark, Cineplex Cinemas (Texas), Jefferson Amusements Company, Tercar Theatres Company
Architects: Leon C. Kyburz
Functions: Gymnasium
Previous Names: Sharpstown Theatre, Gaylynn Theatre
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- Sep 26, 2008 — Remembering Cinerama Part IV
The Sharpstown Theatre was designed by Lee Kyburz and owned by Jefferson Amusement Co. It was located alongside the Sharpstown Center Mall in Houston at 7500 Bellaire Boulevard (since replaced by 7115 Clarewood Drive). This theatre opened as a single screen theatre on May 27, 1965. On August 19, 1965 it was renamed Gaylynn Theatre. It was twinned in December 1974. The Gaylynn I & II was closed on September 8, 1988. It was and replaced by the Sharpstown Center Cinemas.
It became an indoor amusement park, then a charter school, and by 2021 was in use as an indoor soccer venue.
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It is not true that the Gaylynn Theater has been torn down. It still stands at the corner of US59 and Clarewood, and one can still clearly see that it’s a former theater. After being closed as a movie theater, it was used as an indoor amusement park for a while. More recently it housed a charter school. Although located on the same block, it never adjoined the mall. The Sharpstown Center Cinemas do adjoin the mall on the Bellaire side. A former department store was torn down to make way for them.
According to the May 13, 1965, issue of The La Marque Times, the Sharpstown Theatre was scheduled to open on May 27.
It still impresses to this day.red velvet plush seats which rocked.so comfortable.beautiful entryway specialized marble.remember seeing 2001space odyssey. Great memories
The address for the present day occupant of the old theater building, Indoor Soccer, is 7115 Clarewood Drive.
This opened as the Sharpstown Theatre, America’s finest theatre on May 27th, 1965 and became the Gaylynn theatre on August 19th, 1965. Grand opening ads posted.
The Gaylynn Terrace theatre opened on December 25th, 1968. Grand opening ad posted.
Please rename Cinemark Sharpstown 3, it eventually got taken over by Cineplex and Cinemark after Cineplex merged with Odeon and Plitt in the mid 1980’s and a 3rd screen was added. Cineplex called the 3rd screen Gaylynn Terrace which had 70MM It closed September 8, 1988
This is not the same Cineplex.
That was owned by Cineplex Corporation (of Texas), not Canada. When Cineplex Odeon entered the USA, they kept the Plitt branding for a couple of years (even opening some new theatres under the Plitt branding). as of Cineplex of Texas, they went bankrupt in 1986 and the bankruptcy court asked Cinemark to manage the chain. Cinemark later took what’s left of Cineplex (Texas).
Ownership history:
1965 Jefferson Amusements
1968 Tercar Theatres
December 1982 Cineplex Corp. (Texas)
1986 Cinemark