Spectrum Cinema

Spectrum came on line at the height of the Cineplex Odeon expansion during the late 80’s and 90’s. They even got into distribution with Cineplex Odeon Films. However, as a company, they over-extended themselves to the point of near bankruptcy. Loews swooped in in 1998. Big mistake for Loews. Cineplex had a reputation for taking on huge lease payments. Today, after the Loews Cineplex bankruptcy is a distant memory, most of the original Cineplex locations are long gone as well…

Hello I am the former Cineplex Odeon executive who opened the Specturm, Presidio Sq, River Oaks, and Sharpstown. I had been Director of theatre operations for New York and New Jersey prior to moving back to Houston to oversee the expanding prescence of Cineplex Odeon.

In the late seventy’s I was the south Texas district supervisior for Plitt Theatres, at that time we had West Oaks Mall, Plitt Cinema5, Woodlake, Alabama, Clearlake, as well as theatres in Lake Jackson and Baytown in the houston area. We also had theatres San Antonio, Austin, the Rio Grande Valley.

I started with the Theatres when they were part of ABC later changed to Interstate then purchased by Henry Plitt (Plitt Theatres) and finally for me Cineplex odeon.

I find it hard to believe the theatres are all gone for the most part, seems like yesterday but I left the industry 23 years ago.

We still need more pictures of this theater!

An interesting read about the Spectrum: https://milton.substack.com/p/three-cathedrals

Yes!