Green Springs 6 Theatres
813 Green Springs Highway,
Homewood,
AL
35209
813 Green Springs Highway,
Homewood,
AL
35209
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Additional Info
Previously operated by: Cobb Theatres
Functions: Restaurant, Supermarket
Previous Names: Green Springs 4 Theatres
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Cobb Theatres took over the old Green Springs Bowling Center and opened a 4-screen theatre on February 25, 1971. On December 21, 1979 it became a 6-screen theatre. I was never inside, but since most of the multiplex theatres of that era were shaped like a bowling lane I guess that it was a natural fit.
It survived into the early-1990’s and was left behind by the newer multi and megaplexes of that era. The Cobb Hoover 6 and Center Point 6 also closed about that time. The building still stands and seems to be used as a courthouse annex for the Jefferson County government. By 2015 it was in use as a restaurant and Supermarket.
Hopefully someone who actually attended this theatre will provide some more information.
Contributed by
Stan Malone
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Recent comments (view all 5 comments)
The only thing I remember about this theater is that it’s where I first saw Star Wars. BEFORE it was subtitled “A New Hope.” We lived in an apartment about a mile from the there.
When did they show Take this job and Shove it in 1981. Looking for Month and possible date❔
It was still a bowling alley when I left Birmingham in 1963. Twenty years later, in my UAB grad school days from 1983 to 1989, I went there several times; but the only movie I can recall seeing there is “Desert Hearts” (1985) with Helen Shaver. Stan is right about the conversion being a “natural fit”: the auditoriums (ia?) were about two bowling lanes each. Maybe three. We lived on Saulter Road about a mile and a half away.
This opened on February 25th, 1971. Grand opening ad posted.
6 screens and a pinball room were added on December 21st, 1979. Another ad posted.