Gaylynn Theatre
745 N. 11th Street,
Beaumont,
TX
77704
745 N. 11th Street,
Beaumont,
TX
77704
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I hope y'all will reply to this this is my second comment about the Gaylynn Theatre…this was where I saw the first movie I saw in a theater a rereleasing of Disney’s classic film Lady and the Tramp in 1980…I also saw another classic Disney film Robin Hood in 1982 also in 1982 I saw Hanky-Panky starring Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner…in 1984 I saw Rhinestone with Dolly Parton and Sylvester Stallone…in 1985 I saw the first Back to the Future film..I think it was here in 1986 I saw another Gene Wilder-Gilda Radner film Haunted Honeymoon, Howard the Duck and The Money Pit with Tom Hanks and Shelley Long who was then still on the NBC sitcom Cheers..oh also in 1984 I saw Savannah Smiles starring a then 9 year old Drew Barrymore…after the film mama and I went to eat at Luby’s Cafeteria which was also in the Gaylynn Shopping Center..what memories!!!!!!
Became a twin on June 20th, 1975. Grand opening ad already posted.
Grand opening ad posted. It featured a Television lounge.
I REMEMBER PAYING 11 CENTS TO GET IN. WE LIVED IN MULTI=
MAX VILLAGE AND WERE SO POOR WE COULDN’T PAY ATTENTION.
BILL
I miss the Gaylynn Theater and the shopping center wish it were still here instead of that St. Elizabeth’s pavilion nothing against my doctor who’s there but I grew up with Gaylynn have fond memories…it’s good I have a copy of the painting by Randy Welborn huh????!!!
Site is now part of a hospital:
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital breaks ground on $95 million improvement
11/19/2002 CHRISTUS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Beaumont officially broke ground on $95 million in improvements that have already been underway. The new improvements include an outpatient center, a five-story medical office building and a six-story parking garage all attached to the hospital by overhead walkways. The new improvements will be at the site of the old Gaylynn Theater, which was torn down in September.The expansion will enable the hospital to serve more patients and improve their accessibility to services, said Ed Meyers, president of Christus Health Southeast Texas.
Looks like it opened on 11/18/49. Here is a link to an artist’s interpretation of the theater from 1956:
http://randywelborn.com/008.shtml
You might browse this site for other theaters of interest to you.
Unfortunately, the artist also reports this theater as demolished.