North Oaks Cinema 6

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.

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

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.

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

Was it the AMC Greens Crossing 6?

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

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.

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.