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Remember when the Galleria had a movie theater? I digress.








General Cinema listings for Dec. 9, 1983.

General Cinema listings for Dec. 9, 1983.

J.R. Gonzales

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  1. Sgt Dave says:

    I guess it’s been a long time since I’ve been in the Galleria. I didn’t know they shut the theaters down.

  2. Lee Y says:

    a lil mo’ mem’rbliia…
    Christine – the 57? 58? Plymouth Fury (with 2 4 barrels on top of a hemi? 383?)was painted red in the opening scenes in the fact’ry…

    gronk WRONG!

    you had your choice of a gold or white exterior…no other colors were offered from the fact’ry
    btw the pushbutton tranny would throw out of low when the rpms got critical

  3. Steve says:

    I seen “Scarface,” at Gulf Gate.It seems like it was only yesterday. My but how time flies by but so quickly.30 years ago seems like 30 seconds ago.I remember Houston also had a lot of adult Movie theaters, all around town,that were listed in the Chron movie section as well…

  4. J.R.-

    Three To Reflect On By The Decades:

    1. That birthday.

    2. The anniversary.

    3. The movies we went to see.
    Time does tend to fly-
    When one calculates all the movie
    tickets through the years, that
    we did happen to buy.

    • jack says:

      Today, for most people with DVDs, the movies come to the people instead of people going to the movies!

  5. jack says:

    Theaters in malls used to be a common thing. While looking at the advertisements that are posted here, most of these malls are dangerous places today.
    The days of going to a mall, dropping your kids off at the mall theater while you shop is a thing of the past. Today, beside the danger, there is the cost for a large family. I guess that is why places like McDonalds have movie rental stations.

  6. zorra says:

    I think that is, in fact, where we saw Yentl; wasn’t that a large theatre (not like the modern multiplexes)?

  7. Mark says:

    I love the “General Cinema listings for Dec. 9, 1983″. Man, that brings you back in time. I remember when there was a shooting at the Gulfgate Theater when Boyz in da Hood came out. Not too long ago the Northline cinema was replaced by the Magic Johnson theaters. All of those movies listed above, you can still remember today. “Hmmm, should I go see Yentl, or Scarface?”

  8. madcougar says:

    I think Batman (1989) was the last movie I saw in that theater. I know it’s not there anymore, but I can’t tell you when it closed.

  9. Living in the past says:

    Remember the Farrell’s Icecream parlour in the Galleria? Movie and a Zoo !!!!!