Shamrock 4 Cinemas Theater At 6900 South Main St.

[isuredid]

I think you are giving the theater 2 more screens than they actually had. The Shamrock may have been the first theater to have more than two screens. I remember the theater. It didn't take it long to go down hill. Now the space is a parking lot for the Medical Center.

[devonhart]

Had our old home movies, found this clip.

 

http://youtu.be/KxVL5ppxIy4

[GEM]

Very Kool.Saw many flicks at that location.X rated...............

[devonhart]

I remember seeing the trailer for the X rated feature.  Shamrock 4 expanded to 6 later on.

[Ross]

My girlfriend had her purse snatched at the Shamrock 6 in 1979. Otherwise, I don't remember much about it.

[etheriemma]

Thank you Devonhart for posting that clip.  Brought back memories.

 

In the early 1980s, friends and I (all students from Rice University) used to go see films at this theater.  It had expanded to six screens and was renamed The Shamrock Six, although the theater was already going to seed by that time and so people nicknamed it "The Sham-schlock Six" and later "The Armpit Six" because the facility got so run-down.  

 

I remember seeing the bad film "Supergirl" there in 1984 in a nearly empty theater (with a couple of groups of kids talking loudly in the back rows).  The theater was in awful shape.  One of my more horrible movie-going experiences.

[Highrise Tower]

Photos of the Shamrock 4 Cinemas:

[Ross]

I'm pretty sure that it was later the Shamrock 6. Went to a movie there in 1979, and my girlfriend had her purse snatched in the parking lot.

[mkultra25]

On 1/15/2023 at 5:23 PM, Ross said:

I'm pretty sure that it was later the Shamrock 6. Went to a movie there in 1979, and my girlfriend had her purse snatched in the parking lot.

Expanded from 4 to 6 screens in 1975, per Cinema Treasures. Ad from 5/23/1975:

 

Edited January 16, 2023 by mkultra25
added URL

[LunaSol]

I was really young when I went. I remember it being old school and quite grand with curtains that would open to reveal the screen.

[mkultra25]

2 minutes ago, LunaSol said:

I was really young when I went. I remember it being old school and quite grand with curtains that would open to reveal the screen.

Back in the glory days of theatrical exhibition, every screen had curtains, and it was considered bad showmanship for an audience to ever have to gaze upon a blank screen. The curtains opening and closing were meticulously timed so that they began to open when the projector started up, and were fully closed right as the projector shut off at the end of the closing credits.