Gaylynn Theatre

745 N. 11th Street,
Beaumont, TX 77704

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The Gaylynn Theatre was opened November 18, 1949 with Virginia Mayo in “The Girl From Jones Beach”. I had many dates at the Gaylynn Theatre. I remember that it was on 11th Street, which was the main drag for the high school students on weekends. It was twinned on June 20, 1975.

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teecee
teecee on March 10, 2005 at 8:54 am

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.

teecee
teecee on March 10, 2005 at 9:11 am

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.

Cherilyn
Cherilyn on December 23, 2014 at 2:40 pm

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????!!!

TexasaKid7711
TexasaKid7711 on April 12, 2016 at 3:14 pm

I REMEMBER PAYING 11 CENTS TO GET IN. WE LIVED IN MULTI=
MAX VILLAGE AND WERE SO POOR WE COULDN’T PAY ATTENTION.

BILL

rivest266
rivest266 on November 28, 2020 at 3:13 pm

Grand opening ad posted. It featured a Television lounge.

rivest266
rivest266 on November 28, 2020 at 5:06 pm

Became a twin on June 20th, 1975. Grand opening ad already posted.

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