Eastland Four Theater

Dear Miss Grubb,

Please, include a discription of the theatres you list. It makes it so much more enjoyable for the reader especially since the ADD A PHOTO! program is still not working. Just a suggestion. Thanks.

Brent, while we do prefer theater submissions to have descriptions, however small, it's not mandatory to include them if nothing at all is known of the theater by the person submitting it. Information is usually offered in the comments by other users over time, and then the "blanks" can be filled in as it's provided. Thanks!

Bryan Krefft
Cinema Treasures

This theater might still be open. I found it listed as a dollar theater with a July movie schedule.
http://www.bestofbville.com/guides/retailframe.php?url=homeminipage.php%3FrecordID=2545

This is a working theater...it is a $1 movie and i take my kids there all the time (all 5 of them) and it doesnt break me..

This was previously a Carmike theatre, but it is no longer shown on Carmike's web site (www.carmike.com), so I am presuming they sold it some time ago. I see no listing on movies.yahoo.com for any theatre at this address, so can't provide any more information. Sorry.

This theater is open and it is a dollar theater. Here is this weeks schedule for this theater:

Eastland Four Theater

SHOW TIMES
Friday, October 21 - Thursday, October 27

MUST LOVE DOGS PG-13
Friday 2:10, 7:10, 9:10
Saturday 2:10, 7:10, 9:10
Sunday 2:10, 7:10
Monday-Thursday 7:10

CHARLIE & CHOCOLATE FACTORY PG
Friday 2:00, 7:00, 9:15
Saturday 2:00, 7:00, 9:15
Sunday 2:00, 7:00
Monday-Thursday 7:00

SKY HIGH PG
Friday 2:20, 7:20, 9:20
Saturday 2:20, 7:20, 9:20
Sunday 2:20, 7:20
Monday-Thursday 7:20

BEWITCHED PG-13
Friday 2:30, 7:30, 9:25
Saturday 2:30, 7:30, 9:25
Sunday 2:30, 7:30
Monday-Thursday 7:30

The Eastland was originally built as a "twin" theater and played first-run films well into the 1990s. Not sure when it became a $1 theater (probably sometime after the addition of chain theaters to the local Mall).

I remember seeing ET, Blade Runner, and many, many other blockbusters at this theater. It was a pretty decent theater in the late 70's and early 80's. The lobby featured an old projector as "decoration."

Aerial photo at http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCP&cp=q3rdkx70528p&style=o&lvl=2&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=16429702&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&encType=1

The formal opening of the Eastland Twin East and West Theatres took place on November 21, 1968, according to an article in Boxoffice Magazine's issue of December 16 that year. The owners and operators were Tulsa-based Snyder-Ashley Enterprises. The new twin, like the earlier Boman Twin Cinemas and the later Park Lane Theatre, both in Tulsa, was designed by the Tulsa architectural firm of Whiteside, Schultz, & Chadsey.

The Eastland Twins occupied a contemporary styled building with a two story glass facade flanked by tall pillars. The east auditorium had 717 seats, and the west auditorium 528 seats. The lobby featured a terrazzo floor and walnut paneling. Each auditorium had its own carpeted lounge area, and there was a pair of rest rooms for each side of the theatre.

The screens were 18x36 feet, and each auditorium had its own projection booth. There were custom-designed Voice of the Theatre sound systems in each auditorium, and 8 foot deep stages were provided so that the theaters could be used for meetings and special events by various civic organizations.