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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » Iowa » Des Moines » Eastown Theater
Also known as Theatre 1536

Eastown Theater

Des Moines, IA
1536 E. Grand Avenue
, Des Moines, IA 50316 United States
(map)
Status: Closed/Demolished
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Unknown
Function: Unknown
Seats: 250
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Unknown
Firm: Unknown
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The Eastown Theater was a basic neighborhood theater showing mostly B-movies. It first opened in 1941 and was operated by TriStates Theatres.

Before it closed, it had been re-named Theatre 1536, and it showed porn for a while.
Contributed by Swede Blue

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From Boxoffice magazine, May 1941:

DES MOINES-The Eastown, new Tri-States and East Des Moines Theater Corp. theater here, is scheduled to open Wednesday. The new house will be the tenth Tri-States theater in the city.
posted by ken mc on Jan 12, 2009 at 7:18pm
1983 photo of the Eastown
http://americanclassicimages.com/Default.aspx?tabid=141&txtSearch=CATAdvancedSearch1%2c15%2c3%2c-1&SortField=ProductName%2cProductName&catpageindex=14&ProductID=27259
posted by Chuck1231 on Apr 6, 2009 at 10:40pm
I can't see any building resembling the theater in Google street view. It must be gone. There's a newer building with six store fronts which looks like it occupies the theater site and a couple of adjacent parcels as well, though it has the address 1534 E. Grand. The building next door is definitely not the theater.
posted by Joe Vogel on May 15, 2009 at 10:19pm
Here is a December 1965 ad from the Des Moines Register:
http://tinyurl.com/llyx9u
posted by ken mc on Jun 15, 2009 at 10:19pm
It looks like it was called Theater 1536 in the 1983 photo. Maybe that was its porno name.
posted by ken mc on Jun 15, 2009 at 10:20pm
Here is a December 1974 ad for the Theatre 1536:
http://tinyurl.com/man8tm
posted by ken mc on Jun 15, 2009 at 10:35pm
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