Theatre 1536

1536 E. Grand Avenue,
Des Moines, IA 50316

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TLSLOEWS
TLSLOEWS on March 2, 2010 at 4:40 pm

O.K.

Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on February 27, 2010 at 10:23 pm

Header should be changed to Theatre 1536 with an AKA Eastown Theatre. Theatre 1536 was the name when it closed.

macbot3000
macbot3000 on February 27, 2010 at 8:48 pm

The 1536 building was demolished about 2000 or so.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on June 15, 2009 at 10:35 pm

Here is a December 1974 ad for the Theatre 1536:
http://tinyurl.com/man8tm

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on June 15, 2009 at 10:20 pm

It looks like it was called Theater 1536 in the 1983 photo. Maybe that was its porno name.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on June 15, 2009 at 10:19 pm

Here is a December 1965 ad from the Des Moines Register:
http://tinyurl.com/llyx9u

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on May 15, 2009 at 10:19 pm

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.

Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on April 6, 2009 at 10:40 pm

1983 photo of the Eastown
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kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on January 12, 2009 at 7:18 pm

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.