Fleur Cinema & Cafe
4545 Fleur Drive,
Des Moines,
IA
50321
4545 Fleur Drive,
Des Moines,
IA
50321
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Originally opened in 1970, it was later taken over by by Carmike Cinemas as the Fleur 4 Theatres in 1992. It was closed by Carmike in 2001, but a short time later it was reopened as an independent. The lobby was converted to a cafe and the theatre given the new name, Fleur Cinema & Cafe. The theatre mostly plays art film and the theatre/cafe has proven quite successful.
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The Fleur 4 Theatre was open at least as early as the spring of 1974 as I remember seeing Disney’s “Superdad” there then.
Zip code is 50321 for what it’s worth.
The Fleur Four Theatre was actually opened in 1970, and was originally operated by Dubinsky Brothers Theatres. The November 2, 1970, issue of Boxoffice Magazine said that Irwin Dubinsky had spent the day of October 26 checking on the progress of the Fleur Four, and that the planned opening date was November 18. The new four-plex would have 1,250 seats.
The Dubinsky circuit, based in Lincoln, Nebraska, grew rapidly in the 1970s. They apparently operated the Fleur Four until the company was bought out by Chicago-based Excellence Theatres (formerly Essanass Theatres) in 1989. At the time of the sale, Dubinsky operated 127 screens. Carmike Cinemas took over management of Excellence Theatres in 1992.
That should read “Esseness” rather than Essanass. My mind has been wandering into Beavis and Butthead territory again.
Poor JV: it was actually Essaness. (I think I remembering reading somewhere that this was a name created by phonetically rendering “S & S” – the first letters of the original owners' last names).
A recent story, with video, about this cinema: http://www.kcci.com/r/24606787/detail.html
November 25th, 1970 grand opening ad has been uploaded here in the photo section.