Eastmont Theatre
7402 MacArthur Boulevard,
Oakland,
CA
94605
7402 MacArthur Boulevard,
Oakland,
CA
94605
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Previously operated by: Golden State Theater & Realty Corp.
Functions: Drugstore
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The Eastmont Theatre was opened in 1927, and closed in 1955.
Contributed by
William Gabel
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The Eastmont Theatre was opened in 1927 and closed in 1953.
The Eastmont is at present in use as a pharmacy.
A recent picture of the site:
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belive it or not the entrence of this old theater now called the elmhurst pharmacy was where 2 oakland police officers where shot and killed on saturday 3/21/09 the 2 other officers where shot and killed and the suspect at an apartment down the street from here .preatty tragic event but the old eastmont theater was where the tragic events of that crazy day started ..
heres a youtube link .
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My aunt took me there as a kid once. All I remember was that it had a big lobby and the palm trees on the walls inside. It was changed into a Vic Tanny studio, and before it did, the marquee letters said “closing to get fit”. The draperies that closed over the screen were pretty, it was a beautiful purple velvet with gold circles on the bottom trim. We were told to stay away from the theater as kids because of the “riff raff” that went there.
In the middle 1940’s I lived on 73rd Ave. just below E14th St. The only other Theater close by was the Granada. Occasionally, my parents would take me up to the Elmhurst District and we would go to the Eastmont. I also remember the Chevy Plant at what is now the Eastmont Mall. Things can certainly change in ones lifetime.