Cinema East
712 Watervliet Avenue,
Dayton,
OH
45420
712 Watervliet Avenue,
Dayton,
OH
45420
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Previous Names: Belmont Theatre
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The Belmont Theatre opened on December 25, 1946 with Jeanne Crain in “Centennial Summer”. It was renamed Cinema East on August 20, 1965 and closed on June 4, 1973.
The Cinema East was destroyed by an early morning fire on June 5, 1973.
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This was a Bob Mills theater. He also had the Cinema South, Washington Square, and Cinema Centre Twin Cinemas in the Dayton area. The Cinema East was a neighborhood theater the mostly ran sub-run double features, but also ran some first-run features. The theater itself was fairly plain with a small lobby area, but had nice seating and a large deep-curved ‘scope screen.
The Belmont theatre had a nice balcony where we always sat.
This reopened as Cinema East on August 20th, 1965. Grand opening ad in the photo section.
The fire that closed the theatre
Didn’t “Billy Jack” play here for an absurd run? Like 35 weeks? I remember this because the sequel didn’t play this location on release. Guess Mr. Mills was not happy…
That long run of BILLY JACK was at Cinema South.