Chakeres Theatres Kettering Cinemas I & II

Kettering, OH

1441 E. Dorothy Lane

, Kettering, OH 45430 United States

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Status:	Closed
Screens:	Twin
Style:	Unknown

Function:	Unknown
Seats:	800
Chain:	Unknown

Architect:	Unknown
Firm:	Unknown

The Fox Kettering opened for Christmas 1966. It was later owned by Mann Theatres before being sold and twinned by Chakeres Theatres in 1975. Chakeres also changed the name to Kettering Cinemas I & II. This theater is a twin sister to the now closed Fox NorthWest "Cinema North" which was sold by Chakers Theatres to Showcase Cinemas in April 1988 which is located in Dayton.

Kettering Cinemas had been a second run theatre since the late 1980s, but starting November 2004 Chakeres began running Kettering as a first run house with "The Grudge" and "The Incredibles".

The Kettering was closed in January 2006.

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posted by CinemaJunkie on Jun 10, 2005 at 3:29am

Kettering Cinema had a ninety-foot wide, convex screen and seated 904 patrons. The last movie to show on the large screen was "Goin' South", John Belushi and Mary Steenburgen's screen debuts and directed by Jack Nicholson. The theater was closed in the fall of 1978 and 'twinned'. Kettering Cinemas opened on December 15th with "King of the Gypsies" and "Oliver's Story" Even though both theaters were only partially ready, neither film sold out the 30 seats that were available.

posted by Ruja on Aug 6, 2006 at 4:56pm

Closed since January 2006.

posted by cinema1plus4 on Aug 8, 2006 at 7:14am

Thanks for the update. What a shame. Stored a lot of memories from that theater.

posted by Ruja on Aug 8, 2006 at 3:15pm

Back in the 90s, I remember the management of this theater going through all the bags people carry in, inspecting them for food. They had this obsession with you buying ONLY the over-priced stuff from their concession stand. This was the only theater I ever knew to do this. I have a feeling that this contributed to their downfall.

posted by ZookieFreddie on Apr 26, 2007 at 5:39pm

This building is for sale. Asking price is $1,495,000. Details can be found here.

posted by Lost Memory on Nov 16, 2007 at 11:20am

Here is a recent photo.

posted by Lost Memory on Aug 11, 2009 at 6:05pm

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