Isis Theater
111 S. Main Street,
Kokomo,
IN
46901
111 S. Main Street,
Kokomo,
IN
46901
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The Kokomo-Howard County Library shows the Isis Theater operating in 1917. It was still operating at least into the late 1970’s. The Isis has since been demolished.
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This is a photo of the former Isis theater in Kokomo. The photo appears to be from around 1981-82.
Here is a February 1941 ad from the Kokomo Tribune:
http://tinyurl.com/38syge
A Page theater organ was installed in the Isis Theater in 1924.
The owner are listed as
1920- Kokomo Grand Theatre
1925- Marion Theatres
1930- Fourth Avenue Amusements
1935- Gregory Enterprises
1940-1969- Alliance Theatre Corperation
1975- Hudson Theatres
It is listed as closing in 1982 but I don’t know if that is correct. I’m told it stood closed a few yaers before being torn down.
Here is an updated link for the photo posted on Mar 7, 2006.
The Hudson Theatres listed as the last owners I don’t know if it’s the same one that had a few theatres in the southern part of the state. If it is then it was part of the Hudson/Kerasotes mob and as bad the Kerasotes mob is I heard Hudson was worse.
When George Kerasotes left to start his own company he had to take his own brothers to court because when they split up the company they took new equipment out of the theatres George was getting and put it in the older ones they were keeping and putting the old equipment in his theatres. After he won the first lawsuit there were more theatres added that had to be divided and they did the same thing. He had to take them back to court and it took years to settle.
I know that when George Kerasotes died it was said that he wasn’t good enough to get in heaven and to evil for hell and he was in limbo somewhere.
Isis Theater photo
The year given for this photo is 1982. It looks like the photo in the previous comment.
I have many fond childhood memories of this place. It had a balcony which was closed off. The last movie I remember seeing there was Creepshow, which was released in November 1982.