Cinema East

712 Watervliet Avenue,
Dayton, OH 45420

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Mark_L
Mark_L on May 29, 2022 at 9:27 am

That long run of BILLY JACK was at Cinema South.

Timothy L Mayer
Timothy L Mayer on May 28, 2022 at 12:01 pm

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…

rivest266
rivest266 on April 28, 2022 at 5:34 am

The fire that closed the theatre

Cinema East Arson fireCinema East Arson fire 05 Jun 1973, Tue Dayton Daily News (Dayton, Ohio) Newspapers.com

rivest266
rivest266 on March 31, 2018 at 10:03 am

This reopened as Cinema East on August 20th, 1965. Grand opening ad in the photo section.

Gary Smith
Gary Smith on August 27, 2013 at 1:16 pm

The Belmont theatre had a nice balcony where we always sat.

TerryBear
TerryBear on May 11, 2009 at 8:55 am

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.