Art Cinemas 1-2
1924 Wayne Avenue,
Dayton,
OH
45410
1924 Wayne Avenue,
Dayton,
OH
45410
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This opened as V theatre on May 8th, 1942 and reopened as the Art theatre with “Hamlet” on a hard-ticket policy on April 9th, 1949. Full-time adult movies from 1972 and 2nd screen opening on December 22nd, 1978.
The Art was the place to go to see Rocky Horror in the 80s, seemed very sketchy. Ran porn most of the time, remember “Blazing Zippers” as the flick before we went.
Updated and edited on June 26, 2011 I worked for a small chain of Art Theatres from 1963-1973. The company was Art Theatre Guild, Inc. Founded by Louis K.Sher in Bexley, Ohio in 1955. The company moved its HQ to Scottsdale, Arizona in 1963. I was promoted to manager in 1964 and sent to Tucson to operate the original Loft Theatre located at 6th & Fremont, which I also lived in. I also managed the Fine Art in Fresno, The Rockhill in Kansas City, Missouri. The Cinema in Hollywood, the Art Theatre in Dayton along with the Little Art in Yellow Springs, Ohio and The Bexley (then first twin theatre in America) in Bexley, Ohio along with the World Theatre in Columbus and the Opera House in Granville, Ohio. I was the manager of the Bexley and World theatres from 1969 – 1973.