Cinema East

712 Watervliet Avenue,
Dayton, OH 45420

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Mark_L
Mark_L on May 29, 2022 at 6:27 am

That long run of BILLY JACK was at Cinema South.

Timothy L Mayer
Timothy L Mayer on May 28, 2022 at 9:01 am

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 2:34 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 7:03 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 10:16 am

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

TerryBear
TerryBear on May 11, 2009 at 5:55 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.