Robert Kerridge, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Businessman, cinema proprietor, film distributor, tourism promoter, entrepreneur
Date of Birth: 30-Oct-1901
Date of Death: 26-Apr-1979
Profession: businessperson
Nationality: New Zealand
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Robert Kerridge
- Sir Robert James Kerridge (30 October 1901 – 26 April 1979) was a New Zealand businessman, cinema proprietor, film distributor, tourism promoter and entrepreneur.
- He was born in Christchurch, North Canterbury, New Zealand on 30 October 1901.
- He developed a theatre chain that owned or controlled 133 cinemas, the biggest exhibition chain in New Zealand or Australia.
- In 1946 Kerridge sold 50 per cent of his cinema chain to the J.
- Arthur Rank Organisation of London, netting the vendors almost £1 million, and a Rolls Royce car for Kerridge.
- The chain was renamed Kerridge Odeon.
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