Rialto Theatre
336 S. State Street,
Chicago,
IL
60604
336 S. State Street,
Chicago,
IL
60604
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It’s an interesting video, but I couldn’t enlarge it. Is there a trick to that?
A 1927 view of the Rialto can be seen by searching http://www.wttwdigitalarchives.com/searchres.php for 26001
I recall as a Teenager going to the Rialto one time with boyhood friends. We had fake ID’s. Went to see the dancers(Strippers). They also showed a nudist movie. I guess you could call that an Adult movie. This was back in 1966 or 67. Pretty tame stuff for todays generation.
Author & Radio Humorist (& creator of the film Christmas Story) once told a story when he was 16 & he hitched to Chicago from Hammond. The teens then tried to enter the Rialto Theatre when it was a burlesque house.
The broadcast can be found at the Shep Archives:
http://shep-archives.com/netjuke/
Do a search for the title – Chicago Rialto 1972
Was also known as the Loop End in the early 30s
This is a nice view courtesy of the NYPL.