Rivoli Theatre
130 Main Street,
Paterson,
NJ
07505
130 Main Street,
Paterson,
NJ
07505
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Previously operated by: Fabian Theaters, Stanley-Warner Theatres, Warner Bros. Circuit Management Corp.
Architects: Henry Barrett Crosby
Previous Names: Kitay's Rivoli Theatre
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The Rivoli Theatre opened November 11, 1925 with 1,802 seats. By 1941 it was operated by Warner Bros. Circuit Management Corp. It was closed by 1956, and the empty building was destroyed by fire in the 1970’s.
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Listed in the 1951 FDY.
May have been built prior to 1923 (unless it was built specificall for lease):
“Then in 1923, Mr. Fabian leased H. B. Kitay’s Rivoli”
excerpt from http://www.lambertcastle.org/motionpictures.html
Arcadia Publishing, “Paterson”, p. 94 has a nice photo of the theater. Marquee shows “Innocents of Paris” (1929)
A Griffith-Beach organ was installed in this theater in 1925.
Listed as part of Warner Bros. in the 1944 FDY. Listed as CLOSED and part of Stanley Warner Corp. in the 1956 Film Daily Yearbook.
Here is the Arcadia photo mentioned by TC:
http://tinyurl.com/2n6jq7
This theatre remained vacant until the 70’s when it burned down. Now on the site are several retail stores.
This may have been the picture originally posted by Lost Memory in 2005, but that link no longer works.