Rialto Theater
12 S. Main Street,
Pleasantville,
NJ
08232
12 S. Main Street,
Pleasantville,
NJ
08232
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Previously operated by: Warner Bros. Circuit Management Corp.
Architects: David Supowitz
Styles: Art Deco
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It was a nice neighborhood family oriented theater. This replaced an earlier Rialto Theater. The Rialto Theater was opened in 1940 and was operated by Warner Brothers. Seating was provided on a single level. The interior design was by Rambusch Inc. It was closed in 1971.
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Herbert Niewender
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Does anyone remember the name of the manager of the Rialto? I went throughout the ‘50’s as a kid, but can’t remember the guy’s name now.
I guess the Googlemobile skipped Pleasantville, at least for now.
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I worked as an usher at The Rialto during 1964 and 1965. Charles Coburn was the theatre manager. Bill Horowitz and his partner Tony (can’t recall his last name) were the projectionists. Sam Lippincott was the doorman. On summer evenings we’d oftentimes climb the stairs onto the theatre’s roof and stand leaning against the marquee’s edge, looking out across South Main Street. Stecher’s Jewelers was immediately across Main Street. The Carlton, then closed but still extant (painted pink), was one door down from the corner of West Washington Boulevard and South Main Street. Coburn had a key to The Carlton. One evening he took me on a tour inside. Flags still hung from the dusty balcony.
Tony the projectionist’s last name was Amoroso. I remembered immediately after posting my last message.
From the early 1900s a photo postcard image of the Rialto in Pleasantville.
The postcard doesn’t look anything like the previously posted photo of the Rialto. Relinked here. I think we may have found a different, earlier Rialto.
For years, it had ‘Escape from the Planet of the Apes’ left on the marquee…
closed or stopped placing its ads in 1971.
Reopened as Rialto on September 13th, 1924
Rialto theatre opening in Pleasantville 12 Sep 1924, Fri Atlantic City Daily Press (Atlantic City, New Jersey) Newspapers.com