Twain Theater

Elmer Cornwell and W.A. McCausland launched the Star Theatre on a 20-year lease in downtown Mansfield. The Star Theatre Circuit sold the venue to new operators who changed the name to the Rialto Theatre in the sound era. At end of lease, new operators took on the Rialto. They were Harry Swain & Harry Taylor who fused their last names together to create the Twain on August 8, 1936. The first film as the Twain was “Showboat” and the theatre showed off its new RCA Photophone sound system.