Rialto Theatre
27 W. Church Street,
Orlando,
FL
32801
27 W. Church Street,
Orlando,
FL
32801
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Previously operated by: Paramount Pictures Inc.
Styles: Mission Revival
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Opened April 19, 1926 with Bebe Daniels in “Lovers in Quarantine”. The Rialto Theatre was a downtown Orlando grindhouse, always playing double features. It featured a very large marquee, but had a small lobby and comparatively small auditorium. It closed during the early-1960s and was demolished in the early-1970’s.
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Irv Lipscomb
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Too bad the theatre isn’t still there as I’ve heard that CSS is experiencing a resurgence.
When I was a kid in the 50s, there was another downtown theater named the Astor. I don’t see it listed in the roster of Orlando theaters. I used to watch shows like Rodan, or Revenge of the Amazon Women at the Astor or Rialto.
The Astor is listed on Cinema Treasures as the Grand, Matthew. The Astor name replaced the Grand late in its history. I posted a newspaper clipping showing the Astor on the Grand’s site.
The name at the former Rialto Theatre site looks like Jacko’s. What is there now and is there anything reminiscent of it being a theatre?
The Rialto Theatre building still stands. The building in the picture is it, but there is nothing left of the theatre furnishings. I have a picture of the Rialto in a local history book. I will try to post it to this site.
Thanks Irv!
What is Jacko’s?
Probably a sports bar.
The Rialto was my favorite downtown movie theater, then the Beacham and the Roxy. Don’t think I ever discovered the Astor. Loved the double features w/cartoons at the Rialto. My big Saturday at age 10, 1957,was to ride the Greyhound from Rose Hardware SOBT into town, 50cents round trip, buy a box of chocolate covered cherries for 25c, and buy a movie ticket at the Rialto for 25c to see Cisco Kid serials, a couple of cartoons, and back-to- back movies: It Came from Beneath the Sea, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Monster that Challenged the World, Forbidden Planet…
This opened on April 19th, 1926. Its grand opening ad can be found in the photo section.