Rialto Theatre
334 East Main Street,
Bushnell,
IL
61422
334 East Main Street,
Bushnell,
IL
61422
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The Rialto Theatre was opened July 15, 1925. It was closed in 1964.
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Bryan Krefft
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I’m wondering if this theatre really has been demolished. I passed by a Rialto Theatre, while I was on Amtrak, somewhere close to Macomb, IL (I was on my way to Quincy, IL). I passed by a Rialto that looked closed and in very decrepit shape. It was clearly visible from the passing train. Or maybe I’m confusing this with another Rialto?
Here is a 1982 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/cpcts3
Here is a 1930 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/cdpxvs
Theater is not demolished. Looks much the same as the 1982 photo above, except all the glass block is gone.
Seth, can you get us a full address to we can have a Google Street view.
Google has no coverage of Bushnell, but the theater is on E Main, one building N/E of Barnes.
And the actual address is??????
No clue. Building next door to the east is 336. I assume the theater would then be a lower number.
The papers say that Rialto Theatre in Bushnell was built in February into the early summer in 1925 and opened July 15, 1925. C.M. Albright of Bushnell’s Cozy Theatre helmed both for S.E. Pirtle’s Circuit with the Cozy bowing out first. In 1947, the Rialto is supposed to be replaced with a new-build theater which is never constructed. But in 1955, Bushnell’s Rialto goes widescreen to accommodate CinemaScope films.