Ritz Theatre
317 West Main Street,
Russellville,
AR
72801
317 West Main Street,
Russellville,
AR
72801
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The Ritz Theatre dates back to at least 1939. By 1943 it was operated by Paramount Pictures inc. through their subsidiary M.A. Lightman. It is still listed in 1955 with 599 seats. It was still open in 1971.
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I have an original playbill from the opening of Gone With The Wind in 1939 or 1940 at the Ritz.If anyone can give me any info on this I would be grateful. My mother grew up in Russellville. I can send photos. The ad is 4 pages and has 2 movie scenes on the front. Thanks, Gary Schulenburg.
t would appear that this theatre has been demolished.
The Ritz is still open in 1971. At the time, it was owned by Jack Lowery. Lowery would later construct a 460-seat twin-screener on Highway 64, two miles south of downtown, called the Lowery Picwood Twin Cinema, which I cannot find any information about it rather than a June 1971 article on his planning, but Lowery replied that the Ritz will remain open.