Rialto Theater
314 S. Front Street,
Rock Springs,
WY
82901
314 S. Front Street,
Rock Springs,
WY
82901
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Address was 310 S. Front Street per the Rock Springs Historical Museum. It was owned and operated by Thomas Bertha, who later bought out the the Lyric and Oracle Theatres both located at 545 N. Front Street which both operated at the same time. He bought those two theatres to stop the competition. I will set up a page for those theatres, which later became the Rex Hotel and remains standing. The Lyric and Oracle are not to be confused with the other Lyric Theatre at 405 N. Front Street, which has it’s own page.
Appears from street view to have been demolished. The organ was moved to the Sweetwater County Historical Museum in 2005 per the below link.
http://www.wyomingtalesandtrails.com/rockspringsa.html
Multiple images added. One is a 1921 promotional ad image that reads it had “Capacity 1,266” at that time.
The Rialto can be seen at the far right of a black & white photo taken of a Union Pacific RR steam-powered westbound freight train chuffing through Rock Springs on October 28, 1956, published in the Spring 2013 issue of “Classic Trains” Magazine. The theater is too far distant to read what’s posted on the marquee, but it definitely is the same building as shown in old postcards posted above.
From the 1920s a postcard view of the Rialto Theater in Rock Springs.
Didn’t realize there was an Adam’s Rib prior to the Tracy – Hepburn film.
Here is an exterior photo circa 1923:
http://tinyurl.com/yzje6gc