Royal Theatre
110 W. Main Street,
Rigby,
ID
83442
110 W. Main Street,
Rigby,
ID
83442
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The newspaper article robboehm uploaded to the photo page says that the Royal Theatre opened on September 29, 1919.
We have four theaters listed for Rigby: The Royal, the Orpheum, the Gem/Main, and the Iris. The 1914-1915 American Motion Picture Directory lists the Orpheum and a house called the Lulu, located on Main Street. Unless Lulu was an aka for the Iris, it must have been the fifth theater mentioned in the newspaper article. The three operating at the same time must have been the Royal, Orpheum and Iris in the late 1910s.
Uploaded an abstract about the demolition of the Royal which I found on EastIdahoNews.com. Demolition was on December 13, 1979.
According to what you can read there had been five theatres in Rigby over the years with three open at one point. The Royal was the last to go.
More info and photos are always welcome.