Rio Theatre
316 St. Charles Avenue,
New Orleans,
LA
70130
316 St. Charles Avenue,
New Orleans,
LA
70130
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Here is another scan of the same photo, but it can be enlarged for great detail. The negative is dated October 29, 1941.
Here is a photo of the Joy Rio Theatre in the 1940s. Although demolished, this house has immortality of a sort. It was the setting for the short story “Mysteries of the Joy Rio Theatre” by Tennessee Williams, first published in 1941. In 1954, Williams published “Hard Candy”, a reworking of the original story, still set in the Rio Theatre.