Rio Theater
1413 Park Street,
Alameda,
CA
94501
1413 Park Street,
Alameda,
CA
94501
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In a sense, the Rio Theater can be called a once-and-future store, as it had been converted from a store when it opened on August 12, 1943 with Bud Abbott & Lou Costello in “It Ain’t Hay” & William Gargan in “Destination Unknown”. Closing April 1, 1954, it has since become a store once more.
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Garrett Murphy
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This theatre’s original art deco painted ceiling still exists underneath the current false drop-ceiling.
A card and stationary store operates there today.
The Rio opened August 12, 1943 and closed April 1, 1954.
The entrance to the Rio was on the right half of the terra cotta clad facade in the Google photo. Note that in the three bays on the Right there are no transom windows. This is where the marquee was. If one goes around the corner and walks up the alley next to the Alameda Theatre, the small brick auditorium structure of the former Rio is obvious.
August 12th, 1943 grand opening ad in the photo section.