Capri Theatre

1104 S. Main Street,
Rockford, IL 61101

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rivest266
rivest266 on November 26, 2011 at 10:52 am

This opened on October 6th, 1928. I posted its grand opening ad here.

Edward Jurich
Edward Jurich on October 14, 2007 at 7:57 pm

If this is the theater I am thinking of, it was in the “red light” district and it was torn down brick by brick. It was on a corner and the theater was dismantled from the front to the back. It was interesting to see the cross-section of how a theater was constructed as it was slowly taken down.

JimG
JimG on October 31, 2005 at 8:31 pm

The Rialto theatre was designed by Fred Klein the same person that did the Coronado . It oppened in February of 1928 and had a 3 manual 10 rank Barton pipe organ. In its later years it was operated as the Capri . Water damage took its toll . When the roof first started leaking if they had applied a $10.00 roof patch it would still be here today