Rialto Theatre
29 3rd Avenue NW,
Pocahontas,
IA
50574
29 3rd Avenue NW,
Pocahontas,
IA
50574
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This theatre was located in an old one story brick storefront. It opened by October 1923 (the 1916 map shows a bakery here).
This theatre was closed in 1939 to be replaced by a new theater of the same name on Main Street (it has its own page on Cinema Treasures). The building reverted to commercial use. The building remains, a bit shabby, with a filled in storefront. The usage is unclear, and it may be vacant.
Note that on the 1916 map, the only map available online, the address is 427 William (St?).
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Seth Gaines
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The earliest mention of the Rialto I’ve been able to find in the trade journals is from the October 6, 1923 issue of Exhibitors Herald. This was the first of more than a dozen capsule movie reviews submitted to that volume of the magazine by Rialto managers Pace & Bouma. Jack Bouma was around long enough to open the new Rialto in 1939, but I have no idea what became of Pace. Perhaps the Bouma was just too much for him.