Rialto Theatre
217 N. 4th Street,
Bismarck,
ND
58501
217 N. 4th Street,
Bismarck,
ND
58501
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Previous Names: Grand Theatre, Rex Theatre
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The Grand Theatre was opened October 6, 1913. On January 12, 1920 it was renamed Rex Theatre. On December 16, 1921 it was renamed Rialto Theatre. It was closed in 1931. Strangely, it does not get a mention in editions of Film Daily Yearbook.
The building was destroyed by fire on December 25, 1948.
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Did you see the “Hinckley” plate at the top of the building? I would imagine that this building pre-existed the theater. That early they were probably weren’t building too many houses just for film exhibition. Weren’t they mostly storefronts around then?
it was originally located on the east side of fourth between Broadway & Thayer. The building was built in 1915 including the theater which shared the building with a photo studio next door and the Elks Lodge upstairs. The theater was closed sometime before 1927 aand was later taken over by a furniture store. That whole side of the block was leveled for a federal complex in the 1970’s.
Status should be closed/demolished.
The Grand theatre opened on October 6th, 1913. It reopened as the Rialto theatre on December 16th, 1921. Grand opening ads in the photo section.