Rialto Theatre
405 E. Erie Street,
Missouri Valley,
IA
51555
405 E. Erie Street,
Missouri Valley,
IA
51555
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The correct current capacity is not 259, that’s what it was in 1913, when this was only on the ground floor. It was listed as 480 in 1956. I assume it expanded to two floors and was given the Mission remodel in 1924, when it became the Rialto. It’s possible it opened under some other name, and became the Palm in 1911. Hopefully someone will have more information.
In 1929, both the Majestic and Rialto were operated by the Hostettler Amusement Co., which also operated the Casino, Odeon, and Strand in Marshalltown.
Any pictures of a one story building are of the Majestic, which seems to have become/been replaced by the Valley. They should be removed from this listing.
The opening date is incorrect. This building is shown as a theater on the Sept. 1908 map. The original structure was built between 1886 and 1890, as a store. The 1913 map shows it as a ground floor theater, with a hall above. The capacity is listed as 259.
Rialto Movie Theater confirmed that they only have the above Facebook page. No website.
Official Facebook page for the Rialto Theater. I have inquired about any replacement website. Still open with features scheduled for February 1.
https://www.facebook.com/RialtoMovieTheater/
The Palm was renamed the Rialto on August 31, 1924.
No website. Current listings on Facebook page.
Palm Theatre was an earlier name for the Rialto itself. The Palm was listed at 405 E. Erie Street in The American Motion Picture Directory published in 1915. The Palm opened on February 6, 1911, according to the February 10 issue of The Des Moines Register.
dallasmovietheaters you have mentioned four theaters in Missouri Valley yet only the Rialto is on Cinema Treasures. Since you seem to know all about them how about putting them on CT. At that time it would be appropriate to put the photo of the Majestic which is on the Rialto site where it belongs.
Missouri Valley was home to the Palm and Majestic (see photo of the latter) in the silent era. In the sound era it was the Valley and the Rialto, the latter surviving into the 21st Century.
The Rialto Theatre was featured as the Iowa Backroads Photo of the Day in August 2010; the photo was taken April 17, 2010.
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