Rialto Theatre
109 E. Broadway Street,
Cushing,
OK
74023
109 E. Broadway Street,
Cushing,
OK
74023
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Previously operated by: Griffith Amusement Company
Previous Names: Columbia Theatre, Paramount Theatre
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Cushing’s downtown was home to the silent Columbia Theatre. Walling & Murphee Circuit of Bristow (aka Walmur) bought the Columbia Theatre in the 1920’s and changed its name to the Rialto Theatre. The theatre passed to Hiram Dunkin.
The local paper reported that Dunkin switched the locations of his American Theatre with the Rialto Theatre. On November 17, 1929, the Rialto Theatre was wired for Western Electric sound and opened under new management as the Paramount Theatre. The opening film was “Illusions".
The Paramount Theatre burned down on April 20, 1931. Griffith Amusement replaced the facility with a new Paramount Theatre in the same spot designed by Griffith’s architect Gates Corrigan launching August 5, 1931.
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The Rialto theatre opened on October 14th, 1920 and renamed Columbia on October 18th, 1923. It became the Rialto again on March 22nd, 1929 and Paramount on November 17th, 1929. Grand opening ads posted.