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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » Maryland » Baltimore » Rivoli Theatre

Rivoli Theatre

Baltimore, MD
418 East Baltimore Street
, Baltimore, MD, United States
(map)
Status: Closed/Demolished
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Spanish Renaissance
Function: Unknown
Seats: 683
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Unknown
Firm: Unknown
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Today, the 400 block of East Baltimore Street is known only as "the Block". The area has been unpopular with the local and state governments, but actually has quite a history for Baltimore movie theatres. One of Baltimore's more popular movie houses was at 418 East Baltimore Street, the Rivoli Theatre.

The theatre operated from 1910 until 1954, when the theatre portion was torn down for a parking garage. The facade survived for years and was incorporated into "the Bloc", but in the 1990's, half of the 400 block of Eat Baltimore Street, including the facade of the Rivoli Theatre was torn down to make way for a government building.

Nothing left of a bygone favorite movie theatre.
Contributed by Charles Van Bibber

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Nice photos & history here:
http://www.kilduffs.com/REA.html
posted by TC on Apr 20, 2005 at 11:22am
A Moller organ Opus 2995 Size 3/16 was installed in the Rivoli Theater in 1920 at a cost of $1300.00. This theater opened as the Wilson Theater and needs an aka name.
posted by Lost Memory on Oct 7, 2005 at 3:11pm
When this theater was known as the Wilson Theater, it had a Moller organ Opus 1982 installed in 1915.
posted by Lost Memory on Oct 7, 2005 at 3:36pm
Interesting, Lost Memory. Wasn't the Moller replaced by a Kimball (per Headley's book, Exit?
posted by Organized on Dec 5, 2005 at 9:09am
At the age of 15, William Sima became the musical director at the Wilson Theatre. He was quoted as saying "I always wanted to be a director . . . When I was a small boy, I'd forget to watch the show but would watch the orchestra dirctor instead."(Shipmate, 1942) Sima became the second leader (assistant) of the United States Naval Academy Band in 1918 and its leader in 1933.
posted by intune on Feb 23, 2007 at 8:34am
Sorry about not replying sooner Organized. Apparently I never received an email for this listing. Anyway, the answer is yes. A Kimball theater organ replaced the Moller in 1922.

posted by Lost Memory on Jan 13, 2008 at 8:43am
The year given for these photos is 1921.

Photo1

Photo2

posted by Lost Memory on Feb 12, 2009 at 7:17pm
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