Rio Theater
2240 Union Street,
San Francisco,
CA
94123
2240 Union Street,
San Francisco,
CA
94123
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Neighborhood film theater, played double bill westerns and revivals through the 1940s, held family night singalongs and grocery raffles; later (1950s) tried foreign films for a while. It closed in 1986.
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Keith Fowler
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Why was it named Rio?
From the SF Public Library website:
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The Rio opened as the Cory in 1913; among other names, it was called the Union prior to being named Rio on November 20, 1941. Later as the Toho Rio, it showed Japanese films, and after that became Metro II (after the nearby Metro Theater)in 1968; its last name was as the Mercury before closing in 1986.
The year given for this photo is 1946.
In the late 1950,s it was showing new foreign films, french and italien