Rio Theater

309 NW 4th Street,
Big Spring, TX 79720

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The Rio Theatre was a Quonset Hut style theatre, which opened in around 1947.

Contributed by Lost Memory

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lostmemory
lostmemory on October 21, 2006 at 10:04 am

I’m not sure if this building is still standing. This is a 2005 photo of the former Rio theater.

lostmemory
lostmemory on December 5, 2008 at 6:34 pm

In 1950 the Rio Theater had 650 seats.

lostmemory
lostmemory on April 28, 2009 at 8:29 pm

1982 Photo

Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on December 10, 2009 at 12:47 am

Another theatre site claims this theatre to be the State Theatare and has several photos (7). Can anyone clarify that this is the Rio Theatre.

geebageeba
geebageeba on January 31, 2011 at 1:51 am

the 1982 photo does not seem to be the Rio Theatre that was in the opening credits sequence of the movie “Midnight Cowboy”. Jon Voight walks right past it within the first 2 minutes of the film. It has a different marquee sign. Note that it appears to be the jumbled title of the movie “The Alamo” with John Wayne. check it out.

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