Ritz Theatre

426 E. Main Street,
Stockton, CA 95202

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rivest266
rivest266 on June 29, 2022 at 1:50 pm

Reopened September 3rd, 1954 after new seats, screen and sound system is installed.

rivest266
rivest266 on June 24, 2022 at 8:55 am

Opened as Colonial on August 10th, 1913 and closed 1922. Reopened as Ritz on September 15th, 1937. Grand opening ads posted. Ritz theatre openingRitz theatre opening 14 Sep 1937, Tue Stockton Evening and Sunday Record (Stockton, California) Newspapers.com

itheliving
itheliving on April 2, 2017 at 4:35 am

The Ritz was a downtown mostly 2nd run film house although Road Show films like El Cid and Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines opened there. An art deco auditorium décor similar to The Stockton Theater helped.

GaryParks
GaryParks on August 27, 2009 at 4:56 am

The first time I was ever in downtown Stockton I drove by the Ritz. This was in late 1986. It looked the same as in the 1982 and ‘86 photos linked above, and was still showing gran estrenos de peliculas Mexicanas. Minutes later I stopped by the Fox California, just down the street, which was getting ready for a concert by '80s teen pop group The Jets. A man who seemed to be a caretaker of the place let me into the Fox for a brief look, and I have yet to go inside since the restoration. By the time I left Stockton, it was getting dark, and the Ritz was lit up. I seem to remember the dominant color of the neon being pink. In the late 1990s I was back in Stockton, and the marquee was off the Ritz building, but I recognized the facade. The building had been converted to some kind of retail use.