Rio Theatre
316 St. Charles Avenue,
New Orleans,
LA
70130
316 St. Charles Avenue,
New Orleans,
LA
70130
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The Rio Theatre was open in 1940 and could accomodate 450 patrons. It was operated by Joy Theatres and closed in the mid-1950’s. It has since been demolished.
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Here is a photo of the Joy Rio Theatre in the 1940s. Although demolished, this house has immortality of a sort. It was the setting for the short story “Mysteries of the Joy Rio Theatre” by Tennessee Williams, first published in 1941. In 1954, Williams published “Hard Candy”, a reworking of the original story, still set in the Rio Theatre.
Here is another scan of the same photo, but it can be enlarged for great detail. The negative is dated October 29, 1941.