Rialto Theater
735 E. Lake Street,
Minneapolis,
MN
55407
735 E. Lake Street,
Minneapolis,
MN
55407
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The Rialto Theater was a Liebenberg & Kaplan design. It shows their style and is similar to other neighborhood movie houses designed by the firm.
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Sean Ryan
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1953 view of the theater:
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I remember driving by the Rialto theater as a kid in the late 1970s—it was owned by Ferris Alexander, Minneapolis porn-king, and showed x-rated movies. I think it was torn down in the 1980 atfter Ferris Alexander was tried & convicted for tax crimes.
This one works-
Opening Day 1937
This is a 1956 photo of the Rialto:
http://tinyurl.com/gm89k
Four historic photos of the Rialto:
http://tinyurl.com/yff2t6 (ca. 1917)
http://tinyurl.com/yhzcnt (ca. 1920, after a fire)
http://tinyurl.com/yfbeha (ca. 1920, same fire)
http://tinyurl.com/ygtgzk (ca. 1953) The photo Sean tried to post a few years ago.
Yes, the 1937 Rialto was indeed designed by Jack Liebenberg.
1982 photo of the Rialto Theatre. I would say by the titles on the screen in this photo that it was playing adult fare.
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Another 1982 photo of the Rialto Theatre.
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Another older photo of the Rialto Theatre.
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