Capri Theatre

1104 S. Main Street,
Rockford, IL 61101

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rivest266
rivest266 on February 10, 2026 at 4:24 pm

Closed in 1957 and reopened on February 19th, 1965 as the Capri theatre and closed and found God on January 29th, 1966. Grand opening ads posted.

rivest266
rivest266 on November 26, 2011 at 8:52 am

This opened on October 6th, 1928. I posted its grand opening ad here.

Edward Jurich
Edward Jurich on October 14, 2007 at 5:57 pm

If this is the theater I am thinking of, it was in the “red light” district and it was torn down brick by brick. It was on a corner and the theater was dismantled from the front to the back. It was interesting to see the cross-section of how a theater was constructed as it was slowly taken down.

JimG
JimG on October 31, 2005 at 6:31 pm

The Rialto theatre was designed by Fred Klein the same person that did the Coronado . It oppened in February of 1928 and had a 3 manual 10 rank Barton pipe organ. In its later years it was operated as the Capri . Water damage took its toll . When the roof first started leaking if they had applied a $10.00 roof patch it would still be here today