Rialto Theatre

324 N. Main Street,
Pocahontas, IA 50574

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Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on July 10, 2010 at 12:19 am

Still another comment from Jerry Reiter,“CASTLE KEEP” he said “just enough comedy and fighting to make it good"It played four days.

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on July 10, 2010 at 12:11 am

Manager Jerry Reiter in a March 1970 issue of BOxoffice said that the movie “THE WILD BUNCH” played the Rialto and said “FOR TOO MUCH BLOOD FOR MY PATRONS”,but he said he got many good comments. Played Wednesday- Saturday.Cold Iowa weather.

kdavis
kdavis on January 13, 2010 at 10:17 pm

The earlier Rialto Theater was down the street and around the corner. The building is still there at 29 3rd Ave NE. The Boumas operated the “Old” Rialto from the 1920s until they constructed the “new” Rialto discussed above.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on March 22, 2009 at 6:13 am

This appears to have been a replacement for an earlier Rialto Theatre. The February 1, 1939, issue of Boxoffice magazine said that Jack Bouma, operator of the Rialto Theatre in Pocahontas, planned to begin construction on a new theater there that spring. The plans for the new house were being drawn by the Des Moines architectural firm Wetherell & Harrison.

LFOP
LFOP on October 30, 2008 at 11:11 pm

Here’s a 2008 view of the RIALTO: http://www.boxsetgallery.com/stein/index4.html

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on January 23, 2008 at 2:53 am

I don’t know. I was thinking maybe the marquee was set up for a movie shoot.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on January 23, 2008 at 2:45 am

I think that was some kind of joke.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on January 23, 2008 at 1:44 am

Here is another view of the Rialto:
http://tinyurl.com/ypjmgw