Rivoli Theater
904 Chester Street,
Myrtle Beach,
SC
29577
904 Chester Street,
Myrtle Beach,
SC
29577
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Reopened under Stewart & Everett management on August 3rd, 1979 and reopened as a twin cinema on March 21st, 1980 and closed in 1985. Grand opening ads posted.
The Rivoli is currently being renovated by a Christian youth ministry called Ground Zero. They have been leasing the building from the city for $1 since June 2011, and as of April, 2013, have invested $1.3 million into the renovations.
From 1959 a movie calendar from the Rivoli Theater in Myrtle Beach.
The Rivoil Theatre opened in 1958 with a seating capacity of 1,078.
It was owned the operated by Wilby-Kincey Corporation until 1975 when it was acquired by ABC Southeastern Theatres and later on by Plitt Southern Theatres. Stewart and Everett Theatres last operated the Rivoil until its closing in 1980.
Was this an ABC THEATRE at one time? Because a friend and myself were in Myrtle Beach and since both of us worked for ABC SOUTHEASTERN Theatres we noticed I think 2 theatres. One we went to and saw “THE END” with Burt Reynolds about 1978. Oh, we got in free.
Google streetview of the Rivioli as it appears now:
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I was in Myrtle Beach just once, in 1975. One rainy day my family went to a theatre to see The Apple Dumpling Gang, which had, as I recall, dolphins in the waves or some marine scene on the inside auditorium walls. Would this have been the Rivoli or another theatre?
This was a great place to see a movie. In the 60’s & 70’s I visited the Rivoli during my families annual vacations and remember how big the place seemed. The theater is near the recently closed Pavilion – a local arcade/ dance hall that sits right on the ocean in the heart of Myrtle Beach.
Does anyone have a picture (past or present)? I wish to see the theater if I go to MB for a vacation.