Rialto Theatre

405 E. Erie Street,
Missouri Valley, IA 51555

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Additional Info

Functions: Movies (First Run)

Styles: Mission Revival

Previous Names: Palm Theatre

Phone Numbers: Box Office: 712.642.3826

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Rialto Theater

Built as a store around 1888, the Palm Theatre was opened by September 1908 with 259-seats. It was renamed Rialto Theatre following a remodel in a Mission Revival style on August 31, 1924 with 480-seats

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dallasmovietheaters
dallasmovietheaters on January 24, 2016 at 1:19 am

Missouri Valley was home to the Palm and Majestic (see photo of the latter) in the silent era. In the sound era it was the Valley and the Rialto, the latter surviving into the 21st Century.

robboehm
robboehm on February 18, 2016 at 7:10 pm

dallasmovietheaters you have mentioned four theaters in Missouri Valley yet only the Rialto is on Cinema Treasures. Since you seem to know all about them how about putting them on CT. At that time it would be appropriate to put the photo of the Majestic which is on the Rialto site where it belongs.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on February 19, 2016 at 11:28 am

Palm Theatre was an earlier name for the Rialto itself. The Palm was listed at 405 E. Erie Street in The American Motion Picture Directory published in 1915. The Palm opened on February 6, 1911, according to the February 10 issue of The Des Moines Register.

Trolleyguy
Trolleyguy on April 13, 2016 at 4:27 pm

No website. Current listings on Facebook page.

50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on January 30, 2024 at 8:31 am

The Palm was renamed the Rialto on August 31, 1924.

DavidZornig
DavidZornig on January 30, 2024 at 8:40 am

Official Facebook page for the Rialto Theater. I have inquired about any replacement website. Still open with features scheduled for February 1.

https://www.facebook.com/RialtoMovieTheater/

DavidZornig
DavidZornig on February 2, 2024 at 8:44 am

Rialto Movie Theater confirmed that they only have the above Facebook page. No website.

SethG
SethG on April 10, 2025 at 9:15 pm

Any pictures of a one story building are of the Majestic, which seems to have become/been replaced by the Valley. They should be removed from this listing.

The opening date is incorrect. This building is shown as a theater on the Sept. 1908 map. The original structure was built between 1886 and 1890, as a store. The 1913 map shows it as a ground floor theater, with a hall above. The capacity is listed as 259.

SethG
SethG on April 11, 2025 at 5:06 am

In 1929, both the Majestic and Rialto were operated by the Hostettler Amusement Co., which also operated the Casino, Odeon, and Strand in Marshalltown.

SethG
SethG on April 11, 2025 at 7:07 am

The correct current capacity is not 259, that’s what it was in 1913, when this was only on the ground floor. It was listed as 480 in 1956. I assume it expanded to two floors and was given the Mission remodel in 1924, when it became the Rialto. It’s possible it opened under some other name, and became the Palm in 1911. Hopefully someone will have more information.

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