Rialto Theatre

Joe Vogel on December 9, 2020 at 6:10 pm

Here is an item from the July 5, 1930 issue of Exhibitors Herald World:

“Plain City Houses Merge

“(Special to the Herald-World) "PLAIN CITY, O., July 1.— The Princess and the Rialto theatres have merged. The merger was brought about by H. C. Robey, who when manager of the Princess organized the Plain City Theatre Co. and bought the Rialto. The Princess will be closed and the Rialto will be remodeled. Sound installation will be rushed.”

The Rialto was most likely the proposed theater mentioned in an item from the July 14, 1927 issue of The Film Daily which said “Plain City Theater Co. will build a $50,000 theater and office building.” Names of earlier Plain City theaters mentioned in trade journals included the Exhibit, the Star, and the Wall, as well as the Princess.