 "RUBENS RIALTO WONDER THEATRE" - one
of the ten most beautiful theaters in the nation.
The building reflects Greek, Roman and Byzantine
architecture. Above the main entrance on Chicago
Street rises the grand niche - 100' I".
"When
the doors of the new Rialto open tomorrow, Joliet
will have one of the finest theaters in the United
States, as experts say there is nothing to compare
with it in any city of similar size, and it stands
on even terms with the modern motion picture palaces
of Chicago and New York."
Joliet
Sunday Herald News
May 23,1926 |
| Photographs
courtesy: Rubens and Kaiser Families, Cultural Arts
Council of the Joliet Area, Riallo Square Theatre
Corporation, Conrad Schmitt Studios.
Cover Photo: © 1985/Don A. DuBroff Barbara Mandrell
Photo by Jon Cortez, Country Post
Consultants: Brad Baker, Gayle Crnkovic, Dale Evans
and Lynne Lichtenauer.
Designed by Larry Bowman, Parmuth Advertising, Inc.
|
A summer matinee at the Rialto
- where "every seat was a cool retreat" in air - conditioned
comfort. |
