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Rialto Theatre (South Pasadena, California)

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as "an odd mashup of Spanish Baroque and Egyptian kitsch." The theater has an orchestra pit and its original design featured balcony seating along both sides of a deep stage. It also featured a theater organ to provide music for silent films, and weekend shows were sometimes preceded by vaudeville
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was the last film shown in the theater, and 200 people attended the final screening. The building was closed to the public in 2010, after part of the facade fell onto the sidewalk. There have been two fires in the building, and it survived an attempt in 1977 to turn it into a parking lot.
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It featured a theater organ to accompany silent films, and the movies were preceded by vaudeville acts on weekends.
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acts. The interior has several original murals and a drinking fountain made of
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The Rialto was built in 1925 by Lewis A. Smith, who was also architect for the
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on Sunset Boulevard. The Rialto's architectural style was described in
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Since 2017, the theater has served as one of six campuses for
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1019-1023 Fair Oaks Ave. South Pasadena, California
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Front view of theatre
Coordinates
34°06′50″N 118°09′03″W / 34.1140°N 118.1508°W / 34.1140; -118.1508
Izek Shomof
Capacity
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
78000700
South Pasadena, California
Fair Oaks Avenue
Southern California
National Register of Historic Places
Vista Theater
The Los Angeles Times
Batchelder tile
Landmark Theatres
The Simpsons Movie
Izek Shomof
downtown Los Angeles
Mosaic
Los Angeles
Michael Jackson's Thriller
La La Land
The Rocketeer
The Player
Scream 2
"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
"National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Rialto Theatre"
accompanying 15 photos

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