Main Street, is the vibrant, historic “Ritz Theater” which nearly every Tooelian has visited at one point or another. After 83 years, the exit door at the Ritz Theater, was used for the last time on June 29.Īdorning Tooele’s Main Street at 111 N.The Ritz Theater signs were lit up in the evenings inviting the public to come watch the advertised movie that was playing.A sci-fi mural spans across the inside wall of the main theater.Ritz Theater family members sit in the main theater.Old movie ads ran in the Tooele Transcript Bulletin for most of the years that the Ritz Theater was open.The Ritz Theater had a room for crying kids.Tickets were given as you walk in to either theater 1 or 2.Tickets were given as you walk in to either theater 1 or 2. Alan and his sister, Linda Lawrence, stand behind the iconic snack bar at the Ritz Theater.A Platter System allowed multiple movie reels to be spliced together so there was no pause in the movie.Alan gathers film that had piled on the floor.Alan Bradshaw pictured with his dad, Ralph, and mom.Gillette (middle), was the builder and the original owner of the Ritz Theater.
The theater has been entertaining Tooele for 83 years. Alan Bradshaw and his sister Linda Lawrence stand in front of the Ritz Theater on Monday, July 11, a week after they played their last movie.
