Rich Theatre
The Montpelier Examiner, July 18, 1913
E C Baxter took the management of the
Montpelier theatre last Monday, having purchased the McDonald & Weller Lease.
Mr. Weller and wife, who have been in charge since Mr. McDonald went to
Pocatello, left Tuesday for the Gate City, where they will remain for a week and
then go to Montana.
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The Montpelier Examiner, December 26,
1935
Stanley Rich and wife gave little youngsters a glorious time at the
movies Wednesday, adding a large sack of candy to each one's happiness as they
left the building.
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The Montpelier Examiner, March 19, 1936
OLD FOLKS WERE ENTERTAINED AT ANNUAL PARTY
Approximately 170 of the older residents of
Montpelier were royally entertained Wednesday, when the were guests of the Rich
Theatre in the afternoon followed by a banquet, program and dancing in the MHS
gymnasium.
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The Montpelier Examiner, September 3, 1936
The Rich Theatre will soon start remodeling work on the interior
of their building to make additional seating capacity and otherwise improve the
interior of the building.
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The News-Examiner, Thursday, March 3, 1955, page 9
RENOVATION COMPLETED AT RICH THEATRE
An extensive renovation and redecoration project has been completed on the interior of the Rich theatre. A varied color scheme was carried out with a turquoise ceiling, smoky gray sidewall beams, and sunshine yellow enclosing the two decorative panels on the east and west walls. The foyer was done in Italian raw sienna. In addition a new threaded gold curtain with valance to match were installed.
Manager J L Clark said that in keeping abreast
of projection improvements, a new optical sound unit has benn installed to match
stereophonic sound.
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The News-Examiner, Thursday, April 3,
1958, page 1
THIEF TAKES MONEY FROM RICH THEATRE
About $309 in currency was taken from a cash box at the Rich Theatre sometime Saturday morning containing part of the day's receipts from "The Ten Commandments" which closed an 11 day run Saturday evening.
Signs of the burglary were discovered by Wade Bills, who informed J L Clark, manager. Chief Melvin Mortensen, Sheriff O E Monson and Deputy George Ramey were called and an investigation made. Apparently the thief hid in the theatre following the night show and left by the rear exit door as the bolt was pulled from the inside. The front door was locked and undamaged. Entrance into the office on the second story was made by forcing the lock of the door. The double door of the steel cabinet in which the cast was placed had been sprung.
Following procedure, a routine check was made of the theatre Friday night before closing. However, there are places in which a person may have hidden and escaped detection, Mr. Clark said.
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The Montpelier Examiner, 29 June 1961
Rich Theatre, which has operated here the past
40 years, will close July 2, J L Clark, manager of the theatre since 1948, said
closure becomes necessary because of poor attendance and economic loss.