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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 02:29:00

When a developer moved on the building in 2018, Kevin Smith played benefit shows and the neighborhood ran a thirty-hour telethon - that is how East Vancouver keeps a theatre. The Rio at 1660 East Broadway opened on April 7, 1938 with a James Cagney double bill at 25 cents a ticket, promoted as Vancouver's finest suburban theatre. The house ran films for seventy years - including spells as the Golden Princess and Golden Star serving Chinese-language audiences - until Corinne Lea took over in 200...