Claim: The William Carlos Williams Center for the Performing Arts used to be a theatre called the Rivoli which showed silent movies and talkies until a fire destroyed part of the building in 1977.
Evidence: The building that the center occupies was originally built in the 1920s as a Vaudeville theater known as the Rivoli. The Rivoli soon started showing silent movies and eventually "talkies". The theater enjoyed success until a fire destroyed part of the building in 1977. The William Carlos Williams Center is a private, not for profit performing arts and cinema complex located in downtown Rutherford, New Jersey. Rivoli Theatre