Rex Theatre
Keota,
OK
74941
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The Rex Theatre was opened on January 23, 1942 with Tom Keene in “Dynamite Canyon”. It was still open in 1957.
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Could use an address or crossroads. More info and photos are always welcome.
Only a few historic buildings still stand on Main St. Perhaps an old-timer can inform as to where the Rex Theatre stood.
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I’ve found two earlier theater names in Keota. One of them might have been an aka for the Rex. A “Twenty Years Ago” feature in Boxoffice of November 20, 1948, says that “O. H. Smith has opened the Community Theatre at Keota. Recently the Rialto there, formerly operated by W. D. Tarkington, has been closed.”
This item from the April 7, 1928, issue of Motion Picture News notes the beginning of what turned out to be Mr. Tarkington’s brief career as an exhibitor in Keota::
In the early 1950s the Rex was operated by someone with the surname Johnson, but I’ve been unable to discover their first name.The Rex Theatre opened January 23, 1942 with Tom Keene in “Dynamite Canyon.”