Rex Theatre
6848 S. Racine Avenue,
Chicago,
IL
60636
6848 S. Racine Avenue,
Chicago,
IL
60636
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The Rex opened in the 1910s in the Englewood neighborhood on Racine Avenue between 68th and 69th Streets. The Rex continued to operate as a movie theater at least into the early 50s before closing.
Another, slightly larger, Rex Theatre was located on the Near West Side, on Madison Street near Oakley Boulevard, which does not seem to have lasted as long as this Rex did.
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Bryan Krefft
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I have to disagree with the synopsis. I grew up a few blocks from the REX in the 1960s, and back then it was closed too. Better guess of the closing might be the 1950s.
A 2000-dated exterior view of the former Rex can be seen here.
A Kimball theater organ was installed in the Rex Theater in 1923.
Here is an undated photo:
http://tinyurl.com/3b2khx