Rex Theater
115 West Broadway,
Hobbs,
NM
88240
115 West Broadway,
Hobbs,
NM
88240
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Previously operated by: Griffith Amusement Company
Previous Names: Fawn Theater, Strand Theater
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The Fawn Theater opened September 6, 1930 with Harry Richmond in “Putting on the Ritz”. Around a year later, it was renamed Strand Theater. In 1932, it became the Rex Theater, operating as Hobbs' only theater until the Rig Theater opened in 1935. The Rex Theater was destroyed in a fire on May 6, 1936.
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According to the 1935 Hobbs city directory, the Rex was located at 115 West Broadway.
In 1934 the Rex Theatre was taken over by the Griffith Amusement Company, according to the September 1 issue of Motion Picture Herald.
Hobbs Daily News-Sun, Sept. 30, 1951: “The first announcement (of the soon-to-open theater) said it would be called the “Strand.” A second announcement a few days later saw the name changed to the “Fawn.” It opened in a sheet-iron building leased from John Sharbauer on Sept. 6, 1930. The first picture starred Harry Richmond and Jean Bennett in “Putting on the Ritz.” It was a silent picture … Sound equipment was installed in the Fawn on Sept. 19. Sometime later - probably in 1931 - the theater’s name was changed again to the Strand. … in 1932, Griffith (Theaters) leased the Fawn theater which had been closed for about a year … Griffith renamed it the Rex and it remained Hobbs' only theater until the Rig … was opened late in 1935 … The Rex theater was destroyed in an early morning blaze on May 6, 1936. The fire, described by newspapers as a “$50,000 loss,” also destroyed three other buildings and damaged several others, including the postoffice, in the same block."