Rex Theatre

240 A Street W,
Vale, OR 97918

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Rex Theatre, Vale, OR -- 2010

The original Rex Theatre was was destroyed by fire on on December 2, 1922 (it has its own page on Cinema Treasures).

A new Rex Theatre was built on the site, opening in 1928. It had closed as a movie theatre in 2006. Later used for special events it had closed by 2016.

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Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on January 31, 2011 at 4:49 pm

1981 picture is better than 2010.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on January 27, 2012 at 4:10 am

A small photo of the Rex Theatre was published in the August 28, 1915, issue of The Moving Picture World. The caption says that the operator of the Rex, J. B. Quesinberry, had been among the magazine’s subscribers for several years.

If Mr. Quesinberry had been operating the Rex throughout that time (the caption doesn’t say,) this theater might have been opened even before 1910, and could now be one of the oldest operating movies theaters in the country.

The 1926 FDYB report of the seating capacity must have been an error. The caption of the 1915 photo says that the Rex had 300 seats.

Trolleyguy
Trolleyguy on July 14, 2016 at 3:21 pm

Status should be closed. No information on the web or Facebook page. Phone goes unanswered.

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