Cozy Theatre
114 Broadway Avenue S,
Buhl,
ID
83316
114 Broadway Avenue S,
Buhl,
ID
83316
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The May 24, 1913 issue of San Francisco Dramatic Review had this item: “Construction work has been started on the new Rex Theatre in Buhl, Idaho, by W. J. Siegel and Charles Kalina. The Theatre will be 50x120 feet, with boxes and gallery.”
The August 2, 1913, issue of The Moving Picture World said that the editors had received from W. J. Sergei of the Rex Theatre, Buhl, Idaho, a copy of the first issue of the theater’s program, The Rex News.
Polk’s 1914 Idaho directory lists the Rex Theatre in Buhl followed by (Chas J. Kalina, Willard J. Sergei), so they must have been partners in the operation.
By 1916, Sergei was managing the Orpheum Theatre in Burley, Idaho, and an item about him in the May 6 issue of The Moving Picture World said that he had been “…with a house that went on the rocks through the desire of the owner to play vaudeville, too….” If that house was the Rex, its failure was temporary, as it was mentioned in the August 17, 1918, issue of MPW.
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Harris-Voller Theatres of Burley, Idaho, I.G. Harris, President-General Manager, had over 15 theaters in Idaho, Nevada, Oregon and Utah.
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