Rex Theatre
616 E. Washington Drive,
High Point,
NC
27260
616 E. Washington Drive,
High Point,
NC
27260
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Previous Names: Eagle Theatre
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The Eagle Theatre is listed in the 1927 Film Daily Yearbook with 250 seats. By the early-1930’s, the name was changed to the Rex Theatre. The 1935 Film Daily Yearbook lists the Rex Theatre as closed with 250 seats. The Rex Theatre was patronized by African Americans.
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There were two Eagle Theatres. W.D. Simmons began the Eagle Theatorium in 1907. One of their first shows was a fundraiser to celebrate the loss of a fire horse with proceeds to buy another horse. Simmons added a 600 seat Airdome to hold summer shows at the rear of the theatorium. Those seasonal shows began May 19, 1909. While the Airdome was operating, Simmons improved the site lines of the hardtop venture and changed its name to the Eagle Theater. The first Eagle operated to 1915 and was converted to a pool hall.
The second Eagle Theatre was an African American venue whose silent era moniker was the Eagle. Its sound era handle was that of the Rex Theatre.