Rex Theatre
410 State Street,
Curwensville,
PA
16833
410 State Street,
Curwensville,
PA
16833
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The Rex Theatre was built on the site of the Strand Theatre which had been destroyed by fire in 1933 (it has its own page on Cinema Treasures). The Rex Theatre was opened in 1935. It was a rather odd design, with a large and spacious auditorium behind a narrow entry which was offset to one side.
By 1942, it was operated by Mid-State Theaters Inc. It was still open in 1975, but it was demolished long ago, and the site is a huge parking lot.
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Seth Gaines
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The 550-seat Rex Theatre at Curwensville was offered for sale in a classified ad in the December 2, 1968 issue of Boxoffice. The ad said the house was in operation and in “excellent condition.” The asking price was not mentioned.
Here is earlier news about the Rex, from a history of the county published in 1949: “Mr. William Pratt had his Barber Shop on the land that Fred and Francis Thompson purchased for the building of the Strand Theatre in 1920. The Barber Shop was then moved off its foundation and re-located where Paul’s Shoe Shop now stands. The Strand Theatre was leased by John Cribble and during his management was destroyed by fire. It was purchased in 1935 by H. J. Thompson, remodeled and renamed THE REX THEATRE”
The 1926 FDY lists three houses at Curwensville: the Opera House, the Grand, and the Strand. No locations or seating capacities are given for any. All three were still listed in 1929, but in 1930 only the Strand remained. It was last listed in 1933, and Curwensville then vanishes from the FDY until 1935, when the Rex is listed, so it was likely 1933 when the Strand burned.
Still open in 1975.