Rex Theater
120 S. Main Street,
Albia,
IA
52531
120 S. Main Street,
Albia,
IA
52531
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Some sources have the Rex opening in 1923, but it was clearly open by late 1922. Those sources say it closed in 1927, but it is listed in the Yearbook of Motion Pictures up until 1929.
This has to have been the Rex, which means the capacity was 500.
Based on information from a comment on the other large theater, this may actually have been the Rex, and the northern theater the Comet. There’s some conflict with dates, as the source article claims the Rex opened in 1923. The fact that the map was issued in 1922, when they were both open, and the next in 1933, when they had both closed, makes it hard to eliminate a name based on the dates.