Rex Theater
931 N. 8th Street,
Sheboygan,
WI
53081
931 N. 8th Street,
Sheboygan,
WI
53081
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The Rex Theatre became the Fox Theatre on November 2, 1929 by the Fox-Midwesco Theatres chain. The Fox Theatre then reverted back to its original Rex Theatre name in 1933. Closing in the late-1950s as a movie house, it became a special events theater for a time until the early-1960s.
2018 Sheboygan Throwback article with photos.
https://www.sheboyganpress.com/story/news/local/2018/04/05/throwback-thursday-sheboygan-rex-theater-building/487485002/?fbclid=IwAR2P6CSpqfeELRGaukTf6m6nYsEU9s5JRc-LRwjV-ObgHJ1SjtqAOInWRUw
This 2015 article from the Sheboygan Press has a nice photo of the Rex.
This house at 931 N. 8th Street was at lest the second Rex Theatre in Sheboygan. There are numerous period references to an earlier Rex Theatre at 810 N. 8th Street.
Reboot ad as the Fox Theatre Now on November 2, 1929 in photos. The move proved short-lived and not without incident. On the venue’s tenth anniversary on September 29, 1933, it went back to its original Rex Theatre moniker and that ad was posted by another user in photos.
Can anyone provide information about Sheboygan’s Unique Theater which stood at 608-612 N8th Street in 1905-1912 and, perhaps, before or after? It was the site of Groucho Marx’s third set of public performances as a member of the Eugene Leroy Trio in late-July and early-August of 1905.
September 29th, 1923 grand opening ad in the photo section. Another Rex theatre opened on January 24th, 1914 and renamed Gem in 1923.
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I believe this is the building today.https://www.google.com/maps/State Theatre.7551874,-87.7129563,3a,75y,126.97h,88.68t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sHPbJCc271YbDUKmi0E19Nw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1
The “New” Rex opened in 1923 and was architected by W.C.Weeks and operated by E.J. Hoefer.
My late Dad, Ralph A. Schallow was the manager of the Rex in the ‘50s until it closed. He then went to the Sheboygan Theater as manager, and later the Marc Cinemas until he retired.
From the early 1950s a postcard view of the Rex Theater along with the Sheboygan Theater which was about two blocks away.
Here is a 1950 ad from the Sheboygan Press:
http://tinyurl.com/288n9c
Some hungry kids were entertained at the Rex in December 1955:
CHRISTMAS VACATION IS A DOUBLE VACATION for Safety Patrol membersâ€"from patrol duties as well as studies. Like the postman who makes his rounds in all weather, the Safety Patrol cadets guard school crossings winter and summer, rain or shine. Wednesday they started their Christmas holidays with a gala Christmas party sponsored by the Sheboygan Association of Commerce with various organizations and firms joining in to make their party a thorough success.
The 625 cadets spent two hours watching movies at the Rex Theatre in the morning as guests of The Sheboygan Press, then left the theater to parade down N. 8th St., displaying safety signs en route. Taking time out for lunch served by Jaycees at Central High School, the boys and girls ate 114 dozen rolls, 145 pounds of hot dogs, 50 cases of soft drinks, 660 ice cream bars, 660 bags of potato chips, and enough mustard and catsup to last the average family several years.
As of May 1946, the theaters in Sheboygan were the Rex, State, Strand, Majestic, Sheboygan and Wisconsin. The last three were owned and operated by Warner Brothers.
The building that housed the Theater is on the South-east corner of North 8th and Ontario Ave. It now contains Retail shops on the First floor and appartments above.