I will be 79 next month ..does any one remember Rex Theater on Lafayette ….
it had no bath room ..we used the neighbors outside toilet behind the theater…
or ran home quickly after the show ,,they had serial movies every Sat and cost a dime…was a tiny place with one isle ..I loved that place when I was a kid .. Barbara Stith-Lawrence January 30, 2014 Comment from FB page
From Ron Keddy’s Facebook post of 11/20/2016. Took my “Movies Under The Stars” equipment up to the tiny town of Garrett, Indiana (above Fort Wayne) to do a free town-sponsored Christmas movie to kick off their holiday season. Over 200 in attendance at their beautiful old local theatre, The Silver Screen, that has been closed for about two years. Many, many happy faces of the families and especially the children, many of whom have never seen the inside of a real theatre.
August 5, 2014 article.
Should be reopening in weeks according to this article.
Maybe this status should be updated. Beautiful pictures taken last night.
Renovations Begin article
Facebook page
See the new facebook page for updated progress and some amazing pictures of the interior.
There may be hope
Nice video of the theater onyoutube
web link
facebook link
Drove by last weekend. Poster said shows Friday and Saturday nights.
Postcard of the Liberty added to pictures.
The American was renamed the State before it became the Early Wheels Museum. (from If you grew up in Terre Haute FB page)
Look at the map and the address. It is located on Tibbs.
http://barton.theatreorgans.com/cgi-bin/db2net.exe lists a Robert-Morton 2 manual of unknown size with W. T. Bryan as the location in 1925.
I will be 79 next month ..does any one remember Rex Theater on Lafayette …. it had no bath room ..we used the neighbors outside toilet behind the theater… or ran home quickly after the show ,,they had serial movies every Sat and cost a dime…was a tiny place with one isle ..I loved that place when I was a kid .. Barbara Stith-Lawrence January 30, 2014 Comment from FB page
Remember the Rex Theater? No Rest Rooms…..Then it was Saps Donut Shop……Building is still standing. Al Stith February 1, 2015 Comment from FB page
I loved going to the serials every sat. morning at the Rex. Ronald Miller, November 21, 2015 Comment from FB page.
The Rex theater building is there but no movies being shown. Tom Johnson March 14, 2015 Comment from FB page
If I recall, the paper removed the main floor and installed a two story press on the basement floor.
From Ron Keddy’s Facebook post of 11/20/2016. Took my “Movies Under The Stars” equipment up to the tiny town of Garrett, Indiana (above Fort Wayne) to do a free town-sponsored Christmas movie to kick off their holiday season. Over 200 in attendance at their beautiful old local theatre, The Silver Screen, that has been closed for about two years. Many, many happy faces of the families and especially the children, many of whom have never seen the inside of a real theatre.
Living in the same county as the Alex, I wonder why a business model that has been working for decades needs changed.
I think this is a photo of the Little Grand Theatre.
Historic Indianapolis just entered an article today.
The organ was a Wurlitzer, Opus 1256, Style 235, 1/25/1926 and was sold.