Rex Theatre

320 Windom Street,
Orchard, NE 68764

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robboehm
robboehm on July 24, 2021 at 10:21 pm

Photo uploaded. Hope there are fire exits in the rear because there are none on the side of this long wooden building.

dallasmovietheaters
dallasmovietheaters on July 24, 2021 at 3:58 pm

The Rex Theatre launched November 3, 1915 by Lloyd M. Drayton and Austin C. King, Jr.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on November 5, 2014 at 12:11 pm

It was not unusual for small towns to be without theaters for several years during the depression, though sometimes they opened and closed again without getting into the yearbook, which listed theaters that were open at the time the book went to press each year. It’s also likely that quite a few that were listed as open in any given year of that decade were actually closed for much of that year. The same thing happened in other decades, of course, but not on so large a scale.

Chris1982
Chris1982 on November 5, 2014 at 2:10 am

The Rex must have closed and reopened, it is listed as closed from 1932 thru 1938.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on November 4, 2014 at 5:17 pm

This page of the Village of Orchard’s web site has a few lines about the Rex Theatre. It says that the last show was on November 14, 1970.