Rex Theater
523 N. Main Street,
Borger,
TX
79007
523 N. Main Street,
Borger,
TX
79007
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Previously operated by: Griffith Amusement Company
Functions: Beauty Salon
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The Rex Theater was opened prior to 1926. It was destroyed by fire on June 16, 1926. It was rebuilt and operated until August 14, 1932 it was destroyed by a dynamite blast. Rebuilt again it operated until June 6, 1945 when it was destroyed by another fire. The former Rex Theater in Borger, Texas is now a tanning salon.
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Down but not out, according to the LA Times in this story dated 8/14/32:
BLAST WRECKS THEATER
Borger (Tex) Aug.13 – A dynamite blast wrecked the interior of the Rex Theater here early today, causing damage estimated at more than $5,000.
They would have gotten a bang out of the movie, I guess.
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Nice vintage photo Don.Also Don if you see this post, a photo you posted on the TEXAN THEATRE with unknown people I believe that the man on the right was “TEX RITTER” singer and movie star,also John Ritters father.
I thought it looked like him Don, and the “TEX” and TEXAN THEATRE conection there.
From the 1920s in Borger a very busy street that captured a view of the Rex Theater sign.
Throughout the years, the Rex Theatre was destroyed three times, two of which were from fires and the other being an explosion. The Rex Theatre was destroyed by a fire on June 16, 1926 and again on June 6, 1945, and was once destroyed by an explosion on August 14, 1932 caused by dynamite. The Rex continued to operate into the 1950s.