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Rundle Street [B 14211] • Photograph

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Summary

Rundle Street, south side, February 10th 1959, left side of the Rex Theatre is 28.5 yards west of Twin Street and frontage is 17 yards. For a view of this building in 1952 see B 12366. This building was demolished in 1961 to make way for the additions to Cox-Foys building. For a view of the building on this site after the alterations see B 14544. The Rex Theatre was the third theatre to operate on this site in Rundle Street. It closed in February 1959 with a final showing of "Curly Top" starring Shirley Temple. However the Cox brothers allowed the lease to be taken over by the Majestic Theatre until they were ready to extend their store. The final performance in this popular cinema was "Black Orpheus".

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Physical description

Photograph; 14.1 cm x 8.0 cm

Dates / Publication details

1959

Photographer

State Library of South Australia

Collection

Part of Acre 84 Collection

Subject

Rex Theatre (Adelaide, S.A.)
Theaters -- South Australia -- Adelaide

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Digitisation information

Date

22/03/2006

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,066 x 3,428 pixels (7.1 MP)

Size

21.28 MB

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