The Rex Cinema Mansfield Road

[Paul Cocker 10]

Saw Bambi, Rescuers, Jaws and I think Star Wars 1 (IV), used to love The Rex as a kid.

[SILLY 10]

I can remember seeing The Robe and a Woody Woodpecker film not sure which was the first though.

[bracken 10]

I saw Raiders of the Lost Ark and Dirty Harry and James Bond there. When did it close?

 

..i think it was demolished in 1982

[oap1942 10]

I saw Rock around the Clock there.

[uzi4u 10]

i think the first film i saw at the rex was grease

[alby 10]

My first film at the Rex was Curse of the Werewolf with Oliver Reed in 1961.

[Guest]

The Rex Cinema opened 24th July 1939, first film shown was Men with wings.

It closed December 1982, the last films shown were Gregory's Girl and Chariots of Fire.

[actionman 12]

spiderman.......

[quisquose 10]

We used to see a lot of "double bills" there. They used to pair up a lot of films that had just come off general release, sort of like DVD now. Great VFM.

 

Off the top of my head we went to see How To Steal A Diamond with Robert Redford shortly after release in 1972, and The Rex paired it with Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid from 1969 as a "trailer". Excellent. I also remember seeing Return to the Planet Of The Apes in 1975 shortly after release, paired up with the 1968 original as a taster.

[CW Decorator 10]

think i went to see "condorman" michael crawford as a 007 spoof

[cookingfat50 10]

i remeber the rex very well i used to live just above it it was was a right grotty flea pitbut never the les not to bad it was owed by two sisters who lived across the road fom it and from what i could gather they did all the tcleaning and sold tickets i first saw star wars there i remember the sound being terific

[Insidestory 10]

We used to walk over from Hopefield Avenue to watch double bills of the Children Film Foundation films on Sat mornings - either with my brother or a mate. We'd watch cheaply made British rubbish about adventures at sea, or robots, un-exploded bombs left over from the war and there was one that I'm sure had the Double Deckers in it (did they do a film ?). we'd eat sweets and drink Ki-Ora and we loved it.