Rex Theatre - 2/12 Karn & Warren
Vancouver, B.C.
25 West Hastings St.
Organ installation timeframe: 1913 -
 
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Rex Theatre and W.P. Dewees, Manager, c.1917
 

 
The Rex Theatre opened on December 20, 1913.
 
According to the PSTOS Bill Bunch/Eugene Nye records, the Rex Theatre originally had a 2/12 Karn & Warren organ, install date unspecified.
 
The OHS Pipe Organ Database has an entry for a Karn-Morris organ at Vancouver's "Dewees Theatre" in 1913. Since the Rex opened in 1913 and W. P. Dewees was manager/owner, it's possible the OHS entry was actually for the Rex Theatre but this has not been verified. Current status is unknown.
 
Rex Theatre, c.1914. Image courtesy City of Vancouver Archives, public domain.
 
Rex Theatre, c.1914. Image courtesy City of Vancouver Archives, public domain.
 

News item related to the Rex Theatre in The Moving Picture World July 15, 1916
 

Rex Theatre entrance, c.1916
 

News item related to Rex Theatre organist George Metcalf in Canadian Moving Picture Digest January 15, 1922
 
c.1932. Image courtesy City of Vancouver Archives, public domain.
 
Canadian Pacific Railway train crossing at Hastings Street, c.1932. Image courtesy City of Vancouver Archives, public domain.