REX Cinema

[scallywags]

Just stumbled across this. Used to go with my sister in the fifties. If the picture had an age restriction we used to go along the queue and ask if someone would take us in. Often they'd pay for us too!

[soft ayperth]

I saw the original version of A Christmas Carol starring Alistair Sim at the Rex.

[dunsel]

I lived on the Woodthorpe as a kid and bought toffees for the picture at a little shop on Hunters Lane, then down to the Rex. War of the worlds scared the bejezes out of me . Dad pointing up and saying, thats one. Sat afters, Flash Gordon, Woody woodpecker, fantastic.

[cuttsie]

I saw the original version of A Christmas Carol starring Alistair Sim at the Rex.

 

I Saw The Robe starring Jean Simmons and Victor Mature it made me very religious for about a week.

A Visit to The Rex a few years later meant a bag of chips from the chip hole on Stanhope Rd then an underage pint in The Holly Bush on the way home magic.

[Alexbirks]

Dear Sir/Madame,

My name is Alex Birks, a final year Masters student, studying Graphic Design at Sheffield Hallam University. I am currently undertaking a large research based study, on the rise and fall of cinema, starting from the early 1900s to the present day. I have been focusing on the many changes to film making throughout time, such as black & white silent films, atmospheric theatre, the triumph in talking pictures, Technicolor, etc. I have also been paying close attention to cinema technology and the roles of the cinema staff, required to run a functioning theatre.

 

I have recently visited 'The Cinema Museum' in London, where I met Ronald Grant, a cinema enthusiast who has devoted his life to preserving the cinema experience, since it began in the late 1800s. After sharing stories and speaking to him over the course of the visit, I gained a strong interest in the projectionist and how they have adapted to the changes in both technology and the requirements of cinema-goers.

 

This e-mail is addressed to anybody who has been involved in cinema over the years, particularly before the introduction of the multi-plex cinema, as I would like to find out more. As part of my final product I would like to document an encounter I have had with someone involved in the cinema, as a biography/information piece.

 

If you, or anybody you know could qualify for this position please could you get in contact with me. This will be a tremendously exiting opportunity, and a great way to share your enthusiasm with many people, both educated and non-educated in the subject.

 

I live in Sheffield and would be prepared to travel to meet you.

 

Thank you for listening to my proposal.

 

Yours Faithfully,

 

Alexander Birks

 

 

Contact details:

 

e-mail – alexbirks88@yahoo.com

Mobile - 07706336517

[gnvqsos]

The Rex was the last truly suburban cinema in the entire UK and as such was often visited by amateur projectionists from London and all over .I had an aunt who worked at Buxtons chip shop.She used to have coaches go and pick up the blokes from London,and sort out lodgings etc.Many used to come back for the night out in 'cliffe -saunas etc.These projectionists used to bring their own amateur films and all.There a couple has relocated to Sheffield now and love it up here.