LouRugani on March 5, at am. Together the trio supplied the musical accompaniment to the shows of the ring season. Benny played the violin. He was just 18 years of age. DavidZornig on December 30, at am. LouRugani on November 13, at pm. Racine Journal Times, July 9, — Experienced Showman Cornel to Racine to Operate Rex Theater … The Rex theater, which will open within the next 10 days with vaudeville presentations and talking pictures will be guided by an experienced hand.
Building his first theater in a small Ohio town in , he later established a circuit of theaters in Wisconsin. Subsequently he organized a chain of theatres in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, and then went to New York city, where he opened and operated the New York Hippodrome theater.
On his chain of theaters the Riverside theater in Milwaukee is still running under his original policy. Cooper places a great deal of faith in Racine.
On August 16, , it became the Racine Theatre with legit live plays. It became the Rex Theatre on May 14, launching with live vaudeville prior to moving to films full-time. In , the theatre went dark on the delinquent tax list. It appears to reopen late in the s with listings for the Rex are discontinued in with the property still on the tax list.
LouRugani on February 13, at pm. Some of the most famous names of the American theater in the late years of the 19th century gathered after their performances at a small tavern at Main St. The year-old house still stands, in use now as a bowling alley.
