Rex
House, London
Architect
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Robert Cromie
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Date
Built
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1938
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Location
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Lower Regent
Street
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Description
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Rex House was designed by the famous cinema
architect Robert Cromie. In the basement
of this large office building Cromie located
the Paris Cinema. The timing wasn't good
for the Paris Cinema though because seven
months after its opening on April 20, 1939, it
closed again due to the "war-time
conditions." It did reopen in February
of the following year but it only operated on
an infrequent basis. It closed for good
in September 1940 when it was requisitioned by
the Government Office of Works. After
the war the BBC converted it into a radio
studio and over the years it was used to
produce such programs as the radio version of
" Dad's Army" and "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue"
After the BBC moved out in 1995, the former
cinema lay vacant until the mid 2000s when it
was converted into an "LA Fitness" gym.
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