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A colorfully painted canvas curtain (Photo 10) from the Rex Theatre that was enjoyed by <br />Rex Theatre and Senor T's customers until Senor T's closed in 2008 dates from the early <br />ownership of the theatre by Santino Biella. The canvas is strongly believed to have been <br />created in the period of the late 1920s, during the silent movie era, and it displays <br />advertising for twenty-two different downtown Louisville businesses that operated at <br />the time. (The Zarini candy store next door was one of the businesses advertised on the <br />curtain.) <br />,9,fllil <br />IDRUGeisoRBEt.wr. <br />IR! sci! r u <br />AND <br />H/RPWARE <br />!MOLE ►V1ENEs <br />STOVES ' PAINTS <br />FURNACES I OILS <br />del Stein bau$h <br />W:McALLISTER <br />Lumber aSpply Co <br />BUILDING MATERIAL <br />•-HARDWARE <br />AND PAINT DEALERS <br />/hie ss <br />J.WMalcolm <br />fiNSliRAt'ICEN <br />LIFE HEALTH <br />ACCIDENT AUTO. FIRE <br />LANES <br />CHAS <br />ZARIIVI <br />Oonleclione9 <br />ICE <br />CREAM <br />PARLOR <br />;CLOTHING. <br />N SN NGSS <br />FUR <br />TcgrghOilMEAT''r, <br />& GROCERIES <br />://ffh Fwt <br />Louisville Elevator <br />Me?t <br />ChqMARKET <br />wx5frxiED�ga <br />GROCE R I.ES_ <br />MeaEs & Vegetabes <br />..';a,.. <br />doe Biella <br />GENERALi- <br />ME CI.ANDISE <br />Note NOTYi <br />g <br />r IE FIRS1 <br />srxTE BAF "r. <br />OF LOUISVILLE <br />GROG ERI E S. <br />`,9ORT�-oMEATS <br />ITALInn <br />PRODUCTS <br />NOTIONS <br />SHOES <br />SrMHil5 <br />INFANTS <br />APPAREL <br />Tang D'Oriwo <br />jrrs 'SHOE <br />e . irine <br />tirH�E,S, GR/Lt <br />£ H LUMBER CO. <br />L LATH R I S p� TA4NH ES <br />F:•.;.>� IM FLE'rAENTS �yrizvTNl <br />Tq 9uILo <br />Photo 10, Rex Theatre movie curtain, Louisville Historical Museum <br />As the 1994 Louisville Historian article notes, "[The Rex] also hosted other forms of <br />entertainment such as plays presented by a group of local amateur actors, talent shows, <br />[and] baby contests ..." One of these plays from circa 1927-1930 is pictured in Photo 11. <br />The painted canvas curtain can be seen at the top of the photo, and player piano rolls <br />can be seen on the stage. It is likely that the piano sat just out of the picture below the <br />stage. <br />