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The Rex Cinema (Berkhamsted)

Description: Address: Three Close Ln / Berkhamsted / Hertfordshire HP4 2FG / England

Newest Review: ... On the black walls are many scalloped art deco shell lights, the ceiling has an intricate plaster and is also golden, there are waves of light on the black walls. The level of ornate detail on all of this will just astound you! I always try to get the £10 downstairs table seats - for an extra £2 you are whisked back in time to a 1930s Fred Astaire film set. Huge plush red swivel chairs are ... more

... set around small cocktail tables with little tea light lamps on them. You sit in the most fantastic surroundings, with a glass of wine in your hand and the table lamps twinkling away all through the film. A full length licensed bar runs along the back of ...more

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The Rex Cinema (Berkhamsted): Luxurious 1930s heaven! (959 words)
by - written on 26/06/09 (Very useful, 159 readings)
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In 2006 The Telegraph asked "Is this Britains's most beautiful cinema?", and my answer is most definately yes! The Rex Cinema in Berkhamsted is a 1930s art deco cinema that by some incredible good fortune was left with its 1930s features intact, to be restored by James Hannaway to create the most incredible cinema I have ever visited. Present Day Rex ~~~~~~~~~~ Devotees of the Rex will travel across London and join a two hour queue to get tickets - and I can tell you that it is well worth it! Sadly the original entrance to the Rex was divided off by the council and sold as a restuarant (the Gatsby). The new entrance is round the ... Read the complete review

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