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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United Kingdom » England » Hounslow, Middlesex » ABC Hounslow
Also known as Regal Cinema

ABC Hounslow

Hounslow, Middlesex, England
Staines Road
, Hounslow, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom TW3
(map)
Status: Closed/Demolished
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Art Deco
Function: Unknown
Seats: 1860
Chain: Unknown
Architect: William R. Glen
Firm: Unknown
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The Regal Cinema was another splendid building built by Associated British Cinemas(ABC) and designed by their 'in-house' architect William R. Glen.

It was located on Staines Road at the junction of Bath Road and the exterior had a large fin tower feature over the entrance with the main facade faced in cream terra-cotta tiles. Inside the auditorium there was seating provided for 1,260 in the stalls and 600 in the balcony. Decorative details on the side splay-walls of the auditorium had panels depicting deer and antelope. Provision was made to acommodate organ chambers, but an organ was never fitted into the cinema.

The Regal opened on 27th November 1937 with Otto Kruger in "Glamorous Nights" and Warner Oland in "Charlie Chan at the Olympics".

The cinema led an uneventful life, becoming the ABC in 1964. The ABC closed on 21st May 1977 when an audience of 150 watched the final films roll;Marjoe Gortner in "Food of the Gods" and Dale Robertson in "The Legend of Machine Gun Kelly"(a TV movie-Melvin Purvis G-Man).

The ABC was demolished and the site re-developed.
Contributed by Ken Roe

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The site was redeveloped into a supermarket with car park and offices over the top. The whole place is empty at the moment, and has been boarded-up for some months now.
posted by keith s on Oct 24, 2007 at 8:26am
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