Regent Theatre

78 Michigan Avenue West,
Battle Creek, MI 49015

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Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on October 29, 2010 at 4:15 am

Various 1918 issues of the Michigan Film Review gave tentative opening dates for this theater of around July 1, around September 1, late September, sometime in October, and finally November 21. I’ve found no explanation of the repeated delays.

The Regent was built for investment partners Berry and Montgomery, and was leased to Harvey Lipp and Glenn Cross, who were to operate the new house in partnership with W.S. Butterfield. Glenn Cross was to be the manager of the Regent.

Lipp & Cross had been listed in the 1914 Battle Creek city directory as operators of the Rex and Queen theaters. In 1918 they were also operating the Garden Theatre and the Strand, according to items in Michigan Film Review.

This timeline of Battle Creek events says that the Regent Theatre closed in 1955, but it doesn’t mention when the building was demolished.

lostmemory
lostmemory on April 7, 2009 at 1:24 pm

Here is a larger version of the photo posted on Sep 15, 2007.

lostmemory
lostmemory on September 23, 2008 at 7:31 pm

The Estey organ was an opus 1688 size 2/15. Status: unknown.

lostmemory
lostmemory on September 15, 2007 at 1:37 pm

This is a vintage interior view.

teecee
teecee on September 9, 2005 at 8:57 am

An Estey organ, opus 1688, was installed in this theatre in 1918.

btkrefft
btkrefft on September 6, 2005 at 3:37 am

Here is a circa-1940 view of the exterior of the Regent.