Regent Theater

413 Kearny Avenue,
Kearny, NJ 07032

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lostmemory
lostmemory on September 16, 2007 at 4:32 pm

A Wurlitzer theater organ opus 1117 style “H” was installed in the Regent Theater on 7/30/1925.

teecee
teecee on January 7, 2007 at 6:04 am

Listed in the 1944 Film Daily yearbook with 1781 seats, in the 1951 edition with 1495 and in the 1956 edition without a seat total, perhaps indicating closure after the aforementioned fire.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on January 3, 2007 at 5:48 am

There was a fire in the theater on 8/31/52:

N.J. Movie Roof Falls, 300 Escape

KEARNY, N. J. Aug. 30â€" A two-alarm fire collapsed the roof of the Regent theater tonight some 10 minutes after a crowd of more than 300 movie-goers had been calmly and quickly evacuated. Police said alertness of an unidentified usher in spotting the smoke and advising the projectionist to stop the movie prevented a possible panic. Fire Chief William Wanders said the flames may have been started by a short circuit in a fan at the rear of the stage.