Regent Cinema
133 Queen's Road,
Brighton,
BN1 3WB
133 Queen's Road,
Brighton,
BN1 3WB
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My first job as a 4th projectionist started here at the Regent Brighton after I left the army where I trained as a projectionist. Working from there I was trained by Odeon Cinemas as a relief chief projectionist working single manning and worked as a employed and freelance relief projectionist the rest of my woking life. It was a bad day they closed down the Regent Cinema for Brighton. But it was a big building and need a lot of work done to it. The Odeon Film Centre in West Street was built as a replacement for the Regent, The odeon West Street and Odeon Kemp Town. The projectionist from all three cinemas were given jobs at the Odeon Film Centre.
There was a secondary entrance to this huge theatre in North Street, across the side road from the entrance to the Imperial / Essoldo Theatre. Photo here from 1974:–
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stagedoor/601347459/
Vintage photographs of the Regent Cinema, and more on the Wurlitzer organ and its console:
http://www.ukwurlitzer.co.cc/2046.html
This is an undated photo.
Here is a photo from around 1930.
Thanks Ken. I just wanted to make sure that I didn’t give the wrong address. :)
There were two entrances; the entrance on Queen’s Road serviced the main foyer and circle seating area. The North Street entrance serviced the stalls seating area and the lower areas, as this entrance was at a much lower point due to the lay of the land.
Here are some photos and history of the Regent Cinema. Two addresses are given, 133 Queen’s Road & 133 North Street. Did this theater have more than one entrance, or was the name of the street changed?
Address: 133 Queens Rd
…But ‘darg shows’ sounds much less camp!
Sorry! That should be ‘drag’!
Who can forget the infamous ‘Galleon Bar’ sited below the cinema and home to weekly darg shows which packed the place!
I have some photographs of the demolition. If you would like a scan, get in touch.
A March 1971 photograph of the main entrance to the Regent, Brighton here:
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