Regent Theatre
1045 Broxton Avenue,
Los Angeles,
CA
90024
1045 Broxton Avenue,
Los Angeles,
CA
90024
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Robert, I was lucky to run afew of the Westwood houses, the National, Avco, Crest, Odeon (aka: Festival), Plaza and the Regent Theatre. And spent many hours with friends at the Village and Bruin Theatres.
Thanks for the information, William. Cineplex Odeon bought most of our union theatres in Richmond, Virginia, and we had a great contract with them. They even gave us a nice bonus when they sold the theatres. When Regal took over, we got a two-year contract, then they refused to negotiate another contract. We took them to court and won a big settlement, but we didn’t return to work. That was the end of Local 370. I’m sorry to hear that the Westwood theatres no longer have projectionists, as I always enjoyed going to them because of their high-quality presentations. The Regent is the only Westwood theatre where the presentation was below par on my visits.
You should add under the Previously Operated by Laemmle Theatres.
@Robert L. Bradley, No Landmark Theatres does not have regular projectionists in their theatres. They use floor staff or Asst. Managers to run their booths. The days of having a projectionist in booths is long gone, even in Los Angeles. There are only a few Union Projectionist jobs left in Los Angeles. At one time there was a union projectionist in every booth in Westwood. Then the Mann Theatres signed a new contract with Projectionist Local-150, to share operators. 1)Village and Bruin Theatres 2)National and Plaza Theatres 3)Regent and Westwood Quad The Cineplex Odeon Theatre (later the Mann’s Festival) had it’s own projectionist. But in last year as a Cineplex Theatre the job was share job with the Pacific’s Crest Theatre. And when Mann Theatres took over the Odeon and renamed it the Festival. That job got added to the National and Plaza Theatres job. The GCC Avco Cinemas always had a Union operator till AMC took over. When the Avco opened it was a two man booth.
Landmark Regent has taken over the Midnight Showings of THE ROOM on Dec 3. It was a mainstay at the Sunset 5. I’m curious to see what Landmark starts booking in there now that the AVCO is gone.
I saw “One Day” at the Regent at the 4:35 matinee, and it drew a pretty good crowd. I noticed that the past two times I have been to the Regent, the picture was a little out of focus? Don’t they have a projectionist, or do they share him with the Village and Bruin? I was a union projectionist in Virginia for 30 years, and I checked my focus constantly and fine-tuned it when necessary. Apparently, they just turn it on and walk away from it. If I report it, the employee looks in at the picture and says it looks okay to them.
oops,clearly,i meant theatre,not thatre.
In an October 1968 issue of Box Office Magazine,it was noted that French director Claude LeLouch’s classic,“A Man and A Woman”,had just begun it’s third year playing at this thatre. It originally opened at The Crest,a few blocks away.
Caught “Never Let Me Go” at the 9:45PM showing on 10/19. Just seven of us in the audience which is too bad as it is a well done intriguing movie.
They are also embarking on some first-run programming, opening Chris Morris' controversial comedy FOUR LIONS on Friday November 5th, and the Asian/Indian restaurant comedy TODAY’S SPECIAL two weeks later on the 19th.
Regent is getting The Town this weekend. Landmark is using the theatre as a move over house since they stopped booking Disney. I’m guessing they not renew the lease when it comes up for renewal.
Very good considering the movie has been out for six weekends and is a move-over for the Regent…
Happy to report that “Mao’s Last Dancer” drew 65 patrons to the 5:20 Saturday showing yesterday. That may not sound like a lot, but in today’s economy/Netflix/Redbox era pretty good.
The Regent has had a nice selection recently: The Kids are All Right, Toy Story 3, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, and The Last Song.
In light of what is happening with the National, the Rialto and other single-screeners, I was a bit disappointed that the Cinematreasures are holding their meeting to discuss theatre preservation etc. at the brand-spanking-new Landmark 12!!! Less than 2 miles away from Westwood Village, the densest grouping of open single screeners in the country. Are they serious? Are they serious about preservation?
I expressed my disappointment here:
http://cinematreasures.org/news/17409_0_1_0_C/
Feel free to express your feelings as well.
Good Earth Fans: They just opened a Good Earth next to the Regent Theatre.
This is a recent photo of a Regent Theater in Westwood.
BradE41, the zoning only has to do with the theatres in Westwood area. The Landmark 12 complex is in West Los Angeles/Rancho Park. So withever parking/zoning in that area will count there, not at the Regent Theatre. In your post of May 26th 2005, to confirm that Pacific Theatres did book the Regent and Plaza Theatre for Laemmele Theatres.
The Regent is still booked with Disney product thru August, at least. “The Landmark”… God, that name is so lame, will try to book 12 screens with arthouse films only. Whatever “arthouse” means nowadays.
The Regent is NOT currently in danger of being shut down.
I think Landmark will keep it running. But I wonder if the zoning will change that The Landmark 12 will count as a Westwood screen and will play day/date with Century City. They may start booking the Disney product in the Landmark 12; Mall theatres are more suited for that type of film.
Now that the National is closed (RIP), does anyone know what is going to happen to the Regent?
I worked at the Regent in ‘81/'82, and served Natalie Wood a small popcorn and a coke; I didn’t know who she was until my collegue working the door asked for her autograph. On another occasion Cathy Lee Crosby parked her Rolls out front and asked me to watch it during the film. When Mann took control of the Plaza, I worked there for a while. Those were some good crazy times.
If it is true, not many take advantage of it. Business is booming for the parking lots.
When I lived in that area many years ago, you could park for free at the Federal Building and then take either a 5-minute walk or a shuttle bus ride to the village. Not true anymore?
Landmark tried booking the Regent with Foriegn & Art-House Films, but it didn’t work in Westwood. The Art-House Crowd wasn’t willing to deal with parking in the Westwood Village and the College Kids didn’t come.
You can look forward to more Disney films thru July, at least.
Landmark is a specialty chain that shows mostly independent and foreign films, yet lately they seem to have running a lot of mainstream Disney/Touchstone fare at the Regent. The Westside Pavillion, which Landmark operates a couple of miles away, still books independent and foreign films on its four screens. It is too bad they can’t book some of these at the Regent. The Westside Pavillion is small with small screens (especially for scope pictures!). The Regent has been wonderfully remodeled with all the motifs of an art house (old foreign fim posters, flyers for festivals, etc.) yet is showing Disney’s latest underdog basketball movie… What Gives? I used to like going to this theatre!