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Regent Theatre 101-107 Rundle Mall, Adelaide, SA - 1928

One of the most glamorous and beautiful of Australian picture palaces was The Regent Theatre, located on Rundle Street.

It opened on June 29, 1928 with the features, MGM’s “Flesh and the Devil” and Fox’s “The Gay Retreat”.

There was an orchestra of 16 players. The Wurlitzer 3 Manual 15 Ranks theatre pipe organ was installed some three months after the gala opening at a cost of 25,000 pounds ($AUD50,000) and premiered on September 22, 1928 with American organist Ray de Clemens, who took up a 3-month residency.

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