Regent Theatre

Came across this Website the other day and link to the Regent and Kings Theatres in Taumarunui bought back a lot of memories. I am the grandson of Roy Simmons, the original Managing Director of the Imperial Picture Company. At his death my father Percy moved his family back from Auckland to Taumarunui and took over the running of this business. As a 11 or 12 year old my role was taking the rolls of film between the two theatres and the saling of ice creams at half time. Fond memories of those times. I still have programmes from the time sound movies were introduced into the area. My grandfather also operated a mobile theatre taking movies to the smaller towns like Ohura and Ongarue during those early years. Well done with your Wesite

The Kings cinema closed in 1969 and the Regent closed about 1990-1991,