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Regent, Redcar
Cinema Address:
4 Queen Street, Redcar, TS10 1DY
Period of Thompson Ownership:
1935-1970
How Acquired by Thompson:
Built
Other Info:
Had Cinemascope from c1953. Thompson also owned the adjoining Central Picture Hall/Picture Palace.
Not to be confused with the New Pavilion which subsequently took on the Regent name.
Not to be confused with the New Pavilion which subsequently took on the Regent name.
Fate of the Cinema:
Closed in 1965 around the time that site ownership changed but new owners had links to Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. Demolished.
External Links/Sources:
Frontage 1935 Possibly film at opening - "Goin' to Town" with Mae West - Reproduced by permission of Durham County Record Office D/Laz 221
Location Accuracy: Accurate
Information below is taken from The Kinematograph Yearbooks. The Page reference is from the following year’s edition, when information appeared. Additional information is in italics
| Year | Ownership | Population | Seating Capacity | Other cinemas in town | Manager | Shows per day | Changes Weekly | Prices | Variety | Sound System | Other cinemas with sound | Kinematograph Year Book reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. | 20159 | 852 | 3 | 2 + Mat | 6d - 1s 6d | 561 | |||||
| 1936 | Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. | 20159 | 852 | 3 | 613 | |||||||
| 1937 | Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. | 20159 | 852 | 2 | 2 + Mat | 6d - 1s 6d | WE | 637-8 | ||||
| 1938 | Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. | 852 | 2 | 2 + Mat | 6d - 1s 6d | WE | 622 | |||||
| 1939 | Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. | 20159 | 852 | 4 | 2 + Mat | 6d - 1s 6d | WE | 558 | ||||
| 1940 | Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. | 20159 | 852 | 4 | 2 + Mat | 6d - 1s 6d | WE | 526 | ||||
| 1941 | Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. | 20159 | 852 | 4 | 2 + Mat | 6d - 1s 6d | WE | 524 | ||||
| 1942 | Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. | 20159 | 852 | 4 | 2 + Mat | 6d - 1s 6d | WE | 498 | ||||
| 1943 | Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. | 20159 | 852 | 2 | 2 + Mat | 6d - 2s 3d | WE | 504 | ||||
| 1944 | Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. | 20159 | 852 | 2 | Continuous | 1s - 2s 3d | WE | 463 | ||||
| 1945 | Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. | 20159 | 852 | 4 | Continuous | 1s - 2s 3d | WE | 510 | ||||
| 1946 | Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. | 20159 | 852 | 2 | Continuous | 1s - 2s 3d | WE | 347 | ||||
| 1947 | Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. | 20159 | 852 | 2 | Continuous | 1s - 2s 3d | WE | 360 | ||||
| 1948 | Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. | 20159 | 2 | Continuous | 1s - 2s 3d | WE | All | 374 | ||||
| 1949 | Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. | 27190 | 2 | Continuous | 1s - 2s 3d | WE | All | 378 | ||||
| 1950 | Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. | 27190 | 2 | Continuous | 1s 3d - 2s 10d | WE | All | 368 | ||||
| 1951 | Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. | 27190 | 3 | Continuous | WE | All | 351 | |||||
| 1952 | Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. | 27190 | 3 | Continuous | WE | 350 | ||||||
| 1953 | Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. | 27190 | 3 | Continuous | WE | 347 | ||||||
| 1954 | Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. | 27190 | 3 | Continuous | WE | 330 | ||||||
| 1955 | Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. | 27190 | 3 | Continuous | WE | 322 | ||||||
| 1956 | Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. | 27190 | 3 | Continuous | WE | 322 | ||||||
| 1957 | ||||||||||||
| 1958-59 | Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. | 27190 | 3 | Continuous | Phillips | 320 | ||||||
| 1960 | Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. | 27190 | 3 | Continuous | Phillips | 336 | ||||||
| 1961 | Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. | 27190 | 3 | Phillips | 311 | |||||||
| 1962 | ||||||||||||
| 1963 | Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. | 27190 | 3 | Phillips | 303 | |||||||
| 1964 | ||||||||||||
| 1965 | Thompson's Enterprises Ltd. | 27190 | 3 | Phillips | 306 | |||||||
| 1966 | C C Salbarn Ltd | 27190 | 1 | Phillips | 294 | |||||||
| 1967 | C C Salbarn Ltd | 27190 | 0 | Phillips | 275 | |||||||
| 1968 | Regent (Redcar) Ltd | 27190 | 0 | Phillips | 262 | |||||||
| 1969 | Regent (Redcar) Ltd | 27190 | 0 | Phillips | 253 | |||||||
| 1970 | Regent (Redcar) Ltd | 27190 | 0 | Phillips | 255 |