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Regent, Middlesbrough
Cinema Address:
Parliament Road, Middlesbrough
Period of Thompson Ownership:
1937-1961
How Acquired by Thompson:
Built
Fate of the Cinema:
Closed 1961. Now Tesco mini supermarket (2013).
External Links/Sources:
Frontage - Reproduced with the kind permission of the Cinema Theatre Association Archive
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | Regent (Middlesbrough) Ltd. | 138489 | 12 | 88 | ||||||||
| 1938 | Regent (Middlesbrough) Ltd. | 138489 | 13 | 601 | ||||||||
| 1939 | Regent (Middlesbrough) Ltd. | 138489 | 11 | 537 | ||||||||
| 1940 | Regent (Middlesbrough) Ltd. | 138489 | 11 | 505 | ||||||||
| 1941 | Regent (Middlesbrough) Ltd. | 138489 | 11 | WE | 503 | |||||||
| 1942 | Regent (Middlesbrough) Ltd. | 138489 | 10 | WE | 480 | |||||||
| 1943 | Regent (Middlesbrough) Ltd. | 138489 | 12 | WE | 486 | |||||||
| 1944 | Regent (Middlesbrough) Ltd. | 138489 | 10 | WE | 445 | |||||||
| 1945 | Regent (Middlesbrough) Ltd. | 138489 | 11 | WE | 491 | |||||||
| 1946 | Regent (Middlesbrough) Ltd. | 138489 | 12 | WE | 328 | |||||||
| 1947 | Regent (Middlesbrough) Ltd. | 138489 | 11 | WE | 341 | |||||||
| 1948 | Regent (Middlesbrough) Ltd. | 138489 | 13 | WE | 355 | |||||||
| 1949 | Regent (Middlesbrough) Ltd. | 144200 | 13 | WE | 359 | |||||||
| 1950 | Regent (Middlesbrough) Ltd. | 144200 | 14 | WE | 349 | |||||||
| 1951 | Regent (Middlesbrough) Ltd. | 144200 | 13 | WE | 332 | |||||||
| 1952 | Regent (Middlesbrough) Ltd. | 144200 | 13 | Continuous | WE | 330 | ||||||
| 1953 | Regent (Middlesbrough) Ltd. | 144200 | 13 | Continuous | WE | 327 | ||||||
| 1954 | Regent (Middlesbrough) Ltd. | 144200 | 14 | Continuous | WE | 311 | ||||||
| 1955 | Regent (Middlesbrough) Ltd. | 144200 | 13 | Continuous | WE | 303 | ||||||
| 1956 | Regent (Middlesbrough) Ltd. | 147272 | 12 | Continuous | Phillips | 303 | ||||||
| 1957 | ||||||||||||
| 1958-59 | Regent (Middlesbrough) Ltd. | 147272 | 11 | Continuous | Phillips | 304 | ||||||
| 1960 | Regent (Middlesbrough) Ltd. | 147272 | 10 | Continuous | Phillips | 322 | ||||||
| 1961 | closed |