Regent Theatre
7 Medford Street,
Arlington,
MA
02474
7 Medford Street,
Arlington,
MA
02474
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The Regent Theatre (Official)
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Previously operated by: E.M. Loew's Theaters Inc.
Functions: Concerts, Live Performances, Movies, Movies (Film Festivals), Performing Arts
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
781.646.4849
Manager:
781.646.4849
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The Regent Theatre in downtown Arlington was opened April 24, 1916.
The Regent Theatre was used primarily as a venue for family and children’s films. It was closed on December 18, 1988 with James Caan in “Alien Nation”.
It is now used as a live theatre, but also hosts film festivals and has occasional one night movies.
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Since the Fall of 2001, the Regent has been under new management. The Bombay Cinema (the nickname of the Indian Film program) has moved to a location in Boston. There is a thriving mix of live performances and classic films now showing here.
The web site given here is not correct. It should be:
http://www.regenttheatre.com/
The theater is mostly used for live shows now, but occasionally movies are still shown. Sing-a-Long Sound of Music played here several times, and Sing-a-Long Wizard of Oz is coming next month.
I despise this whole sing-a-long thing.
Here is a 1983 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/d4wukk
The Regent is listed under Arlington MA in the 1927 Film Daily Yearbook. It’s listed as having 800 seats and open 7 days per week.
The Theatre Historical Society archive has the MGM Report for the Regent Theatre, made in 1941. The theater was on Medford St., was in Poor condition; had been showing MGM product for over 10 years; and had 735 orchestra seats and 297 balcony seats; total: 1,032 seats. There is an exterior photo taken in May 1941.
The Regent was built in 1916, according to their website.
The Regent celebrated its 100th anniversary yesterday (Sunday, April 24, 2016) by showing the same movie that it opened with in 1916: “Rags” with Mary Pickford. They also presented seven short vaudeville acts before the film.
Closed as a first-run house on December 18, 1988 with “Alien Nation”.
By then it was definitely a second-run theatre. I am not sure it was ever a first-run house.
Although the Regent is now primarily a live stage, they still present film festivals and one-night-only movie screenings from time to time.