Regent Theatre
Shuford Avenue and Boulevard,
Colonial Heights,
VA
23834
Shuford Avenue and Boulevard,
Colonial Heights,
VA
23834
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Architects: A.O. Budina
Functions: Post Office
Styles: Colonial Revival
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Located in Colonial Heights, to the north of Petersburg. The Regent Theatre was opened in late-1941, and had seating all located on a single floor. It was closed in 1959 with Tony Curtis in “The Final Furlough”. It was partially demolished and is now a post office.
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The Regent closed in 1959. Its last movie was “The Perfect Furlough”.
The Regent Theatre is now the Colonial Heights post office. The theatre building was partially demolished and the post office was built around it. Part of the original theatre building is visible around back.
If you click on the photo link at the top, you’ll see opening and closing ads for the Regent.
The Regent was a beautiful theater where I developed the movie-going habit and my love for theaters. I started going during the 1955 Summer Vacation Movies when I was 8. This was a series of 12 movies and the season ticket was $1.00. There was one movie per week, except for the first two weeks when there were two. Up through 1958, this series played at the Century, Regent, and Beacon. After the Regent closed in 1959, the series was moved to the original Bluebird, which closed in September 1959. Then they played at the Century in 1960 and the New Bluebird in 1961. Here is the list of Summer Vacation Movies for 1955 at the Regent: 6/28 Shane 6/30 Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd 7/5 Last of the Mohicans 7/7 Big Leaguer 7/14 I Love Melvin 7/21 Plymouth Adverture 7/28 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm 8/4 Son of Paleface 8/11 Jack and the Beanstalk (Abbott and Costello) 8/18 Poor Little Rich Girl 8/25 Here Come the Nelsons 9/1 Seminole
I saw my first scary movies at the Regent when I was 8. They were a double feature of “Creature with the Atom Brain” and “It Came from Beneath the Sea” on November 12, 1955. I dreamed about the creature for a long time afterward.
My friend, theatre historian Jack Tillmany, tells me that he saw “Bell, Book, and Candle” at the Regent on April 12, 1959. He still has a record book of the movies he’s seen, where, and when.
The map on this page is incorrect. The Regent was located at the intersection of Shuford Avenue and the Boulevard, where the post office now stands.