Regent Theatre

71 Elm Street,
Sudbury, ON P3C 1R6

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Architects: Herbert George Duerr, B. Kingston Hall

Firms: Hall & Duerr

Functions: Retail

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Regent Theatre

The Regent Theatre appears to have opened in early-1923. It was operated by 20th Century Theatres. The Regent Theatre was closed in 1969 and was converted into a shopping mall.

Contributed by Christopher Walczak

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CSWalczak
CSWalczak on December 5, 2012 at 2:43 pm

Here are some pictures of the Regent Theatre in Sudbury taken in 1947:

Entrance

Auditorium

Auditorium, from the balcony

Auditorium, from the stage

Lounge

Lounge

Here is an exterior view taken in 1963, based on the film being shown.

CSWalczak
CSWalczak on December 5, 2012 at 3:25 pm

Here is a postcard view from 1938.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on December 6, 2012 at 2:50 am

The Regent Theatre in the photos probably opened in early 1923. The October, 1922, issue of The Bridgemens Magazine ran this item:

“Sudbury—Theatre—Regent Theatre, Ltd., had plans prepared by Hall & Duerr, architects, Lumsden building, Toronto. 2-story and basement, 50x120 feet, concrete, brick and steel. $150,000.”
Sudbury: Rail Town to Regional Capital, by Carl Murray Wallace and Ashley Thomson, indicates that this project was a new building for an existing theater. The book doesn’t say if the new Regent was on the same site as the old one or not.

Hall & Duerr designed at least five theaters. After dissolving his partnership (1919-1926) with B. Kingston Hall, architect Herbert George Duerr established his own practice, and over the next quarter century or so he designed or remodeled at least twenty more theaters, many for the Famous Players chain.

DavidZornig
DavidZornig on July 30, 2020 at 12:12 pm

1963 photo added credit Old Ontario Series Facebook page.

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