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Regent Street Cinema

307 Regent Street, W1B 2UW

Housed within the 19th-century Royal Polytechnic Institution (now University of Westminster) this is regarded as the birthplace of cinema-going in London.

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Regent Street Cinema

Regent Street Cinema

Area

Central

Open

1912-//-Present

Borough

Westminster
Building: 1848
Rebuilt: 1911
Cinema opened: 1912
Temp. closure: 1980—2015 (Redevelopment)
Screens: 1
Capacity: 185
Orig. screens: 1
Usage: Cinema (Regent Street Cinema)
Architect: Frank T. VerityGeorge A. Mitchell
Style: Neo-Classical
Listed: II
AKA: Marlborough Hall, Polytechnic Theatre, Cameo News Theatre, Cameo-Poly Cinema, Classic-Poly Cinema, Regent Theatre, Regent-Poly Cinema
Circuit: Clavering & Rose (1940—1967)Classic (1967—1980)Independent (2015— Present)

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