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Regent, Gardiner

Venue Summary
Name Regent, Gardiner
Address 351 Malvern Road, Gardiner, Victoria 3146
Operation Dates 1925-09-23 - 1959-02-14
Capacity 1414
Suburban/Country Suburb
Purpose Cinema
Screens 1
Roles
Venue Comments

Situated on the corner of Glenarm Road.

Seating capacity 1574, then reductions in 1935 and 1950 to 1414 (Smith, p. 20)

Often listed as a Hoyts cinema.

Film Weekly records the following changes in capacity:
1946/47-1949/50 = 1569
1950/51-1958/59 = 1414

References
Cinema & Theatre Historical Society 1997, Cinema index : Melbourne cinemas, suburban cinemas, Victorian drive-ins. CATHS, Victoria.

Film Weekly, Film Weekly: motion picture directory, Film Weekly, Sydney. 1946/7-1958/59

Smith, I 2002, 'The Regent Gardiner' CinemaRecord, Cinema and Theatre Historical Society Victoria, no. 37, pp. 16-21

Venue Events
Event Date Name of Venue Address Latitude /
Longitude
Capacity Suburban Purpose Screens
1925-09-23 Regent 351 Malvern Road
Gardiner
Victoria 3146
-37.835698
145.034701
1574 Suburb Cinema 1
1951-01-01



1414