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Federal Hall / Paramount Pictures / Regent, Beechworth

Venue Summary
Name Federal Hall / Paramount Pictures / Regent, Beechworth
Address 15 Loch Street, Beechworth, Victoria 3747
Operation Dates 1000-01-01 - 1966-01-01
Capacity 400
Suburban/Country Country
Purpose Cinema
Screens 1
Roles
Venue Comments

The Regent is isted in the Film Weekly directory from 1949-1966. Prior to that listed as the Federal.

The building has had a number of incarnations: the MUIOOF hall (1871); Federal hall (1915) and the Paramount Picture Theatre (1922 - 52), and the Regent. The Regent theatre was operated by A. Munari & Sons.

References
Film Weekly, Film Weekly: motion picture directory, Film Weekly, Sydney. 1946/7-1965/6
2010, 'Newsreel', Cinema Record no. 65, p. 5

Venue Events
Event Date Name of Venue Address Latitude /
Longitude
Capacity Suburban Purpose Screens
1915-01-01 Federal 15 Loch Street
Beechworth
Victoria 3747
-36.358559
146.685398
400 Country Cinema 1