Regent Theatre

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The presenting of commercial entertainment on Sundays was forbidden under N.S.W. State Law until the 1960s. However, as the theater of WWII moved to the Pacific, large numbers of off duty servicemen were wandering city streets in search of diversion. Lord Mayor Stanley Crick (who had just stepped down from a top position with Fox/Hoyts) was very keen, and military authorities also favored the idea, of more entertainment opportunities for their men. Experimental Sunday screenings were introduced in May 1942, with just one designated cinema, and one live theater, open for one performance in the evening. Service personnel were admitted for half price while an accompanying civilian paid full fare.