Regent Theater

21 Elm Street,
Worcester, MA 01608

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Previous Names: Steinberg Theater

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Regent Theater

Opened as the Steinberg Theater, possibly a live theater, as it was not listed in Film Daily Yearbooks 1926-1928. It was renamed Regent Theater on September 28, 1928 with Louise Fazenda in “Domestic Troubles” & Bob Steele in “Breed of the Sunsets” and was listed in Film Daily Yearbooks from 1929 where it was listed with 1,300-seats.

It was listed as (Closed) in the 1937 edition of FDY when it had 1,000-seats. It had reopened by 1938 with 1,300-seats, only to close again in 1939 and continued to be listed as (Closed) thru 1943 with 1,000-seats.

The Box Office Magazine September 18, 1948 carried a piece stating “the Regent Theater on Elm Street was being demolished that year”. The site is a parking lot in 2024.

Contributed by Ken Roe

Recent comments (view all 4 comments)

rivest266
rivest266 on April 27, 2024 at 8:12 pm

This reopened as the Regent theatre on September 28th, 1928. Grand opening ad posted. It was the Steinberg theatre, which did no newspaper advertising.

robboehm
robboehm on April 27, 2024 at 8:49 pm

Uploaded a 1948 photo of the Regent.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on April 28, 2024 at 2:37 am

Although I’ve found a few references to the Steinberg Theatre Company, and several to the Steinberg Theatre in Webster, Massachusetts, I haven’t found a single reference to a Steinberg Theatre in Worcester in any trade journals from the 1910s or 1920s.

rivest266
rivest266 on April 30, 2024 at 12:59 am

Smaller theatres in the pre-sound era often did not place any ads.

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