Maxwell Place
Main image above courtesy of 'dusashenka'.
Described
as 'Stirling's Super Cinema' the Regal opened on Monday 3rd October
1932. Owned by SCVT, the architects were McNair and Elder,
who provided seating was for 2,200. The original manager was Mr
George Guthrie, who had previously managed the Glasgow Grosvenor and Coliseum cinemas, amongst several others.
Opening night souvenir brochure courtesy of the Cinema Theatre Association Archive 'The
largest audience ever assembled under one roof in Stirling attended the
opening of Stirling's newest cinema, The Regal, Maxwell Place,
officially declared open in October by Provost Duff. The luxurious
motion picture house seated 2200 people when the curtain rose. On
entering the foyer, patrons find the stalls waiting hall located on the
left, and the waiting hall for the front stalls to the right. There are
eleven emergency exits, and the atmosphere is kept fresh by being
changed five times each hour, while also being kept at an even
temperature. The theatre's high dome carries six hundred electric
bulbs. The floors are richly carpeted, and the general treatment is
modern without being futuristic. A cafe, capable of seating one hundred
and twenty people, and complete with up-to-date kitchen, is an
attractive addition to a building claimed to be the last word in cinema
construction.' - The Stirling Observer, 1932 Images below from press coverage at the time courtesy Murray Thomson and Sam Hayward
The Regal closed and was demolished for a new road in March 1968. |
