sentences:  With a dispensation from post-war building restrictions, the Regent was rebuilt much as it was, under the direction of architects Cowper Murphy & Appleford, making it one of the last picture palaces to be built in this style.Reopening on 19 December 1947, a few changes were made, such as the proscenium being made square instead of arched, and the central bronze chandelier became an imported Czechoslovakian crystal design.The Regent screen was enlarged to play Cinemascope in 1953, opening with the epic The Robe, and in 1958 the Plaza was extensively altered to fit a Cinerama screen, and the 1962 epic How the West Was Won ran for two years.