Cine Regency

The Regency was originally a lumberyard which was converted into a cinema by Victor Carrady who heads the family run Caribbean Cinemas ( formerly known as Regency Caribbean ) with this location and the take-over of the Metro started the present Caribbean Cinema Chain. He is responsible with the creation of the older Wometco chain since he and his partners sold their first chain of cinemas to them...and two years later with his family created Regency Caribbean...I have personally seen this company grow from 35 people to 2000+ of today.

The Regency is still standing at Fernandez Juncos Avenue as an office building. It had a marquee split in two with one side facing east and the other facing west of the avenue. It was a movie theatre off the beaten path but surrounded by other theatres at the time such as the Rex and the Cortez. None of them operating as movie theatres today. The Cortez long demolished and the Rex converted into a retail space. At this theatre, movies like "It's Alive," "Devil Times Five," "The Big Bus," etc. played. These are the very few that come to mind out of the many that screened here during the 70's. Drive down Fernandez Juncos Avenue today and you'll quickly recognize it if you attended it in the past.