Regent Theatre
39 Broad Street,
Elizabeth,
NJ
07202
39 Broad Street,
Elizabeth,
NJ
07202
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Listed as a RKO-Stanley Warner theater in March 1969 when it showed 2001 (courtesy of Bill Huelbig):
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This theatre, as well as the Ritz around the corner on East Jersey Street, were part of the RKO Stanley Warner corporation, playing mostly action/kung-fu movies up until they ceased operations in the early 1980’s.
I worked at St. Elizabeth Hospital for several years in the 1970s and I passed by the Regent and Fine Arts everyday. Of course by then, the Fine Arts was a clothing store and the Regent had closed and then re-opened. In addition to the Kung-Fu films mentioned above, I also remember seeing the marquee state rather dramatically, that “Joe Don Baker Is Walking Tall!!”. Seems kind of funny now. I also recall that once in the early 60s, my mother, brother and I went to see The Tingler at the Fine Arts. I believe Psycho was playing next door at the Regent and my mother said no to that one!
This site has a 1973 photo. Not sure if the adjacent business with the marquee was a former theater:
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1981 Photo
2009 photos of the former Regent Theatre.
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Nice photos again Chuck.
The adjacent building with a marquee mentioned above was not a theatre unless it had a VERY long lobby going all the way behing the Liberty Theatre to available space back there.
I wonder iof there’s any chance any of the Liberty Auditorium survives behind retail modofications. There are no windows cut into the sidwall of the auditorium.
Sorry, my comment above should have referred to the Regent theatre, NOT the liberty theatre.
Sorry, my comment above should have referred to the Regent theatre, NOT the liberty theatre.