New Douglas Theatre
640 Lenox Avenue,
New York,
NY
10037
640 Lenox Avenue,
New York,
NY
10037
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This large theatre opened in 1922 and was designated for the exclusive use of "negroes." This may have been a sign of the growing and empowered African American community in Harlem. The original Douglas Theatre, one block away, was a "whites only" house.
It closed around 1940.
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Al Alvarez
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A 1917 article in the New York Times makes reference to a motion picture theatre located at 308 West 143rd Street.
Does anyone have any more information or at least a name?