Regent Theatre

1215 Fulton Street,
Brooklyn, NY 11216

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Regent Theatre

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This small theater sits on Fulton Street near Bedford Avenue. In its later years, it was a grind house.

After the Regent Theater closed, it was sold and renamed the Slave One, complete with an African-motif marquee. It showed movies for a brief while, before closing in 1998. It has since occassionally been used as a meeting hall for African American issues.

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Bway
Bway on April 27, 2009 at 7:54 am

The Regent had a very attractive marquee.

Warren G. Harris
Warren G. Harris on May 24, 2009 at 7:54 am

Several exterior photos as Regent and Slave can be found here: View link

lostmemory
lostmemory on May 24, 2009 at 8:03 am

That link takes you to the same photo that I linked to on April 13, 2009.

Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on May 29, 2009 at 5:10 pm

Looks like someone is trying to increase his numbers by duplicating posts.

lostmemory
lostmemory on June 9, 2009 at 6:55 pm

A recent photo is on this site.

johndereszewski
johndereszewski on November 13, 2010 at 11:39 am

An old picture of the Regency and the surrounding streetscape, circa 1940. Enjoy.

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johndereszewski
johndereszewski on November 13, 2010 at 11:46 am

One other brief comment. If the date of the picture is correct, it appears that the portion of the Fulton St. el serving this area was razed a about a year earlier than the rest of the structure, which was demolished in 1941. The better explanation is that the picture was mis-dated and probably was snapped in either late 1941 or 1942.

Ed Solero
Ed Solero on March 5, 2011 at 11:45 am

The titles on the marquee in that photo are Abbott and Costello in “Keep ‘Em Flying” and “South of Tahiti.” The A & C flick at the top of the bill opened in NYC on 11/27/1941, so the photo couldn’t date any earlier than that. The supporting feature had opened a month earlier. John Dereszewski is right on the mark with his last comment. If the Regent was a 2nd or 3rd run nabe, the photo probably dates from early 1942. Sure looks like a bright Spring Day, but impossible to tell, particularly with no pedestrians in the shot to help pinpoint the season.

johndereszewski
johndereszewski on March 5, 2011 at 3:00 pm

Ed, thanks for your comment that confirmed my previous observation. Also, thanks for all of the other great contributions that you have made to CT.

Ed Solero
Ed Solero on March 5, 2011 at 9:09 pm

Thanks, John. Making an effort to find the time to get back into the swing of things on this site.

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