Regent Theatre
1215 Fulton Street,
Brooklyn,
NY
11216
1215 Fulton Street,
Brooklyn,
NY
11216
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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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The Regent had a very attractive marquee.
Several exterior photos as Regent and Slave can be found here: View link
That link takes you to the same photo that I linked to on April 13, 2009.
Looks like someone is trying to increase his numbers by duplicating posts.
A recent photo is on this site.
An old picture of the Regency and the surrounding streetscape, circa 1940. Enjoy.
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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.
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.
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.
Thanks, John. Making an effort to find the time to get back into the swing of things on this site.