Regent Theatre

docchapel on June 1, 2015 at 3:49 pm

My second favorite neighborhood theater for 2 reasons; it was a farther walk, and wasn’t as upscale as the nearby Figueroa, (known among us as “The Fig”) and was more a typical neighborhood theater.

While the Fig was a 1st run house, the Regent was a 2nd run house that specialized in the “B” Flicks. The Japanese Space Epics along with “B” titles like the “Attack Of The Killer Shrews,” with an occasional serial thrown in, made for some fun Saturdays and Sundays. My 1st look at “The Adventures of Captain Marvel” came at this house when I was in Junior High.

We would spend the day here and watch the films at least twice, until popcorn money ran out, and began the walk home. Never saw too many adults here on the weekend and it was a noisy boisterous house, that only got quiet when the “monsters were about to attack.” When the film broke, which happened frequently, the house would shake as the entire theater stomped on the floor until the movie came back on. It was a classic “grind house” and I loved it.

kencmcintyre on November 5, 2007 at 6:37 am

Advertised as McKinney’s Regent in 1930:
http://tinyurl.com/25ucl3