You have arrived at the Regal Theater, located at 4719 South Parkway, now named Martin Luther King Drive. Bigger and Jack pay 20 cents to watch the film Trader Horn, as well as the newsreel where Bigger first glimpses socialite Mary Dalton. They learn that Mary has come under the influence of an unnamed member of the Communist Party. Recall that this is the cinema where Bigger and Jack masturbate--a fact which later is used to malign Bigger during his murder trial. Click on the "History of the Theater" to learn about the cinema's audiences at the time of the novel and its practices of employing Blacks. Then, click on the film "Trader Horn" to view a clip of it and find out about the way the film represents racial conflict.