Tiffany Theater, Movie theater on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, United States.
The Tiffany Theater was a movie theater on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, with around 400 seats arranged in a continental layout that had no central aisle. This design gave every seat in the house a clear line of sight to the screen.
The building at 8532 W. Sunset Blvd was originally built in 1935 and later housed the Mary Webb Davis Modeling School; from 1958 to 1964 its exterior appeared in the television series 77 Sunset Strip as the detectives' office. It reopened as the Tiffany Theater on November 2, 1966, owned by producer Robert L. Lippert and exhibitor Harold Goldman, with 400 seats and interiors by Ben Mayer. The $250,000 conversion was the most expensive house Lippert had built.
The Tiffany Theater became a gathering point for fans of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, who attended midnight screenings dressed in costumes and brought props to interact with the film. These nights turned a regular movie outing into something closer to a collective ritual.
The Tiffany closed in 2004, so there is no screening or performance to attend today; the building at 8532 W. Sunset Blvd stands west of La Cienega, between the former Playboy Club and Dino's Lodge sites. Approach it on foot from the Sunset Strip sidewalk to see the 1935 structure and the later marquee front.
The entrance to the Tiffany Theater was placed to the right of the screen, which meant visitors walked past the screen before finding their seat. This layout was the opposite of nearly every other movie house in the area.
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