"The Front Page"

We get a lot of action at the Orpheum Theatre, 842 S. Broadway, in Billy Wilder's "The Front Page" (Universal, 1974). The theatre's interior doubles as a Chicago Balaban & Katz house in the 20s. Susan Sarandon is seen here playing the organ.

Walter Matthau coming down a side aisle.

Sarandon at the organ console.

A look from the rear of the house.

Matthau headed backstage.

Crossing behind the screen to stage left.

Susan Sarandon heading to the dressing rooms offstage left. See the Los Angeles Theatres pages about the Orpheum Theatre for many photos of the venerable 1926 vintage vaudeville house.

Later in the film we see a lot of Main St.  Here we're driving by the Regent Theatre, 448 S. Main St., on our chase for Austin Pendleton, who's actually hiding in a desk at the city jail.

That space with the unpainted white signage a couple storefronts north of the Regent would soon be the Main Theatre, 438 S. Main.

Another shot showing the Regent as the police do their wild search.

See the pages about the Regent Theatre on the Los Angeles Theatres site for a history of the venue along with photos inside and out.

On IMDb: "The Front Page"