"Hitchcock"

In Sacha Gervasi's "Hitchcock" (Fox Searchlight, 2012) the Orpheum Theatre, 842 S. Broadway, is doubling for the United Artists in Chicago for the premiere of "North By Northwest" in 1959. The film is a drama about Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins) and his relationship with his wife Alma (Helen Mirren) during the making of "Psycho." 

Hopkins on the Orpheum stage. The Suzanne Tenner photo once appeared on the Fox Searchlight Facebook page. "Hitchcock stages a show at the Orpheum and other L.A. landmarks," a July 3, 2012 L.A. Times story by Richard Verrier discussed the downtown filming.

See the pages about the Orpheum Theatre on the Los Angeles Theatres site for many photos of different areas of the building. The theatre is a 1926 design by G. Albert Lansburgh.

The Palace Theatre, 630 S. Broadway, doubles for the DeMille Theatre in New York where "Psycho" premiered in 1960. The L.A. Times photo by Don Kelsen appeared with "Location managers for 'Luck,' 'Argo,' and 'Hitchcock' honored," an October 28, 2012 story by Richard Verrier.

Helen Mirren and Anthony Hopkins coming out of the Palace after the "Psycho" premiere. The photo, from Fox Searchlight, appeared with John Horn's December 13, 2012 L.A. Times article "'Hitchcock's' triple play."

See the Los Angeles Theatres pages on the Palace Theatre for a history of the building along with several hundred photos. The theatre opened in 1911 as the Orpheum.

On IMDb: "Hitchcock"       On the Fox Searchlight website: "Hitchcock"