Susan Sarandon buys a ticket at the Fox Westwood Village, 961 Broxton Ave., near the end of "Loving Couples" (20th Century Fox, 1980). It's actually about straying couples. Susan, a TV weathergirl, had been living with Stephen Collins but she started going out with James Coburn. But that was only after Stephen started an affair with Shirley MacLaine, who was married to James. Got all that?
Anyway, James dropped Susan off and went to look for a parking space. When he joins her in the long line for the next show she starts with the small talk: "How far away did you park?"
As the line moves it gets more serious. When she tells him that things aren't working out, he says maybe that this wasn't the best place to talk about it.
As they approach the ticket taker she tells him it's over. At the Bruin across the street it's "Time After Time."
He's stopped by the ticket taker. The couple behind is taking this all in.
As she continues into the lobby she says "I only bought one ticket. Goodbye."
Also featured are Sally Kellerman and Nan Martin. Jack Smight directed. The cinematography was by Philip H. Lathrop. Thanks to Stephen Eric Schaefer for spotting the theatres in the film and getting the screenshots.
See the pages about the Village Theatre and the Bruin Theatre on the L.A. Theatres site for a history of the two buildings along with hundreds of photos.
On IMDb: "Loving Couples"
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