UA Cinema Center

The UA Cinema Center in Westwood, CA was the second home of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, moving there in January of 1976 after leaving the larger UA Westwood, a few blocks away. The UA Cinema Center was a 4-screen multiplex on Westwood Blvd, just south of the main village, and showed The Rocky Horror Picture Show several times a day, including Midnight shows on weekends. Early fans of the movie flocked to the small theater for repeat viewings,until its first run ended in April of that year. The film moved to the Holly Theater on Hollywood Blvd for a healthy 6-month run, then returned wide to several theaters in Los Angeles in October,, on a double bill with "Phantom of the Paradise" at most theaters. At the UA, Rocky Horror was billed with another film, but remained in place for several years as a Midnight-only movie. The UA Westwood developed its own regular following and "cast" through 1983, when the film was remodeled and brought back as a 3-plex. Although there is no official data to confirm, there is thought that a combination of narrowing audience attendance coupled with wear-and-tear to the theater contributed to the end of Rocky's run at the UA.