Tiki Theatre
5462 Santa Monica Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90029
5462 Santa Monica Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90029
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After the demise of the Sunset Pussycat Theatre, this is the only theatre showing straight porn in the greater metropolitan Los Angeles area. Screening video/DVD on a very small screen, it use to have girls stripping between triple-features, but no longer.
It may also be the last theatre in Los Angeles with a turnstile entrance as well. It may have been a small silent theater in the past and it seems to have been at this location for a great many years now.
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I worked at the now-Tiki Theater in the mid-70s as a cashier/projectionist. It was known then as either the Maxi- or Mini Theater, with its partner with the other name down the street at the corner of Oxford and Santa Monica. It was seedy even then and featured several strippers and three one hour flicks. A bit of trivia: next door was a book store called the Galaxy (I worked there, too) and next door to that was a mail service where the iconic porn star John Holmes picked up hos mail. He stopped in the store several times. Nice trip down memory lane. There was a coffee shop directly across the street that is probably gone
This is a 1975 photo of the “Cinne Arts” theater in Hollywood, somewhere. If anyone can place this one, let me know.
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics31/00050068.jpg
There is a Yahoo group (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TIKItheater) where you can post comments regarding adventures you might want to experience that are not appropriate at his site. You can review the theater, the films or the people who go there.
There are a couple of Tiki photos on this site:
http://tinyurl.com/nnlrxd
this place is truly filthy and run down. when i was there it was scummy and dark. i could see by the flickering screen crackheads scrounging around the floors for pieces of coke. they would light up and smoke whatever they would find. this continued the entire time. it stank of dirty butthole in here, big time. also worth mentioning a guest appearance from the neighborhood “lady of the night”, walking in and looking like joe namath in drag who serviced almost everyone in the theater, including my throbbing man meat. hey, whatever, a hole’s a hole and all discretion and good judgement leave you once you step foot in this den of base and disgusting human behavor. seriously the nastiest place in los angeles, not for the faint of heart. beware..
I worked at the Pussycat Theater on Ocean Blvd. in Long Beach for a short time in 1975. I somehow came up with the address 345 Ocean Blve by searching and checked it out on google maps and it does appear that the entire area was demolished and rebuilt. I recall that on the corner just down from it was a low rent apt bldg ran by an older Asian lady. I’m looking for any pics of the area from back in the day.
When people are using crack, it’s loud and the chemicals smell bad – does anyone come into the auditorium and tell them to stop? Based on the above entries, this place is ripe for a raid. I used to work in social services; the last thing anyone wants is to get caught in one of these dumps. There are court fees, lawyer fees, and the mark on your police record, not to mention the worry and stress of what might happen in the future (job loss, being included in a police data bank). If you want sleaze without the risk, stay home and watch “8MM” with Nicholas Cage.
To kencmcintyre, re Aug 29, 09 post: That photo is of the North side of Hollywood Blvd just east of N. Wilton Pl. That theater’s address would be 5651 Hollywood Blvd. A home decor store called Mush is located there now. http://www.m-u-s-h.com/
Check the signage at the top of the building. I wonder if it lights up at night.
Gay men take note: The sign above the entrance says, “Parking In Rear.” Gentlemen, start your engines.