SUTRO'S: THE PALACE AT LANDS END NEXT SCREENING MARCH 2012
This feature length documentary film tells the story of San Francisco's privately owned swimming, ice-skating and museum complex built in the late 19th century. Once the world's largest swimming pool establishment, the building burnt down in 1966. The ruins remain today. Journey back in time to revisit Sutro Baths when it was in full operation. See: The Seven Pools, Sutro Railway, Merrie Way, Sutro's Cliff House, Ice Skating Rink, Egyptian Mummy Museum, Tom Thumb Exhibit, Musee Mecanique, Torture Museum, Lord's Last Supper, Ito, Giggling Ghost, 1963 & 1966 Fires, Sutro Ruins, and much, much more. A nostalgic trip back in time told by historians and the people that were there. (84 minutes)
Written & Directed by Tom Wyrsch - Produced by Strephon Taylor / Tom Wyrsch - Narrated by Ray Taliaferro
Interviews with: Marilyn Blaisdell, San Francisciana Collector - James R. Smith, Author / Historian - Ernie Fosselius, Artist / Filmmaker
Dan Zelinsky, Musee Mecanique – Owner - Sam E. Singer, Jr., The Skating Club of San Francisco-VP
John Martini, National Parks Service – Retired - Richard Tuck, Playland-Not-at-the-Beach – Founder - Dan Fontes, Artist / Muralist
"Sutro's: The Palace at Lands End" premiered at the Balboa Theater on Nov. 4, 2011, to a sold-out crowd. It went on to set a house weekend attendance record for a documentary, and earned honors as the highest grossing non-studio movie in San Francisco during that week. It continued showing at Balboa for 3 weeks with 5 shows daily.
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Adolph Sutro Construction of Baths Swimming Pools
Changing Times Exhibits & Museums 1966 Fire