SUTRO'S: THE PALACE AT LANDS END
This full-length documentary film tells the story of San Francisco, California'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. Since the Balboa, it has played at the Rafael in San Rafael, Summerfield Cinemas in Santa Rosa, Cameo Cinema in St. Helena, Niles Theatre in Fremont, and the Castro Theatre in San Francisco, all to full houses.
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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. Since the Balboa, it has played at the Rafael in San Rafael, Summerfield Cinemas in Santa Rosa, Cameo Cinema in St. Helena, Niles Theatre in Fremont, and the Castro Theatre in San Francisco, all to full houses.
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Adolph Sutro Construction of Baths Swimming Pools
Changing Times Exhibits & Museums 1966 Fire