Beautiful movie palaces of southern California

Yep, that’s the “Grand Lake.” They still have a Wurlitzer pipe organ that was used to play musical accompaniment back in the silent movie days, you can hear it in action before some weekend screenings.

Kind of a shame they split the theater into two by converting the balcony area into a second screen, but better an awesome theater with compromised architecture than one which doesn’t bring in enough money to stay in business.