Time Machine at Granada Theater
By: Phillip Anderson
Topics: movie, theater, bakersfield, Wurlitzer, organ, fun, local, East
Posted by luckyandy Tue Oct 28, 2008 12:47:03 PDT
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0 responses 0 comments Location: 618 Kentucky Street, Bakersfield, CA 93305
I stepped back in time to 1920 at the Granada Theater in East Bakersfield Saturday afternoon. It was an awesome trip. As I munched popcorn, I watched Buster Keaton’s “One Week,” a 20-minute Keaton romp, released in 1920. Jim Spohn played his 25-ton Wurlitzer theater pipe organ built in 1928 and it became like the Professor’s “Way Back Machine” from the Rocky and Bullwinkle Show.
There was a full house there to enjoy the 90 minute time warp back to the silent movies. Jim Spohn’s marvelous Wurlitzer filled the theater with a montage of sounds. They ranged from train whistles to “Phantom of the Opera” music. Jim bowed to a thunderous applause as the curtain closed.
I hope he can raise funds to bring this theater back to life more often.
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