Grand Lake Theater

Here’s a recent photo of the Grand Lake Theatre:

http://www.thewholeearthisfilledwithhisglory.com/theaters/035a.html

An article about the Grand Lake and its determined owner from the San Francisco Chronicle’s website: View link

Thank you, Chuck, for an absolutely FABULOUS PHOTOGRAPH. It’s the best I’ve seen since joining CT a long time ago!

How about the recently restored awesome Oakland Fox in/outside please?

Other photographers PLEASE take regarding the above note and let’s get some totally different angles as well as some interior shots, too!

Maximum occupancy signs above each auditorium door currently list the following:
1. Downstairs: 626.
2. Upstairs: 449.
3. Egyptian: 235.
4. Moorish: 161.
That puts the total seating at 1471.

Here is a photo from around the time of the opening:
http://tinyurl.com/nxravg

the grand lake theater is trully a cinama treasure in oakland i’ve been coming here since i was about 10 years old . first time i came here was to see transformers the movie in a morning matinee i’ve seen so many movies here i lost count to many to name the last movie i seen here was in 2007 to see ironically the transfomers motin picture .. i like the 2 theaters that have balconys the main theater is also great with the wulitzer organist to entertain you .and the former main theater balcony turned theater up stairs is also hella cool i have so many memorys at the grand lake like any true oaklander should i hope this theater never fades away …..

ps the political messages on the marquee are kinda rediculous at times but kinda cool very unique btw i’m a democrat ….

The Grand Lake Theater from the outside on the night of March 26th, 2009.
View link

The staff was pleased to take care of the local treasure. It was well maintained, and the presentation was good.

Hi Folks:

Thought I would mention that the theatre has newly installed carpet. It’s a great improvemnt over the old worn out carpet.

Mike

Yeah, at that time they said they had discontinued that practice. I don’t see anything wrong with it. It’s his business, let him run it as he pleases. The theater’s gotten a lot of publicity as a result. The rest of my Grand Lake set is here: View link I’m rather proud of my interiors (although I’m not terribly fond of the paint finishes they used)

The Grand Lake is in a very democratic part of town. A Republican probably wouldn’t be caught dead walking in the ‘hood. LOL.

This guy is worse than the old Soviet Union.

I don’t understand why he thinks it is good business to offend people on the marquee, unless he’s so rich that it doesn’t matter to him if the theatre makes money or not. There is a very good reason why conventional wisdom says not to discuss politics.

I know California is very liberal. But there are still enough Republicans out there. Most hard-core Republicans I know would turn around and walk back to their car if they saw that.

First of all, even though I don’t live in California, much less Oakland, that theatre’s another fantastic-looking theatre, inside and out.

Secondly, now that Bush and his Republican Administration will be out of office come late January 2009, I wonder if they’ll start playing more of the great, old classics in addition to the crappy stuff that gets played reglarly at these antiseptic-looking multiplex cinemas across the country. The old movie palaces that’re left should concentrate more on great older classic films.

They really need to relax. I don’t like Bush & Cheney either. But this is just silly.