Grace Cathedral, San Francisco who came from Lostwithiel in Cornwall. When Coulson first arrived in San Francisco in 1875, he found his way to Grace Church, which lacked a bell tower. Although a Methodist, he vowed to provide bells for the church and eventually spent his life savings to realize his dream and to erect the Singing (north) Tower to house them. The carillon consists of forty-four bronze bells, cast and tuned at the Gillett & Johnston Foundry of Croydon, England, in 1938. The bells arrived before the cathedral tower was completed, so they spent their first years on Treasure Island in San Francisco
Grace Cathedral, San Francisco Year's Eve experience in which the singer and his sullen (presumably grieving) female companion visit the church to light candles. Alfred Hitchcock filmed an abduction scene for his final film, "Family Plot", in the cathedral in 1975. It also appeared in "The Pleasure of His Company" (1961), "Bullitt" (1968), "Time After Time" (1979), "Bicentennial Man" (1999), and ""The Room"" (2003). Jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi recorded "The Grace Cathedral Concert" at the cathedral on May 21, 1965. Duke Ellington performed his televised Concert of Sacred Music at the cathedral on September 26, 1965. Bay Area local resident, Greg Kihn and the