Grace Cathedral, San Francisco Bay as the centerpiece of the 1939-40 Golden Gate International Exposition. The carillon was first played from its Singing Tower home on Christmas Eve, 1940, and was formally dedicated in 1943. The bells have been rung to mark a number of important events, including D-Day and the centenary of the San Francisco cable car system. Photographer Ansel Adams produced a series of photographs of the uncompleted cathedral in 1935. "Grace Cathedral Park" is the first song on Red House Painters' first self-titled album. "Grace Cathedral Hill" is Track 7 on The Decemberists' "Castaways and Cutouts" album. It recounts a New
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