Advert for the "Elite" Picture House
The Elite cinema opened on 30th September 1913 at 116 Soho Road which lies between Thornhill Road and Stafford Road. The proprietor was Lizzie Mann and the first film shown was "Bread Upon The Water". ...
Albion Picture Palace
The Albion Picture Palace at Holyhead Road opened on December 16th 1915, managed by Harry Calver. The first film shown was "Salambo". It eventually closed on September 24th 1960. This set of plans is ...
Billy Smart's Circus 1954 at Bingley Hall (pages 22-23)
Behind the scenes at the circus showing the 250 kilowatt power station which literally kept the circus going. The lower picture shows Billy Smart Junior and Mrs Davidd Smart with celebrity visitors Gabrielle ...
Broadway Cinema
Centre spread pages for the Broadway Cinema leaflet. The films listed as showing at the time are "Catch My Smoke" (1922) starring Tom Mix and "The Love Image" (1923 - known as "Face On The Bar-Room Floor" ...
Cilla Black and David Warner
Photographed for The Planet while filming at Five Ways for "Work Is A Four Letter Word" in 1967.
Cilla Black and David Warner at Five Ways
Photographed for The Planet while filming at Five Ways for "Work Is A Four Letter Word" in 1967. The bus is a number 9 to Quinton.
Cilla Black and David Warner at Five Ways
Photographed for The Planet while filming at Five Ways for "Work Is A Four Letter Word" in 1967. The bus is a 130.
Cilla Black filming at Five Ways
In 1967 the singer Cilla Black made her acting debut in the film "Work...Is A Four Letter Word". The Birmingham weekly paper called The Planet ran a feature on the filming which took place in and around ...
Cilla Black meets the public at Five Ways
Photographed for The Planet while filming at Five Ways for "Work Is A Four Letter Word" in 1967. With Cilla is her co-star David Warner.
David Warner and Cilla Black
Photographed for The Planet while filming at Five Ways for "Work Is A Four Letter Word" in 1967.
Double bill at The Bristol
Advert from The Birmingham Despatch of 24th January 1958. This "Horror" double bill was apparently not for the nervous! Frankenstein came out in 1931 and was directed by James Whale. Horror film legend ...
Florence Reed
Portrait of the actress Florence Reed. The reverse of the postcard reads
"With compliments from Villa Cross Picture House Handsworth. The Laughing Mask Monday February 5th and every Monday Tuesday ...
The Cinerama in 1963
The Cinerama was formerly known as the Bristol and later as the ABC. For a while though it was the Cinerama.
Cinerama was the brain child of motion picture engineer Fred Waller. His work at the Paramount ...
Villa Cross Picture House
Interior view looking back from the screen of this picture house. It was built 1914-1915 by M. Round and Sons. It stood in Heathfield road and was built on the site of Shorts Carriage Works. The cinema, ...
Waiting for Will
Cold but still in good spirits this is part of the crowd waiting patiently to see Will Smith attending the premiere of "Hitch" at UGC Broad Street in Birmingham.
Yes, it's me Cilla - interview by Gillian Thomas
(Interviewd for The Planet while filming at Five Ways for "Work Is A Four Letter Word" in 1967).
"Please explain to your readers that I don't normally dress quite like this. I feel a bit like a balloon ...