Picture House, Bridge Street, Stafford
Crowds of people outside the Picture House cinema decorated for the Peace Celebrations at the end of the First World War. During the day’s events, the Mayor of Stafford, Cllr Joseph Rushton, and the ...
Playhouse Theatre, Stafford,
The Playhouse Theatre in Martin Street was formerly known as The Lyceum Theatre. Built in 1792, the theatre was visited by Charles Dickens during his brief stay in Stafford in the 1840s. The building ...
Plaza Cinema, King Street, Fenton
The Plaza stood on the corner of Pak Lane and King Street. Parts of the building still stand and operate as a snooker hall. The Plaza started life in 1910 as one of George Barber's Picture Palaces, one ...
Plaza Cinema, Rugeley
Mr. Hudson and the projectionist Chris Ingram at the Plaza Cinema, Horsefair, Rugeley. The Plaza closed in 1996 and has been converted into a public house.
A rugeley Times photograph (courtesy of ...
Porthill Pantomime, Stoke-on-Trent
Members of Porthill Pantomime circa 1916. The cast appear to be sitting on a float, dressed as artists, with oversized neck scarves, paintbrushes and palettes.
Post Office, High Green, Cannock
On the left is the Post Office, to the right is the Danilo Cinema. The Danilo opened in 1939 and closed as a cinema in 1969. It was briefly a bingo club, but was demolished in 1970 and replaced by the ...
Promotional stunt for Odeon Cinema, Stafford
Dennis Holland dressed as a Roman centurion to promote the film 'Last Days Of Pompeii' Starring Steve Reeves, Christine Kaufmann and Fernando Rey and directed by Sergio Leone.
Dennis, a member of the ...
Promotional stunt for Odeon Cinema, Stafford
Dennis Holland dressed as a character from the film 'The Bell Boy' a 1960 comedy film written, produced, directed by and starring Jerry Lewis.
Dennis, a member of the Odeon Cinema staff, went out into ...
Promotional stunt for Odeon Cinema, Stafford
Members of the Odeon Cinema staff with a rickshaw, dressed as characters from the film 'Soldier of Fortune' Starring Clark Gable, Susan Hayward and Michael Rennie.
Members of the Odeon Cinema staff ...
Promotional stunt for Odeon Cinema, Stafford
Dennis Holland dressed as the character Sinbad to promote the film 'The 7th Voyage of Sinbad' directed by Nathan H. Juran and Starring Kerwin Mathews, Torin Thatcher, Kathryn Grant, Richard Eyer and ...
Promotional stunt for Odeon Cinema, Stafford
Dennis Holland, with bulldog, dressed as a naval character from the film 'The Bulldog Breed', a 1960 British comedy film starring Norman Wisdom and directed by Robert Asher.
Dennis, a member of the ...
Promotional stunt for Odeon Cinema, Stafford
Dennis Holland outside Stafford Police station dressed as prisoner, a character from the film 'In the Nick' a British comedy film directed by Ken Hughes and starring Anthony Newley, Anne Aubrey, Bernie ...
Promotional stunt for Odeon Cinema, Stafford
Although he looks more like the Michelin Man, Dennis Holland is dressed as William Blood in his spacesuit, the main character in the film 'The Man in the Moon', a 1961 British comedy film Starring Kenneth ...
Promotional stunt for Odeon Cinema, Stafford
Dennis Holland dressed as Field Marshal Rommel to advertise the film 'Foxhole in Cairo' featuring James Robertson Justice, with Adrian Hoven as Rommel.
Dennis, a member of the Odeon Cinema staff, went ...
Promotional stunt for Odeon Cinema, Stafford
Dennis Holland dressed as a cowboy to promote the film 'Last Train From Gun Hill' a 1959 Western by action director John Sturges, starring Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Carolyn Jones and Earl Holliman.
Dennis, ...
Promotional stunt for Odeon Cinema, Stafford
Dennis Holland dressed as a character from the cast of the film 'The House of the Seven Hawks'.
Dennis, a member of the Odeon Cinema staff, went out into Stafford town centre 52 weeks of the year ...
Promotional stunt for Odeon Cinema, Stafford
Dennis Holland dressed as a character from the film 'Cinderfella' a comedy film version of the classic Cinderella story produced by Jerry Lewis, written by Frank Tashlin, and starring Jerry Lewis, Ed ...
Promotional stunt for Odeon Cinema, Stafford
Dennis Holland riding a motorcycle and dressed as a character from the film 'Anatomy of a Murder' staring James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Eve Arden, George C. Scott, Arthur O'Connell, Kathryn ...