Nine great pictures remembering Sunderland's cinemas of old, featuring ice cream, usherettes and three showings

The curtain's up on movie memories as focus on some favourite Sunderland picture house scenes.

We found usherettes, projection workers, movie goers and even a Sunderland star of the big screen in the Echo archives.

It all adds up to the total retro movie experience. All you need is the popcorn.

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