The film was created by film maker Christina Condron and up and coming new film maker and project volunteer Sean Reynolds, who have filmed over 50 interviews with local cinema goers and staff from the ‘golden age of cinema’. Additional camera assistance was provided by Bill Morris, John Lines and Beth Greenwood. Sound and image editing support by Jordan Plant.

Archive photographs were provided from Sefton Records Office, Liverpool Records Office and Keith Rose.

We would like to sincerley thank all those who shared their cinema memories on camera with us for the Going to the Pictures Project. We have enjoyed sharing your memories and appreciate your time and contribution inhelping preserve our local cinema heritage.

The Going to the Pictures film was screened at the Project Showcase Event at the Plaza Community Cinema in March 2013.
The full film will soon be available to view through this website.

In 1932 The Sunday Entertainments Act regulated the use and opening times that cinemas were allowed to operate. The act also set up a Sunday Cinematograph fund for ‘encouraging the use and development of the cinematograph as a means for entertainment and instruction’ This fund gave rise to the British Film Institute.

In 1947 a vote on Sunday Cinema was held in Liverpool and an astounding number of patrons turned out to use their vote and raise their opinions.

The images below show the inside of a leaflet which was distributed to show the reasons against Sunday Cinema.

This article below was photographed at Liverpool Records Office, it shows the staggering number of people who turned out to vote on whether cinemas should be allowed to open on a Sunday.