A lost cinema right in the heart of Liverpool city centre started life showing cartoons before later reopening as an exclusive cinema showing uncensored X-rated films.
The Tatler cinema on Church Street opened in 1934 as the city's first news and cartoon cinema. Described as grand and attractive looking, it had a marble entrance and neon lit canopy that jutted out onto Church Street advertising its shows.
It could seat 600 people with 200 in the balcony while the walls inside were brightly coloured panels dusted with gold. In the days before televisions were commonplace in people's homes, the cinema showed news reels and was popular with children for its cartoons.
