Eerie photos show crumbling Art Deco picture house that was at the forefront of the glory days of cinema – but hasn’t shown a movie in 50 years

A once magnificent Art Deco cinema opened during the glory days of the silver screen is now a crumbling wreck which hasn’t shown a film for 50 years.
The Royalty Cinema in Harborne, Birmingham, was designed by celebrated picture house architect Horace G Bradley during the first great wave of cinema building and opened on 20th October, 1930.