They show the beautiful exteriors and ornate interiors of the picture houses that have entertained hundreds of thousands of viewers in their time.
A few are still screening films, but many more have been demolished or converted for other uses, becoming everything from bingo halls to nightclubs.
This retro photo gallery shows cinemas as they looked between the early 1900s and the start of the new millennium.
They bring back to life a golden age for the silver screen, when cinemagoers waited eagerly for the latest blockbusters, in a time long before streaming changed the way we consume films.
Do these photos bring back any memories for you? Which lost cinema would you most like to bring back?
7. Gaumont
The Gaumont Cinema, Barker's Pool, Sheffield, in January 1953. It opened in December 1927 as The Regent and closed in 1985. | Sheffield Newspapers
8. Odeon
The Bradford Odeon cinema, also known as the New Victoria, was used annually to celebrate the Armistice after the First World War. This picture shows the cinema behind the town's war memorial. | Submitted
11. Hyde Park
The Hyde Park Picture House, Brudenell Road, Leeds, pictured in 1976 | Yorkshire Post Newspapers
12. Picture House
The Picture House at Wards End, Halifax, which later became the Gaumont cinema, then the Astra cinema, and later the Coliseum and Liquid nightclubs | Submitted