The which has sat untouched since it closed 26 years ago has proven one of the most popular of the .
The cavernous void beneath Scala House shows just a hint of the brave architecture instigated at the cinema in 1914.
Cinemas, particularly Art Deco ones from the 1920s and 30s, are some of the most cherished buildings in the country and Birmingham has been blessed with some particularly attractive ones.
With the onset of the video, DVD and streaming, many have fallen by the wayside but here the Birmingham Post looks back at when the cinema was all powerful.
still stands - although the Post recently reported about a .
But the Odeon in Kingstanding, the old Danilo cinema in Quinton and the Grand Palace Cinema in Ladywood are among those which previously stood proud but are no more.