A DOSE of 1920s glamour came to an iconic Teesside cinema on Thursday (February 12).

Redcar photographer Paul Kitchener decided to organise a period fashion shoot to both raise money for a charity and help promote the newly refurbished Regent which is right on the seafront and first opened in 1928.

Mr Kitchener, who is very proud of his home town, explained has no connection with the Regent but was looking for an interesting, creative photography project and was walking past the cinema when the idea struck.

He said: "I knew it opened in the 1920s and the idea just came to me. Later that night I have having a pint and put it out there on social media, I hadn't even contacted the cinema, and I had 30 models saying they would do it. The whole thing got huge. We had eight businesses across the town donating, giving their time to make it all happen, stylists, giving food, everything. It was pretty humbling, to be fair.

"We really hope it raises awareness of The Regent and gets people through the door. The calendar's will be sold for a local charity, we haven't decided which one yet."

The Save The Regent Cinema was launched over a year ago amid rumours of a multi-leisure development on the Coatham Bowl site. Eventually Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council agreed to carry out some renovation as part of the bigger seafront regeneration and the Regent Heritage Trust was formed. The council donated £58,000 to clean and improve the interior and the cinema has also had an external make-over and the revamped cinema re-opened last month.