The screen megastars who have visited Sunderland.
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00:00 And action! Cue your memories of the big screen stars who have visited Wearside.
00:07 These glamorous people have starred in Hollywood blockbusters and have also come to theatres
00:11 and cinemas in Sunderland.
00:14 The star of Brief Encounter, Trevor Howard, signed autographs at the Havelock Cinema in
00:19 1947, in the same year that Margaret Lockwood from The Lady Vanishers was there.
00:27 He's one of our own. He's Sunderland-born Christine Norton in Marlborough Park in 1947.
00:35 She's known for movies such as An Ideal Husband.
00:39 David Farrar, star of Black Narcissus, was at the Regal Cinema in 1951.
00:45 Charlie Chaplin had a great time in Durham in 1962.
00:50 And he is Marlene Dietrich, heading for the Roker Hotel in 1966.
00:56 David Bowie starred in films such as The Man Who Fell to Earth. In 1987, he performed live
01:02 at Roker Park.
01:05 Mickey Rooney, he of National Velvet fame, appeared in Pando in Sunderland in 2007.
01:12 And Tommy Steele, the star of Half a Sixpence, was in Sunderland in 2016 on the 60th anniversary
01:20 of his first appearance at the Empire.
01:23 Tell us about the stars you've met on Weaside by emailing chris.cordner@nationalworld.com.