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One of the former Odeon cinemas in Leeds, pictured in May 1980.This is now a Sports Direct branch.. Odeon Cinemas was created in 1928 by Oscar Deutsch.Odeon publicists liked to claim that the name of the cinemas was derived from his motto, "Oscar Deutsch Entertains Our Nation", [5] but it had been used for cinemas in France and Italy in the 1920s, and the word is actually Ancient Greek ...
Odeon Cinemas Group Limited [1] is Europe's largest cinema operator. Through subsidiaries it has over 360 cinemas, with 2900 screens in 14 countries in Europe, 120 cinemas with 960 screens are in the UK. [2] It receives more than 2.2 million guests per week. [3] [4] Odeon Cinemas Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of AMC Theatres.
Theatre construction fell during World War II with nine theatres being built between 1941 and 1944 due to a ban on constructing entertainment facilities. Odeon expanded their amount of theatres from 107 to 180 between 1946 and 1948. [10] Odeon and Famous Players accounted for 60.8% of box-office receipts in 1947. [11]
The Odeon Luxe Leicester Square is a prominent cinema building in the West End of London. Built in the Art Deco style and completed in 1937, the building has been continually altered in response to developments in cinema technology, and was the first Dolby Cinema in the United Kingdom.
Not connected to the Odeon chain. Now a F45 gym. Odeon Carlton: Yonge and Carlton 1947 1973 1 Demolished. Odeon Danforth Pape and Danforth 1947 unknown 2 Now a fitness centre. Odeon Fairlawn Yonge and Lawrence 1947 1985 2 Demolished. Odeon Hyland Yonge and St. Clair 1948 2003 2 Demolished. Odeon York Yonge and Eglinton 1969 2001 [24] 2
The site was redeveloped in 1934 by Odeon Cinemas and opened in 1935. T Cecil Howitt was chosen as the architect, this being one of four Odeon cinemas that he designed. The others were the Odeon Cinema, Bridgwater (1936) and at Warley (1934) and Clacton (1936).
It was renamed Odeon West End from 22 July 1988 with the opening of the comedy film The Couch Trip. It closed for twinning on 11 July 1991 with The Pope Must Die. The Odeon West End re-opened on 11 October 1991 with screen 1 upstairs seating 503 playing Toy Soldiers and screen 2 downstairs opening on 1 November 1991 with 848 seats playing ...
Odeon Sheffield is a multiplex cinema located at Arundel Gate in Sheffield city centre, South Yorkshire, England, adjacent to the city's O2 Academy. It is operated by Odeon Cinemas and has ten screens.