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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.
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 ...
Further Odeon Cinemas in similar style were built in York and Scarborough. [1] [2] [3] Plaque placed by the Harrogate Civic Society. On its opening on 28 September 1936, the cinema seated 1,049 in the stalls and 598 in the circle; the first film shown was Where's Sally?. It was converted in 1972 to house three screens, with 532 seats in the ...
Cineplex Odeon Corporation was one of North America's largest movie theatre operators and live theatre, with theatres in its home country of Canada and the United States.The Cineplex Odeon brand is still being used by Cineplex Entertainment at some theatres that were once owned by the Cineplex Odeon Corporation, with newer theatres using the Cineplex Cinemas (French: Cinémas Cineplex) brand.
Odeon (building), ancient Greek and Roman buildings built for singing exercises, musical shows and poetry competitions Odeon of Agrippa, Athens; Odeon of Athens; Odeon of Domitian, Rome
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 Twenty-One. In 2008, the UK premiere of Sex and the City saw the film play in both auditoriums with every single session selling out.
The original Odeon closed on 16 July 1997 when the twelve screen Odeon multiplex opened at Freemans Park. [1] [2] The building has been Grade II listed since August 1997, giving it protection from unauthorised modification or demolition. [2] The building has been restored and converted into a venue for corporate and social events.
The Odeon Covent Garden in 2018. The Saville was taken over by ABC Theatres (owned by EMI) in 1970 and converted into a two-screen cinema by William Ryder and Associates. The gala opening on 22 December 1970 featured There's a Girl in My Soup in ABC 1 (616 seats) and The Railway Children in ABC 2 (581 seats). The stage area became ...