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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 ...
The company was incorporated in London, England, on 22 June 2016, [7] as part of a $1.2 billion takeover of Odeon Cinemas and United Cinemas International by AMC Theatres. The deal left Odeon Cinemas as a wholly owned subsidiary of Odeon Cinemas Group. [8] AMC claimed after the acquisition that it was the "largest movie exhibition company in ...
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.
The company began in 1979 as Pan-Canadian Film Distributors, a partnership between film producer Garth Drabinsky and inventor Nat Taylor, [1] based in Toronto, Ontario. [2] At the time of its establishment in the United States, the Cineplex Odeon theatre chain and the tie-in studio were owned by the MCA entertainment group, also the then-owners of Universal Pictures. [3]
Merlin Cinemas Limited [1] are a British cinema chain. The company was formed in 1990 and predominantly operates in small coastal towns. Merlin Cinemas mainly operate traditional cinema buildings rather than new builds. In 2023 Merlin Cinemas acquired the Odeon cinema in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, and renamed it Plaza Cinema. The cinema ...
Odeon Events Centre, now Coors Event Centre, in Saskatoon, Canada; Odeon, Boston, in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., 1835 – c. 1846; Odeon (Munich), a former concert hall in Munich, Germany; Odeon Newport, now The NEON, in Newport, Wales; Cineplex Odeon, a cinema theatre brand of Cineplex Entertainment List of Cineplex Entertainment movie ...
The Empire Cinema, formerly the Odeon Cinema, is a cinema in Maney, Sutton Coldfield in West Midlands, England. Built in 1936, it is notable for its Art Deco style. It is a Grade II listed building. [1] It closed in 2020; its future re-opening, as the Royal Cinema, was announced in December 2023. [2] [3]
It was purchased in November 1939 by Oscar Deutsch as part of Odeon Theatres Ltd, and was renamed as the Odeon in 1940. [3] It became a Rank cinema in 1941. Its piano lounge subsequently hosted Bruce Forsyth among others. [2] The building featured a stone-faced façe with four bays, and a full-width canopy, both facing Oxford Street.