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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 ...
Colchester: Rank Theater February 19, 1964 Stockton: Odeon Theater February 20, 1964 Sunderland: Odeon February 21, 1964 Stoke: Gaumont Theater February 22, 1964 Bournemouth: Bournemouth Winter Gardens: February 23, 1964 Birmingham: Birmingham Hippodrome: February 24, 1964 Southend: Odeon Theater February 25, 1964 London Odeon Cinema February ...
Odeon Theatre 8 September 1964 2 shows: Colchester: Odeon Theatre 9 September 1964 2 shows: Luton: Odeon Theatre 10 September 1964 2 shows: Cheltenham: Odeon Theatre 11 September 1964 2 shows: Cardiff: Wales: Capitol Theatre: 13 September 1964 2 shows: Liverpool: England: Liverpool Empire Theatre: 14 September 1964 2 shows: Chester: ABC Theatre ...
05/09/1964 London, Finsbury Park, Astoria Theatre (2 shows) 06/09/1964 Leicester, Odeon Theatre (2 shows) 08/09/1964 Colchester, Odeon Theatre (2 shows)
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.
A film festival, showcasing a selection of new feature and short films from around the world and centred at the VAF, was held from to 2012 to 2017 (excluding 2016). There are 12 cinema screens spread across the 8 screen Odeon, 3 screen Curzon and 1 screen in the firstsite gallery. [citation needed]
The Playhouse Theatre was built in 1929 by John Fairweather; and the first production in 1929 was the Winter Garden Theatre's So This Is Love. [1] In 1930, The Playhouse became a cinema, the interior was redesigned in 1931, and in 1932, the cinema was taken over by Associated British Cinemas.
While this was happening, the divested smaller ABC cinemas gained a stablemate under Cinven; in 2000 Cinven bought over the one-time rival chain of Odeon Cinemas for £280 million from Rank Group plc [9] [10] and most of the 60 remaining ABC Cinemas, which were mostly older, town centre cinemas, were rebranded as Odeon or were closed as the ...