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Odeon cinema in Reading, Berkshire in 1945 with filmgoers outside queuing for tickets. Odeon Cinemas was created in 1928 by entrepreneur Oscar Deutsch. [5] 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 site was branded separately as Edinburgh Fort. Eventually both sites were renamed under its current name in the late 1990s. [3] In 2008, the cinema, which was now operated by Odeon Cinemas, along with Megabowl; the adjacent bowling alley, was closed down and demolished. In late-2013 work started on a £24m extension to the park.
Westside Plaza is the main social and shopping hub of the area, comprising a public house, Jobcentre, council housing office, library, newsagent, an arcade, an Odeon cinema and a collection of shops both adjacent to and inside the Wester Hailes Shopping Centre.
Odeon Cinemas heralded a triumphant return to film on Thursday evening with the re-opening of their new theatre, Odeon West End Luxe. Situated on Leicester Square (just a stone’s throw from ...
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)
Former Odeon until June 2015 Newcastle upon Tyne: 4 Northallerton: 4 Opened May 2023 Oxted: 3 Plymouth: 3 Opened June 2023, located in the Royal William Yard. Reigate: 2 Salisbury: 4 Opened June 2023 Stratford International: 4 Opened 2024 Stratford-Upon-Avon: 4 Walton-on-Thames: 2 Winchester: 2 Wokingham: 3 York: 4 Originally the Odeon Cinema [14]
During the festival's early years, screenings took place at various cinemas and other venues across the city, including the New Victoria in Clerk Street, the Playhouse in Leith Walk, the Odeon in Lothian Road and the Central Hall, Tollcross. [45] In 1958, it acquired its own base at 3 Randolph Crescent, a Georgian town house with its own cinema ...
The design is a rare Scottish example of an atmospheric cinema; there were only ever around five cinemas built in this style in Scotland (others include the Campbeltown Picture House and Edinburgh's New Victoria. The Toledo interior was designed to give a feel that the patron was sitting outside in a Spanish courtyard, surrounded on either side ...