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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 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 ...
The cinema was built by Harry Weedon and Partners for the Odeon Cinemas company of Oscar Deutsch.There were 1,272 seats in the stalls and 668 in the circle. The opening on 11 September 1937 was attended by Oscar Deutsch and the Mayor of Wolverhampton Sir Charles Mander, and the first film shown was Dark Journey.
Oscar Deutsch (12 August 1893 – 5 December 1941) [1] was a British entrepreneur who was the founder of Odeon Cinemas, the largest cinema chain in the United Kingdom. He opened his first cinema in Brierley Hill, Staffordshire in 1928, with the chain's flagship cinema, the Odeon, Leicester Square in London, opening in 1937.
The Odeon Cinema, originally the Richmond Kinema, is a multiplex cinema in Richmond, London, England. Opened in 1930, it is noted for its Art Deco style. It is a Grade II listed building .
Odeon, a 2013 music album by Tosca "Odeon", a composition by Ernesto Nazareth (1863–1934); Odéon (Paris Métro), a station in Paris, France Odeon Film, a German film production company
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The first film shown, on 17 November 1921, was The Old Nest. The first "talkie" shown was On Trial, on 14 October 1929. [1] [2] It became one of the Odeon Cinemas chain in 1936, and was renamed the Odeon in 1937. The cinema was closed in February 1964 by its then owners The Rank Organisation. The interior was converted into a bingo hall, and it ...