Odeon Kingstanding
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History One of the most iconic of the 1930s Odeons, and arguably one of the most influential cinema designs full stop. A young architect at the Harry Weedon practice, J Cecil Clavering took inspiration from Germany, the USA and Dreamland in Margate when drawing up the towering fins for the Odeon Kingstanding. Its life as […]
Odeon New Street
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Also known as… Paramount History A landmark venue when it opened as part of the Paramount chain – on the site of the original King Edwards School on New Street – with the biggest capacity of any Birmingham cinema at the time and a famous Compton organ which emerged from beneath the stage. In 1942 […]
Odeon Perry Barr
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History The first cinema to bear the Odeon name, but in the style of a Moorish palace rather than the streamlined modernism which the circuit became famous for. Oscar Deutsch, the locally-born founder of the Odeon chain, had a flat out the back where he stayed when he was working late. After he died in […]
Odeon Queensway
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Also known as… The Scala Superama, Cinecenta, Odeon Ringway, Star Cinemas (the Cinecenta) History The Scala Superama opened in November 1964 with James Aubrey in Lord of the Flies & Kenneth More in The Comedy Man. The following year the Compton group also opened the Cinecenta next door which would show X-rated screenings. The Superama […]
Odeon Sutton Coldfield
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Also known as… Empire, Sutton Coldfield History One of three Odeons opened in the April of 1936, the Sutton Coldfield is a prime example of the Odeon style. Designed by John Cecil Clavering, it features the characteristic faience panels and a vertical tower. Its distinctive curved corner entrance was copied by the same architect in […]