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Concert Venues :: Birmingham Odeon Theatre
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| Date Opened |
Sept. 4, 1937 |
| Demolished |
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| Venue Capacity |
2,441 |
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| Venue Address |
139 New Street
Birmingham
West Midlands
England
United Kingdom
B2 4NU |
Venue Information
The Odeon Cinema opened as the Paramount Theater on 4th September 1937. The architects were Frank Verity & Samuel Beverley (Cinerama is not a style of architecture) the Paramount was Art Deco. It was one of several Paramount Theaters built by Paramount Pictures in major cities in the United Kingdom. The Birmingam Paramount had a seating capacity of 2,441. The organ was a Compton 4 manual/10 rank which was still in use occasionally into the mid-1980s.
It was taken over by Odeon Theatres and re-named Odeon in August 1942. It was never part of the ABC Theatres chain. In 1965 it was closed for a few months for a major modernisation which stripped the building of many of its original decorative features. Until it was split up into four screens the huge original seating capacity served well as a venue for pop concerts as well as films.
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/9221 |
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4 May 2013
John Paul Jones
Manchester, England
The Ritz
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