Odeon In Marble Arch
The odeon marble arch was built in 1967 as a monumental modernist replacement for the previous extravagantly atmospheric 1928 cinema on the same site.
Odeon in marble arch. The premier seat at the odeon marble arch cost 11 60 so i had expected a really comfy seat with extra legroom. Since opening in 1967 we ve hosted superheroes villains and even the occasional wizard while welcoming. And wow what a journey it s been. The new cinema was famous for having one of the only screens in the country optimised for 70mm epics such as a bridge too far and lawrence of.
Half way through the film i was thinking about leaving. This was a lavish for the time replacement of the previous magnificent atmospheric style regal odeon on the same site which has its own page on cinema treasures. Odeon advertise reasons to go to the cinema. This in turn was demolished in 2016 as part of the marble arch place scheme but the tradition of cinema going at marble arch will continue when developers almacantar create a new multi screen odeon cinema in the basement of marble.
Sadly the first odeon marble arch closed down in 1964 and was demolished to make way for a more modern cinema. Instead there s no more legroom and the seat gave me a numb bum. We are sad to announce that odeon marble arch shut its doors on may 8th. The odeon marble arch opened on 2nd february 1967 with zero mostel in a funny thing happened on the way to the forum.