Former Odeon Cinema, Oxford Street
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Former Odeon Cinema, Oxford Street
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 2 May 2012
Built in 1930 and originally containing 2,920 seats, the Paramount Theatre, as it was then called, was the largest of Manchester’s picture palaces to survive as a cinema. In November 1939 the Paramount circuit was obtained by Oscar Deutsch’s chain of Odeon Theatres Ltd. and it was re-named Odeon in April 1940. It was twinned in 1973, triplexed in 1979 with a further four screens created in 1992. The cinema was closed in September 2004 due to competition from the AMC Great Northern 16, which had opened nearby in December 2001. In autumn of 2010, plans were approved by Manchester City Council to demolish the former Paramount/Odeon and redevelop the site. From Cinema Treasures http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/2430 accesses 13 May 2012.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.477218
Longitude
-2.243294