Closing credits: the battle to save 1930s Odeon cinemas – photo essay

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Oscar Deutsch’s cinemas were the most exotic architecture in many British towns and cities. But the wrecking ball has claimed many – and is still swinging

The two films shown on the opening night of Odeon founder Oscar Deutsch’s first cinema in October 1928 may have been silent – but it certainly got residents of the small town of Brierley Hill in present-day West Midlands talking.

 

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