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Film ID | ACE040 |
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Title | Odeon Cavalcade |
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Date | 1973 |
Director | Barry Clayton |
Production Company | Greendow |
Synopsis | The development of the Odeon chain of cinemas in Britain in the 1930s, and an examination of its Art Deco house style. |
Minutes | 35 min |
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ACE040.2 (00:00:00 - 00:08:44) Film showing objects in the 1925 Art Deco exhibition in Paris, pointing out that Hollywood incorporated a good deal of Deco in its designs, and adding that Britain’s Odeon cinemas were a significant contribution to this movement. Photographs of Odeon cinemas, architects’ drawings, cinema posters, facades, interiors, design details, etc. Robert Bullevant, Chairman Harry Weedon and Partners. Lili Joseph, widow of Oscar Deutsch on the popularity of cinema-going. Bullevant. Sidney Swingler, formerly chief construction engineer for Harry Weedon, talking about ticket pricing: his VO over film of cinema and dole queues. Anna Neagle and Herbert Wilcox at gala opening. Swingler talking about the coming of sound. Excerpt from 42nd Street (1933). Photographs of Oscar Deutsch. Lili Joseph talking about Deutsch’s growing interest in cinema and in building cinemas. Bullevant talks about the first Odeon at Perry Bar, Birmingham (1932); photograph of Harry Weedon, architect; design for Odeon Leicester Square (1937); photographs or designs for others including Plymouth and Bury. Bullevant talking about Weedon’s relationship with Deutsch. Drawings and photographs of Odeon cinema. Cecil Clavering, Architect formerly with Harry Weedon, talking about the Odeon house style. Photographs and film. ACE040.3 (00:08:44 - 00:19:42) ACE040.4 (00:19:42 - 00:32:05) ACE040.5 (00:32:05 - 00:35:27) |
Full credits | Cinemas featured were the Odeons at Balham, Hendon, Kingstanding, Leicester Square, Muswell Hill, Southgate, Sutton Coldfield, Woolwich, Warley. Special thanks to The Rank Organisation, Harry Weedon and Partners, Cinema TV Today, The National Film Archive, EMI/Pathe Film Library, British Movietone News, Pearce Signs Ltd., Cecil Clavering, Robert Bullevant, Mrs Lili Joseph, David Deutsch, Sidney Swingler, Ralph Beyer, Harvey Daniels, Peter North; Feature film extracts from Looking on the Bright Side 1932, 42nd Street 1933, Dance Band 1935, Keep Fit 1937; From an idea by Dennis Sharp; Research by Dennis Sharp, Rodney Wilson; Camera Mike Davis, Stephen Goldblatt, Frank Hardie; Sound Michael Lax, Tony Anscombe; Assistant Director Malcolm Hignett; Editor Peter Day; Directed by Barry Clayton. Made by Greendow for the Arts Council of Great Britain. |
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ACE040.2 (00:00:00 - 00:08:44) ACE040.3 (00:08:44 - 00:19:42) ACE040.4 (00:19:42 - 00:32:05) ACE040.5 (00:32:05 - 00:35:27) |
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