A bas-relief female figure above the central window at the front of the Odeon Cinema, George Street

Date:: 2009

Location:: Odeon Cinema, George Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire; Show all locations

ABC Cinema, George Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire

Reference:: NWC01/01/0999

Type:: Photograph (35mm Slide)

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Description

This cinema building opened as the Ritz Cinema in 1936, operated by Union Cinemas. In 1937 it was taken over by Associated British Cinemas (ABC), continuing as the Ritz Cinema until 1963 when it was re-named ABC. It was taken over by the Cannon Group in 1986, then MGM followed by ABC again, before becoming an Odeon Cinema in the year 2000. The bas-relief figure shown in the photograph was designed by the sculptor Newbury Trent (1885-1953).

Content

This is part of the Series: NWC01/01 Norman Walley: Series of slides; within the Collection: NWC01 Norman Walley Cinema Collection

Rights

People & Organisations

Photographer: Walley, Norman

Sculptor: Trent, Newbury A

Keywords

Sculpture, Mid 20th Century Cinema