Odeon Warley

Hagley Road West,
Birmingham, B68 0NP

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rivest266
rivest266 on August 2, 2022 at 1:46 pm

Grand opening ad:

Warley Cinema openingWarley Cinema opening 21 Dec 1934, Fri Evening Despatch (Birmingham, West Midlands, England) Newspapers.com

John Griffiths
John Griffiths on October 23, 2021 at 3:11 pm

When it was converted to a bowling Ally, the whole of the auditorium was demolished, leaving the huge front foyer frontage and upper stories remaining in front of a low newbuilt section for the bowling.

Mike_Blakemore
Mike_Blakemore on June 6, 2020 at 5:32 am

Oscar Deutsch became involved only by buying £100 of Shares. The Clift faction of Shareholders held the majority shares interest until 1948.. When it became a FULL Odeon Weedan did no designing of this Theatre. Satchwell and Roberts where a far bigger practics, then Weedon and where shareholders in This theatre and Kingstanding. which are the 2 Odeon oddities. The tiles frontages where done by Cliftons associated companies long before Oscar Deutsch decided to use them. Deutsch built cinemas before these 2 sites was quite non descript.. Oscar Deutsch copied Sidney Clift ideas on Finace and systems. Even down to naming his Cinemas Odeon using part of his name.. Just Like Clift of Clifton. Another point they had Offices in the same building in Birmingham. In 1941 Odeon and Clifton nearly merged on the Death of Deutsch,

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on September 27, 2010 at 5:58 pm

Thanks again,Ken.

Ken Roe
Ken Roe on September 27, 2010 at 12:45 pm

A vintage photograph of the Odeon in August 1949, playing the Odeon release:
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Auditorium, as seen around the time of opening of the Warley Cinema in 1934:
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