Odeon Twickenham
3 Cross Deep,
Twickenham,
TW1 4QJ
3 Cross Deep,
Twickenham,
TW1 4QJ
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You can see the Luxor (Odeon) in 1931 at the start of this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iySshjjujog
A few more notes. In reply to Keiths comment the Odeon was considered as a new home of the Musical Museum with the museum using the stalls area and the circle kept for theatre and cinema use. In the latter years the Odeon had live wrestling and showers were installed in the dressing rooms.The wrestling was popular with the punters but.not the local residents who pressed for the council to get it stopped. Wombat55 The 267 bus relaced the 667 trolley bus and the film’s shown on Saturday morning were often made by the Children’s Film Foundation CFI so try searching for that company. I wonder if Ena Bags or Don Knights were at the organ when you attended the Saturday shows. Ena was there for many years including the morning the stage curtains caught fire
Hi my name is peter,I am new to this group,Living in Australia,but when i was 10yo in 1965 I would get the 267 bus from Isleworth to Twickenham on a Saturday morning to the Odeon Theater and love watching the kids black & white movies,Would love to know if the names of these movies are recorded anywhere and if they exist somewhere on you tube?
The link I posted above in 2005 at geocities is now defunct.
Here is the new link to the same site containing pictures of Twickenham Odeon.
http://www.john.byethost6.com/odeont.htm
John
I believe that, for a short while at least, the cinema was considered as a possible new home for the Musical Museum collection from Brentford. The Museum has now moved to a purpose built location a few hundred yards from its former home.
herewith another set of pictures
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The Compton organ was a 2/6 later expanded to a 2/7.
Four vintage photographs of the Odeon Twickenham:
Still named the Luxor Cinema, but now proclaiming itself as being part of the Odeon Theatre’s Chain in this September 1949 view:
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It had been re-named Odeon by October 1949 when photographed playing the Odeon Circuit release here:
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Playing the Odeon Circuit release in April 1956:
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Close-up of the entrance while playing the Odeon Circuit release in November 1964:
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Further to my last posting I have written a book about Anne Ziegler and Webster Booth, entitled “Sweethearts of Song: A Personal Memoir of Anne Ziegler and Webster Booth” by Jean Collen. Information about the book is available at http://www.lulu.com
I was interested to see the photographs at the geocities site, particularly the pictures of Anne Ziegler and Webster Booth singing in the theatre in 1979.
I am writing a personal memoir about Anne and Webster and would be most interested if anyone can tell me more about the concert.
My blog on Anne and Webster can be found at http://duettists.blogspot.com
You can see some pictures of the Odeon Twickenham inside and ouside, plus demolition on the link below (there is also the Regal and Gaumont Twickenham on this link)
http://www.geocities.com/johnllon/odeont.htm
John (UK London)
A 1971 exterior photograph of the Odeon Twickenham here:
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I HAVE A SET OF COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS THAT I TOOK ON CLOSING DAY.
I USED TO GO TO THIS CINEMA EVERY WEEK AS A CHILD DURING THE WAR…
IN THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS I USED TO “RUN THE NEWSREEL” BETWEEN THIS SHOW “ODEON TWICKENHAM” AND THE OLD “ROYALTY” (GAUMONT) RICHMOND…
I STARTED AS “TRAINEE PROJECTIONIST ” AT THE ROYALTY IN 1948.
I have now discovered that the cinema closed on 10 Oct 1981 and was demolished in 1986,so the status should now be closed/demolished.
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