We hate goodbyes but for now it s time to shut our doors at marble arch and say farewell.
Marble arch odeon times.
Instead there s no more legroom and the seat gave me a numb bum.
Odeon advertise reasons to go to the cinema.
It stood near the site of what is today the three bayed central projection of the palace containing the well known balcony.
And wow what a journey it s been.
Odeon marble arch is closed.
Since opening in 1967 we ve hosted superheroes villains and even the occasional wizard while welcoming.
This was a lavish for the time replacement of the previous magnificent atmospheric style regal odeon on the same site which has its own page on cinema treasures.
The odeon marble arch known as the regal from 1928 to 1945 was a cinema located opposite marble arch monument at the top of park lane with its main entrance on edgware road london it operated in various forms from 1928 to 2016 and is most famous for once housing a vast screen capable of screening films in 70mm the machines were cinemeccanica victoria 8 models.
The odeon marble arch was built in 1967 as a monumental modernist replacement for the previous extravagantly atmospheric 1928 cinema on the same site.
The new cinema was famous for having one of the only screens in the country optimised for 70mm epics such as a bridge too far and lawrence of arabia but with the decline of the format it was.
The premier seat at the odeon marble arch cost 11 60 so i had expected a really comfy seat with extra legroom.
In 1851 on the initiative of architect and urban planner decimus.
Marble arch is a 19th century white marble faced triumphal arch in london england the structure was designed by john nash in 1827 to be the state entrance to the cour d honneur of buckingham palace.