Odeon Hendon

48 Church Road,
London, NW4 4EW

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PeterBradshaw
PeterBradshaw on October 16, 2011 at 1:56 pm

I have very happy memories of this cinema when I was growing up! I vividly remember watching John Huston’s The Man Who Would Be King there!

SJT
SJT on June 2, 2011 at 10:09 pm

There most certainly was a Circle! I sat there often enough (and indeed had several formative encounters there unrelated to film) It must have seated between 400-500, the rest being in the Stalls (around 800)the back of which had a semi-occluded view of the whole enormous screen because of the overhang. If you look at any of the surviving photos of what was a large building http://www.mawgrim.co.uk/cavalcade/hendon2.jpg you will see that it was very high, with an giant tea-rooms/restaurant behind the windows on the first floor, which backed on to the Circle entrance through a single, central door. As far as I know, right to the end it retained its original, multi-drop curtains: and the decor was pure Art Deco. Do any interior shots exist?

SJT

orpheum
orpheum on May 21, 2010 at 11:01 am

Again i was present at its closure.This was a cinema with a very attractive interior.there was no circle.With a very small car park,it wa s very difficult to park nearby.Rarely attracted big audiences.

lostmemory
lostmemory on January 8, 2009 at 10:18 pm

Here are new links for the seven photos posted above.

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KenRoe
KenRoe on December 29, 2006 at 11:57 am

A set of vintage photographs of the Odeon Hendon:
Exterior by day in September 1949
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A day-time close-up of the entrance in August 1950
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The exterior photographed at dusk in August 1950
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A night view in August 1950
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A night view from a different angle in August 1950
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Close-up of the entrance at night in December 1950
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Exterior by day in July 1951
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