Odeon Harlow
The High,
Harlow,
CM20 1JJ
The High,
Harlow,
CM20 1JJ
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This was the first new cinema to be built for Rank after the war (others were completions of pre-war schemes) and it opened on February 1, 1960 with "Follow A Star".
It was designed by T. P. Bennett & Son and had 1,244 seats on a single floor in the stadium plan. The projection suite was suspended above the rear stalls and had an almost level throw to the large screen.
In June 1987, it closed for tripling and the rear stalls were converted into two smaller cinemas whilst the front retained the original box and screen.
The Odeon was refurbished in 2001 and rebranded with the new Odeon style. This was despite the competition from a six-screen multiplex which opened back in 1990. Its future looked hopeful, however it was closed in August 2005.
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Ian Grundy
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A recent photo of the front stalls auditorium here:
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The Odeon Harlow closed on 29th August 2005.
An exterior photograph taken in August 1985, courtesy of Jeremy Perkins taken from the Cinema Theatre Association website:
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Early in 2007 the former Odeon remains unused and boarded up. All signs and branding have been stripped from the exterior of the cinema.
Boarded up in November 2007 – and a shot of the rear of the building here:–
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i am looking for the managing agents of the odeon cinema building in harlow.
Duardo, email here b.ghadamiGusman Center for the Performing Artsagency.com