Odeon Merrion Centre Leeds

denroy on February 24, 2011 at 2:42 am

Some Roadshow dates:

FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE (opening film 9 weeks) 17th Aug – 10th Oct 1964
IT’S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD (4 weeks) 1st Nov – 28th Nov
MARY POPPINS (11 weeks) 4th April – 19th June 1965
THOSE MAGNIFICENT MEN IN THEIR FLYING MACHINES (8 weeks) 15th Aug – 9th Oct 1965
THE GREAT RACE (6 weeks) 3rd Apr – 14 May 1966
THE BIBLE (6 weeks) 12th March – 22nd April 1967
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (9 weeks) 14th May – 15th July 1967
A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS (9 weeks) 20th Aug – 25th Oct 1967
THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE (19 weeks) 17th Dec 1967 – 27 Apr 1968
CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG (10 weeks) 16th Dec 1968 – 22 Feb 1969
ICE STATION ZEBRA (8 weeks) 13th July – 6th Sept 1969
KRAKATOA – EAST OF JAVA (4 weeks)7th Sept – 4th Oct 1969
THE LION IN WINTER (6 weeks) 5th Oct – 15th Nov 1969
SONG OF NORWAY (18 weeks) 20th Dec 1970 – 24th April 1971
NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA (7 weeks) 26th Dec 1971 – 12th Feb 1972

chriso on April 29, 2008 at 1:21 am

Always a favourite cinema, it has now stood empty for twice as long as its use as a cinema. Its final years seemed to be obscure new films and 70mm re-runs to fill the Cinerama screen that was installed in 1969. Even when open it seemed to be Leeds' forgotten cinema, people either didn;t know it existed or they knew of a cinema in the Merrion Centre but had no idea it was an Odeon.

cinemabuff on October 15, 2003 at 6:23 am

this was a fine modern cinema for its time.I remember going to this cinema when I was younger than I am now. It is hard to understand why such a fine odeon cinema never proved a success. I feel sure even today the right company with the right programing could make this cinema work. what a waste of a fine cinema.

derek atkins(public relations officer mercia cinema society).