Odeon Danforth
635 Danforth Avenue,
Toronto,
ON
M4K
635 Danforth Avenue,
Toronto,
ON
M4K
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Opened on April 16, 1948, the Odeon Danforth is now a fitness center, though much of the exterior has been preserved.
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Two pictures the Odeon Danforth from 1947:
Exterior:
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Auditorium:
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The links to the two pictures of the Odeon Danforth that I posted yesterday are no longer working, but the pictures can be seen by going to the Images database of the Ontario Archives at:
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and entering ‘Odeon Danforth’ in the search window.
Here are direct links to the 1946 pictures of the Odeon Danforth:
http://ao.minisisinc.com/Webimages/I0012598.jpg
http://ao.minisisinc.com/Webimages/I0012597.jpg
1984 photo of the Odeon theatre.
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Based on the picture posted by Chuck1231, it is evident that the theater was twinned prior to its closure. Screens should be 2.
That picture is of the Odeon HYLAND at Yonge & St Clair. The Odeon DANFORTH was never twinned. It was sold by Odeon before any twinning could be done.
The listing for this should be changed back to single screen then.
The ‘Rex Danforth’ was also a live music venue for a brief time; I saw Devo there in about 1980/81. The mighty Clash also played there I believe.
What of the Pape across the street from it (kitty corner)? I grew up in the neighbourhood and frequented the Pape and the Donlands cinemas, as well as the beloved (and recently demolished) Roxy at Greenwood and Danforth (which was a second run house before becoming a rep under the stewardship of Gary Topp in the later ‘70s).
The Pape was on Pape at 336. I think you are thinking of the Palace.
Just to set the record straight. Gary Topp did run the Roxy at Greenwood & Danforth in the early 70', but I took it over in the mid 70’s and renovated the auditorium: much larger screen, replaced the seats, installed an optical Dolby Stereo sound system. The place I inherited was, to put it charitably, a dump.