Odeon Queensway

Holloway Circus, Queensway,
Birmingham, B5

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rivest266
rivest266 on July 16, 2022 at 8:54 am

This opened as the Compton Cinema Club on December 7th, 1965, showing adult movies for members who paid ten shillings.

The Compton Cinema Club openingThe Compton Cinema Club opening 05 Dec 1965, Sun Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, West Midlands, England) Newspapers.com

rivest266
rivest266 on July 16, 2022 at 8:35 am

This reopened as Cinecenta on August 21st, 1977, to the public. It was the Compton cineclub 24.

Reopening as CinecentaReopening as Cinecenta 14 Aug 1977, Sun Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, West Midlands, England) Newspapers.com

rivest266
rivest266 on March 1, 2022 at 3:38 pm

Grand opening ad posted

Mike_Blakemore
Mike_Blakemore on April 9, 2021 at 7:28 am

Biffaskin.. I would like to see them re-open. But alas The Rates on these 3 screens was eyewatering. They paid far more rates then the Alexandra Theatre and The Rep. Some years ago I did a study for a City Councillor On the finances of Birmingham Theatres as against the Commercial operations Like for like The Birmingham Odeon Theatre (Live) as against The Hippodrome Now that was an education Hippodrome paid more then double the cleaning cost of the Odeon using the same contractor On the other The Hippodrome only paid 32% of the rates The Odeon New St was charged. I must add I did put the Cat amongst the Pigeons :)

Biffaskin
Biffaskin on April 8, 2021 at 5:16 pm

You would think that these dormant screens would make a profit now if they re-opened again..

Johncine
Johncine on January 10, 2012 at 6:52 am

One of the better cinemas from my childhood – this was the place where I saw STAR WARS on it’s original run in 1978 and on a 70mm reissue in 1979. I also saw the likes of LORD OF THE RINGS, ALIENS, CROCODILE DUNDEE, SHORT CIRCUIT, KARATE KID PART 2. By 1987 though, the audiences had dwindled with the likes of CREEPSHOW 2 and SPACEBALLS not getting the audiences. Much missed by long remembered.