Odeon Hyland
1501 Yonge Street,
Toronto,
ON
M4T 1Y9
1501 Yonge Street,
Toronto,
ON
M4T 1Y9
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Previously operated by: Cineplex Odeon, Odeon Theatres (Canada) Ltd.
Architects: Jay I. English, Leslie Haggar Kemp
Styles: Streamline Moderne
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News About This Theater
- Jul 3, 2010 — "Back To The Future"...Happy 25th!
- Jun 18, 2010 — "Jaws"... Happy 35th!
- May 14, 2010 — Please Post Today, May 14 --- "Jaws," Happy 35th
Opened on November 22, 1948, the Odeon Hyland was owned and operated by Odeon Theatres (Canada) Ltd. Located north of St. Clair Avenue on Yonge Street, it had seating for 844 on the orchestra level and 473 in the balcony. It was later operated by Cineplex Odeon and twinned. It was closed on October 31, 2001 with Chow Yun-Fat in “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” & Laura Linney in “You Can Count on Me”. It was demolished in September 2003.
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The sister theatre to the Odeon Hyland was in London Ontario called the Odeon and later Odeon 1&2 when the balcony was made into theatre #2.It was demolished to build a pathetic downtown mall in 1988ish!
I saw Amadeus at the Hyland in 70mm!
Back To The Future played here in 70mm 25 years ago today!
vic1964 has confused two theatres in London, Ontario I think, the Odeon London in the downtown built in 1948, twinned in the 70s and showed Amadeus in the 80s, but not in 70mm. The other was a mid-1930s neighbourhood house seating about 600 originally and called the Elmwood. The Odeon chain leased it for a few years in the 40s and then permanently in 1955 when it renamed it the Odeon Hyland. Around 1980 it was renovated with a new marquee, larger lobby and candy bar, air-conditioning and seating reduced to about 400. Back to the Future was one of many first-run films that had long runs there. The record setter was The Sound of Music which ran for 73 weeks at reserved seat prices. The Hyland was closed in the 90s a victim of newer multiplexes in the city. Later it was briefly used as a church. A few years ago a couple took it over and has devoted it to showing foreign and independent films that otherwise would have no chance of being seen in this area.
My mother worked at the HYland Theatre for 35 years.I have a ton of great memories of the theatre. My brothers & i would play on the stage.Its just to bad that they tore it down . It was one of the most prestiges bldgs in Canada.
I worked at this theatre for years and have many fond memories. One of the most memorable was a cashier called Elizabeth who had also been there for years. One day someone came in at the box office pulled a gun and asked her to empty out the till or he’d shoot. She must have been in well into her late sixties if not older, she looked him straight in the eyes and simply said “Shoot”. The would be robber ran away :)
Another interesting fact is that Amanda. Marshall worked at this theatre when she was a teenager. She was very fun to work with and even then she had a fantastic voice.
If any of the old gang is reading a hello from Rob and Max ;)
This is where I saw “Back to the Future” 30 years ago today. Movie exceeded my expectations.
Closed on October 31, 2001 with “Crouching Tiger” in Screen 1 and “You Can Count On Me” in Screen 2.
Crouching Tiger hidden dragon?
Yes, that’s it. The name was shorten on the article though. I don’t even know what it was until I finally learned it.
Both Canadian Odeon and Cineplex merged in July 1984, and the Cineplex Odeon identity was introduced the following year in 1985.