Odeon Dudley

22 Castle Hill,
Dudley, DY1 4QQ

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Mike_Blakemore
Mike_Blakemore on August 17, 2021 at 5:14 am

Just a thought Harry Weedon never designed a Cinema Th person credited as assisting him Did it. Weedon designed Houses. He prepared budgets for the Shar Prospectus in that Odeon Company. The Weedon Practice never designed anything until Robert Bullivant became head designer for the Practice.

ODEONesque
ODEONesque on August 15, 2021 at 3:56 pm

OK it`s not a cinema any more but you have to admire the wonderful restoration job done by the JWs.

SteveSidaway
SteveSidaway on February 10, 2014 at 11:30 am

I remember going to the closing night, the poor usherettes were all in tears…!

Ken Roe
Ken Roe on January 22, 2008 at 5:36 pm

A photograph from October 2007:
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Ian
Ian on January 1, 2007 at 1:03 am

Another shot of the exterior, this time from 1995:–

http://flickr.com/photos/12494104@N00/339681349/

bluejuice
bluejuice on February 18, 2006 at 11:08 am

hi
i am researching my family history, and i have found out that my great grandfather george albert richardson was the manager of an odeon cinema in the birmingham area around the 1930’s i would love to see it but i am having troble fing out which one i suspect it may be dudley does anyone know how i might find out for sure . many thanks

Ken Roe
Ken Roe on January 22, 2006 at 6:12 am

Here is an October 1965 photograph I took while I was the Assistant Manager of the Odeon. “The Guns of Navarone” was the film playing that week:
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HornerJack
HornerJack on January 11, 2006 at 10:01 pm

Ken Roe – Thanks for adding these cinemas. This Odeon looks like a great venue. The exterior Art Deco design is fine in its understatement. Churches are great tenants for old cinema treasures. Ironic that in the old days, movie theaters were a target for many Christian denominations!

woody
woody on January 11, 2006 at 9:10 am

Heres another view, showing how little the building has changed, taken around 1991 when I was a manager at the nearby UCI multiplex
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Ken Roe
Ken Roe on January 11, 2006 at 8:05 am

Two exterior photographs of the Odeon Dudley taken in October 1949:
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A close up view taken in 1969:
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