François Penz, Richard Koeck Cinematic Urban Geographies - Page 91
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The original print was digitised as part of London's Screen Archives' regional Screen Heritage project. Dentist in the Chair (Don Chaffey 1960) was a tepid comedy starring Bob Monkhouse, which performed well enough to have a sequel, Dentist on the Job, released the following year. The ABC cinema had opened as the Ritz in 1936 as Muswell Hill's second super-cinema, just 3 months after the nearby Odeon, which survives as a heritage landmark today, after being tripled in 1974.
Allen Eyles, Cinema Theatre Association
Odeon Cinemas: Oscar Deutsch entertains our nation - 2002 - Page 105 0851708137 Coles' major contribution in design terms to the circuit in 1936 was unquestionably the Odeon at Muswell Hill. This sedate north London suburb had two old cinemas when both Odeon and ABC set about building here. The Odeon opened in September 1936 and ABC's Ritz followed in December. Both were outstanding buildings architecturally and surprisingly capacious for the location: the Odeon accommodated 1,827 patrons while the Ritz had an even greater capacity with 1,997 ...
The cinema in its Everyman branding.
Projector in the lobby.
Side view.
Entrance.
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