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odeon|ˈəʊdiːən|
[ad. Gr. ᾠδεῖον a building for musical performances.]
1. Also odeion |əʊˈdaɪən|. = odeum.
1902Anderson & Spiers Archit. Greece & Rome vii. 117 No Greek example exists of the Odeon. Ibid. 280 Odeon, a circular building in which rehearsals and musical contests took place in Greece. 1908W. R. Lethaby Greek Buildings iv. 196 The rotundas at Olympia..must have been covered by low cones. So must the Odeon and the Skias at Athens. 1909A. Marquand Greek Archit. vi. 355 The Odeion (ᾠδεῖον), or music hall, was designed for musical contests and rehearsals of plays. 1961L. Mumford City in Hist. Note to plate 12, What modern town..can point to..as many handsome examples of bath, theater, odeon? 1977Jrnl. R. Soc. Arts CXXXV. 485/2 The Department of Antiquities..is now excavating an Odeon.
2. (With capital initial.) The name of any of numerous cinemas in a chain built by Oscar Deutsch or his company in the 1930s. Hence in wider use, any cinema, esp. of similar lavish architectural style. Also attrib. and as adj., designating this style.
1937Klingender & Legg Money behind Screen 46 Odeon Theatres, Ltd.—Is a private company registered in October, 1933 with {pstlg}100 capital... In November, 1936, the Odeon group of companies was increased by Cinema Ground Rents & Properties, Ltd... The object of the concern is stated to be primarily that of acquiring new sites for Odeon cinemas. 1946J. P. Mayer Sociol. of Film iv. 51 Between August 1944 and June 1945 I spent approximately twenty Saturday mornings in the Odeon and Gaumont British Children's Cinema Clubs. 1952A. Wood Mr. Rank v. 87 People on holiday..would go into an Odeon because it would remind them of the Odeon at home. Ibid. 88 Beginning modestly.., Deutsch by 1937 had raised the total number of Odeons to over 200... His cinemas were all built to sumptuous standards, with the aim of providing something more luxurious than the rest... The Odeon cinemas became almost a symbol of the British way of life in the 1930s. 1954J. Betjeman Few Late Chrysanthemums 40 An Odeon flashes fire Where stood their villa. 1960C. MacInnes Mr. Love & Justice 224 The two girls carried on..joint excursions to their respective Odeons. 1964New Statesman 10 Apr. 576/3 The whole occasion, with its foamy seats, Odeon hues and ice-cream girls, is organised to resemble film-going as closely as possible. 1970Collins & Dodd Perishers Bk. 8 4 Maisie..still finds Marlon attractive in a repulsive sort of way, especially when he wears his Odeon Admiral's uniform. 1972H. C. Rae Shooting Gallery ii. 243 It was the cinema, an Odeon in the heart of Glasgow, big and modern and comfortable. 1977Times 12 Feb. 7/3 M. Barrier designed his own restaurant under the influence of fin-de-siècle, early Odeon, and fifties tubular. |