Odeon Cavalcade - ACE040.3

Bullevant and Clavering talk about the Kingstanding Odeon, the first to be designed by Weedon. Plans, photographs, the cinema, sketches by Clavering. Clavering talking about his career. Cinema photographs. He talks about the use of brick and faience in the buildings, and the vertical features of the design which he believes derive from the Dreamland Cinema in Margate. Sketches of architectural features. Inside Clavering’s second cinema, Sutton Coldfield (1936). Architectural details. Excerpt from Looking on the Bright Side (1932). Bullevant’s VO talking about expansion of the Odeon chain, of costs of building, management structure, etc. Cinema exteriors. Newspaper reports from 1930s on opening of new Odeons. Details of exterior designs. Interiors; design details. VO of David Deutsch on Deutsch’s "brand image" concept for his cinemas. David Deutsch. Excerpt from 42nd Street. Interior design details. Bullevant VO, on Deutsch setting up companies to supply fittings, etc; Joseph VO talking of her role selecting colours and patterns for seating, carpets, and so on.