Title

Odeon Cinema, Fortis Green Road, Muswell Hill, Haringey, London, 1974-1999. Creator: Norman Walley.

Caption

Odeon Cinema, Fortis Green Road, Muswell Hill, Haringey, London, 1974-1999. The auditorium in the Odeon Cinema, viewed from the side of the circle, showing the curtained screen, proscenium and curved front and ceiling. The Odeon Cinema opened in 1936. The exterior design of the building was restricted and subdued due to opposition from the church located opposite; the interior was therefore designed to compensate. The auditorium is described as being "the most elaborate interior of any Odeon cinema to survive". It was divided into three screens in 1974, with two screens in beneath the circle and a screen using seating in the circle and the original proscenium and screen; the former front stalls were unused. The cinema was renamed the Everyman Cinema in 2015. In 2016 two 'pod' screens were built in the circle, while the former stalls were brought back into use and, along with the front of the circle, formed a new screen.

Date

1974

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England

Reference

HRM22A18_395

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

57,8Mb (2,6Mb) / 18,4in x 12,2in / 5505 x 3668 (300dpi)

Keywords

leisure building London England interior architecture arts country entertainment art British English film color lighting screen cinema curtain location ceiling century movie Art Deco Britain inside auditorium thirties moving picture seventies muswell hill Eighties Nineties Architectural Feature Colour 1970s cinematography Indoors 1980s 1930s 20th century 1990s decade Haringey TGN photograph Listed Building Odeon Cinema George George Coles Coles Grade II PROSCENIUM soft furnishing Historic England Norman Walley Walley Norman