Oscar Deutsch
(1893-1941)

businessman and founder of Odeon cinemas

Died aged c. 48

Oscar Deutsch (12 August 1893 – 5 December 1941) was a British-Hungarian businessman. He was the founder of Odeon Cinemas in 1928, with the flagship cinema, the Odeon, Leicester Square in London, opening in 1937.

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Commemorated on 3 plaques

Oscar Deutsch 1893-1941 opened the first of the chain of the Odeon Cinemas here

Banqueting Palace, 271 Birchfield Road, Perry Barr, Birmingham, United Kingdom where they was

Odeon Cinema. Designed in the Art Deco style by Arthur Price. One of a chain of cinemas created by Oscar Deutsch in the Thirties. A rare surviving example in Wales of the Odeon style. Listed Grade 2 in 1999.

Clarence Place, Newport, Gwent, United Kingdom where they created

Centenary Of Cinema 1996 #150

Oscar Deutsch (1893-1941) founder of Odeon cinemas [full inscription unknown]

Odeon Leicester Square, London, United Kingdom where they was