Description: The odeon chain was set up by Oscar Deutsch in the early 1930's. The Rank Organisation under J Arthur Rank acquired Odeon Theatres following Oscar Deutsch's sudden death in 1941. In 1960 The Rank Organisation embarked on a programme of theatre modernisation. The Angel Row cinema seen here benifitted from its development with a huge screen and 'sophisticated' foyer. The site was previously occupied by the Ritz Cinema. At the new cinema cheaper seat were in the first 2 rows at the front ranging to more expensive seats at the back. The venue also provided staging for pop events in the 60's with 'mersey sound' bands. The Beatles played here on 12 December 1963. Later the cinema was refurbished as multi-screen cinema. On 21 February, 2000, The Rank Group announced it was to sell the Odeon chain for £280m to Cinven, the venture capital group that owned ABC cinemas. Under the deal - which marked Rank's exit from the cinema business - the chains merged but kept the name of Odeon, the UK's biggest cinema estate. Sadly, The Nottingham Odeon did not survive the takeover and the Cinema has closed.