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The Odeon Marble Arch (known as the Regal 1928-1945) is a cinema located opposite Marble Arch monument at the top of Park Lane, with its main entrance on Edgware Road, London. It is most famous for once housing a vast screen capable of screening films in 70mm. ==Regal/Odeon Marble Arch (1928-1964)== The cinema was first known as the Regal, opening on 29 November 1928 with Al Jolson in ''The Singing Fool''.〔(Cinema Treasures: ''Odeon Marble Arch'' ) Linked 2013-05-28〕 A high facade was constructed in Portland stone. The auditorium was a riot of romanesque motifs and faux-decor, owing much to the atmospheric style of the USA. Structured in traditional circle and stalls, the cinema was a notable addition to the West End. It was also fitted with a Christie organ - the largest theatre organ ever built outside the United States〔 Retrieved 27 October 2015〕〔 Retrieved 27 October 2015〕 fitted with 2,514 pipes,〔 Retrieved 27 October 2015〕 a 32-note carillon (the only real organ-operated carillon in the United Kingdom〔 Retrieved 27 October 2015〕) and a wide variety of special sound effects to accompany the films.〔 Retrieved 27 October 2015〕 Within six months of opening, the cinema was taken over by ABC Cinemas, who operated it until early January 1945. It was then taken over by Odeon Cinemas. It was refurbished by the new owners, but shortly before re-opening it was damaged by one of the last V-1 flying bombs to hit London. So it remained closed until September 1945, when it was re-opened as the Odeon Marble Arch〔 and continued as a first-run house. However, by the early 1960s its interior was decidedly faded and neglected. Film-runs had by this point declined to minor circuit pictures or even dubbed foreign films: insufficient to fill its large house. So, on 22 March 1964 it closed with ''The Long Ships'', was demolished and replaced by an office block and a new modern cinema, designed by the architectural firm of T.P.Bennett and Son, capable of playing the new widescreen formats. The new cinema, built above the Marble Arch tube station, required elaborate structural shock absorbers to prevent vibrations from the passing trains from disturbing the film projection. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Odeon Marble Arch」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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