Art Deco Cinema in Danger, Cheltenham
Posted in Art Deco, Cinemas at 22:48 on 28 July 2014
Today I had a comment on my Art Deco in Cheltenham post.
It contained this link.
Apparently the Odeon Cinema (which I did not encounter when I was in Cheltenham but I have found the photo below at cinematopia.co.uk) is in danger of being demolished and in particular the friezes of two naked ladies which adorn its frontage may be lost to Cheltenham. Photos of the cinema – some showing the friezes – can be found here.
The link in the comment – which I repeat here – is to a petition to save the friezes (- and I would hope the whole building.) I urge anyone interested in Art Deco to sign it, as I have.
Tags: Art Deco, Cheltenham, Cinemas
Denis Cullinan
29 July 2014 at 17:46
My brother, the mad philologist, pronounces “Art Deco” as “ahr day-KOH,” in other words, after the French fashion, rather than “art DECK-oh.” What’ya think?
jackdeighton
29 July 2014 at 19:38
Denis,
Philologically your brother’s right but I say Art Deco myself. For what it’s worth I also say Art Nouveau rather than Ahr Nouveau.