Odeon

Oscar Deutsche, the chain‘s founder, claimed that “Odeon” was an acronym for “Oscar Deutsche Entertains Our Nation”. Tapping into the Zeitgeist to bring Art Deco spectacle to the masses, by 1937, there were 250 Odeon cinemas in Britain. Just before the outbreak of WWII, Oscar, his wife Lily and their companion, WW1 fighter ace Sol Joseph travelled to Burgh Island in Sol‘s Ford V8 Pilot.