Greece. The name Odeon had been appropriated by cinemas in France and Italy in the 1920s, but Deutsch made it his own in the UK. His publicity team claimed Odeon stood for "Oscar Deutsch Entertains Our Nation". See also Arnold Deutsch - cousin and spy for the Russians who hired the Cambridge Five spy ring George Coles (architect) References Further reading Eyles, Allen Odeon Cinemas - Oscar Deutsch Entertains Our Nation. London: British Film Institute 2001 External links BFI Screenonline on Oscar Deutsch 1893 births 1941 deaths English Jews English people of Hungarian-Jewish descent Businesspeople from Birmingham, West Midlands Deaths from cancer in England People educated at King Edward VI Five Ways Film exhibitors 20th-century English businesspeople