Seine Witwe verkaufte die Anteile an "Odeon Theatres" an J. Arthur Rank, die Odeon-Kinos wurden somit Teil der "Rank Organisation". ###>After Deutsch died of cancer in 1941, his widow sold the Odeon chain to J. Arthur Rank and it became part of the Rank Organisation, who also bought, but managed separately, Gaumont-British Cinemas.