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New Gallery, Regent StreetMonsigneur News Theatre
Cinema

Moulin

44 Great Windmill Street, W1D 7NB

A porno cinema from the 1960s into the early 90s, the cinema started life respectably before World War I.

Piccadilly Circus

Area:Central

Borough:Westminster

New Gallery, Regent StreetMonsigneur News Theatre
Come Play With Me plaque (Mary Millington) on old Moulin cinema

Moulin

Area

Central

Open

1910—1990

Borough

Westminster
Cinema opened: 1910
Cinema closed: 1990
Final film: American Girls in HeatWomen of PleasureSweet Body of Bianca
Orig. screens: 1
Orig. capacity: 300
Usage: Restaurant (Sophie's Steakhouse)
Style: Baroque
AKA: Piccadilly Cinematograph Theatre, Piccadilly News Theatre, Cameo, Cannon Moulin
Circuit: Pyke's Cinematograph Theatres (1910—1945)Clavering & Rose (1945—1967)Classic (1967—1985) †Cannon (1985—1989)

† approximate dates

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Prince Edward Theatre 7

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Prince Edward Theatre

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1930—1978

Tottenham Court Road

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Curzon Soho 2

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Curzon Soho

93-107 Shaftesbury Avenue, W1D 5DY

1959—

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Empire, Leicester Square

5 Leicester Square, WC2H 7NA

1928—

Leicester Square

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Prince Charles Cinema 1

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Prince Charles Cinema

7 Leicester Place, WC2 7BY

1965—

Leicester Square

Moulin 2
Moulin
Come Play With Me plaque (Mary Millington) on old Moulin cinema

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