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Cinema

Warner, Leicester Square

3 Cranbourne Street, Leicester Square, WC2H 7AL

Warner Bros' flagship London cinema for more than 70 years, now part of the VUE chain.

Leicester Square

Area:Central

Borough:Westminster

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Warner, Leicester Square

Area

Central

Open

1938—Present

Borough

Westminster
Cinema opened: 1938
First film: The Adventures of Robin Hood
Screens: 9
Capacity: 80, 95, 100, 127, 139, 139, 162, 273, 273
Orig. screens: 1
Orig. capacity: 1,789
Usage: Cinema (Vue West End)
Architect: Edward Albert StoneLeslie C. NortonThomas R. Somerford
Style: Art Deco
AKA: Warner West End & Warner Rendezvous, Warner West End, Village West End, Vue West End
Circuit: Warner Brothers (1938—1996)Warner Village (1996—2004)Vue (2004— Present)

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Time capsule buried by Harrison Ford in 1993 outside Vue Cinema, Leicester Square

3 September 1993

Harrison Ford buries a time capsule in Leicester Square

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Time capsule buried by Harrison Ford in 1993 outside Vue Cinema, Leicester Square

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