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==Residents== In 1862 the charity [[House of St Barnabas]] moved around the corner from Rose Street to its present base at 1 [[Greek Street]] (all other buildings fronting the square have Soho Square addresses).<ref name=solintro>{{cite book |last=Sheppard |first=F.H.W. |title=Survey of London XXXIII Parish of St Anne Soho β Soho Square Area: Portland Estate: Introduction |publisher=The Athlone Press University of London |location=London |date=1966 |page=89}}</ref> [[Wilfrid Voynich]] had his antiquarian bookshop at No. 1 from 1902. No. 22 became home to ''[[Movietone News|British Movietone]]''<ref name="66 Years ago: Movietone News, the first days">{{cite web |last=Gallacher |first=Terry |title=Movietone News, the first days |date=30 September 2011 |url=http://terencegallacher.wordpress.com/2011/09/30/66-years-ago-movietone-news-the-first-days/ |access-date=7 February 2013}}</ref> and Kay (West End) Film Laboratories,<ref name="British Movietonews β the process from idea to screen">{{cite web |last=Gallacher |first=Terry |title=British Movietonews β the process from idea to screen |url=http://terencegallacher.wordpress.com/2010/09/27/british-movietonews-%E2%80%93-the-process-from-idea-to-screen/ |access-date=7 February 2013}}</ref> having been re-built to its current form between 1913 and 1914.<ref name="22 Soho Square">{{cite web |title=British History Online: No. 22 Soho Square |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41049 |publisher=University of London & History of Parliament Trust |access-date=7 February 2013}}</ref> Publisher [[Rupert Hart-Davis]] lived at No. 36 from about 1947. From 1956 to 1961, No. 16 was headquarters of [[VistaScreen]]. The composer [[Benjamin Frankel]] lived at 17 Soho Square between 1953 and 1957, where he often hosted a circle of artists including the poet [[Cecil Day Lewis]], film director [[Anthony Asquith]], and the writer [[Leonard Woolf]].<ref>[https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-67638 ''Benjamin Frankel''] in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004)</ref> From 1967 to 1968, TVC Animation Studio leased floors at No. 20 for the production of ''The Beatles β Yellow Submarine'' animated feature film. From 1955 to 1993, 13 Soho Square was the home and headquarters of animator [[Richard Williams (animator)|Richard Williams]].<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/aug/20/richard-williams-obituary Obituary at The Guardian 20 August 2019]. Retrieved 21 August 2019.</ref>
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