Cine Yara
Calle L 363,
Vedado,
Havana
Calle L 363,
Vedado,
Havana
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Cine Yara was built between 1945 and 1947, it opened on 23rd December 1947 as the Teatro Warner Radiocentro with 1,650 seats, and was operated by Warner Bros. It is located in the Vedado district of Havana on Calle L at Esquina 23.
It is a pioneering building of the ‘Modern Movement’ in Cuba and was designed by architects Emilio de Junco III, Miguel Gaston and Manuel Domiguez. The cinema is part of a complex which includes an office block that contains its stage fly-tower. The main auditorium is used for film, with three 30-seat capacity rooms for video projection, located upstairs.
It is considered the ‘main’ cinema in Havana and hosts many film festivals and gala screenings.
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Havana Journal, The architectural preservation and future of design in Havana Cuba. Yara Cinema: 1947. Architect Junco, Gaston & Dominguez. This modernist structure is still in use as a theatre and cultural centre.
Does anyone have a photo of the theatre when it was running Cinerama films? Especially when the theatre had the Cinerama logo on it? Thanks!
Here is a 2008 photo.
Another photo is here.
This looks like a cool theatre. Any photos of the interior? Just curious.
Hi, does anyone out there know the name of the cinema that Errol Flynn co-owned in Havana?
Hi have just posted picture of when it was Radio Centro Cinerama
Lostmemory, I have a list of most (134) movie theaters and a few photographs in Havana and environs, with their seating capacity. Does the site have an e-mail address where I could send it? I’m not on Facebook, YouTube, don’t have a scanner, don’t tweet or anything modern, my limit is e-mail.
Guarina. If you click on ‘About’ at the top right of the page, you will be sent to a page which will give details of how to contact us by clicking ‘Contact’. You can send your list & photos to us by clicking on the ‘theatre updates’ address….
This theater first opened on December 23, 1947 with the name Warner (Warner-Pathé) as part of the CMQ Radiocentro complex, owned by brothers Goar and Abel Mestre. I remember seeing Los Chavales de España on stage. It was later adapted for Cinerama. It is erroneously positioned on the street map in El Cerro, it was on L and 23 Streets in Vedado.