Leicester Square one bust each of famous former residents in the square: the scientist Sir Isaac Newton designed by W. Calder Marshall; Sir Joshua Reynolds, the first President of the Royal Academy by H. Weekes; John Hunter, a pioneer of surgery, by T. Wooler; and William Hogarth, the painter, by J. Durham. Ownership transferred to Westminster City Council in 1933. The most recent addition was a bronze statue of film star and director Charlie Chaplin, designed by sculptor John Doubleday in 1981. On the pavement were inscribed the distances in miles to several Commonwealth countries, including Canada, Kenya and Jamaica. After the
Odeon Leicester Square for services to the film industry in 2007. The theatre's general manager, Chris Hilton, was awarded an MBE for services to the film industry in 2010. After Nigel Wolland's retirement in 2006, Mark Nice was appointed the cinema's Chief Engineer. Mark Nice was later promoted to the position of Odeon Engineer with Toni Purvis and Michael Mannix assuming the role of Operations Manager Digital. A must-visit destination for film-lovers and premiere-goers alike, the first Dolby cinema in the UK is at ODEON Luxe Leicester Square. This debut Dolby Cinema introduces the UK to the combination of Dolby Vision, the dual-laser