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Interview: Tom Brandt Film Buff and Foodie (Part I of II)
TB: I was born into the theatre business 48 years ago as my family owned and operated movie theatres for 3 generations, since the 1920’s under the name of Brandt Theatres and Trans-Lux Theatres. The first theatres were actually newsreel theatres in NYC where you could watch the news standing up in a small auditorium with rear screen projection. The chain grew at times to over 100 screens that were mainly located on the east coast with a concentration in New York City and Connecticut...
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