Mann overboard. (Review & Preview).
Pittsburgh businessman Jeff Lewine's attempt to purchase Mann
Theatres from Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros BROS Brothers
BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington)
BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . appears to have hit a
snag. Lewine traveled to L.A. to negotiate a deal for the 29-theater
chain but left empty handed, according to according to
prep.
1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.
2. In keeping with: according to instructions.
3. those with knowledge of the
talks. The studios apparently want to keep Mann's most important
venues, including Grauman's Chinese Theater Grauman’s Chinese Theater
famous for the imprints of movie stars’ footprints in its forecourt. [Am. Cinema: Payton, 284.]
See : Fame and the Fox and Bruin
theaters in Westwood.
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