<h1>FROM CAGNEY TO KUNG FU.</h1>
Martin Levine, president of Brandt Theaters, booked most of the movies across 42<sup>nd</sup> Street for 50 years. His office reflects the faded glamour of a once mighty theater empire now reduced to kung-fu, grindhouse and porn flicks.

 

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FROM CAGNEY TO KUNG FU. Martin Levine, president of Brandt Theaters, booked most of the movies across 42nd Street for 50 years. His office reflects the faded glamour of a once mighty theater empire now reduced to kung-fu, grindhouse and porn flicks. [gallery columns="2" link="file" size="large" ids="1867,1868,1869"]

FROM CAGNEY TO KUNG FU.
Martin Levine, president of Brandt Theaters,&nbsp;booked most of the movies across 42nd&nbsp;Street for 50 years. His office reflects the faded glamour of a once mighty theater empire now reduced to kung-fu, grindhouse and porn flicks.

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