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Lurie was born to a Jewish family [2] in Boston, the son of Nancy (née Smith) and Morris John Lurie. His grandfather, Philip Smith, founded the General Cinema movie theater chain, which was one of the largest operators of drive-in movie theaters in the United States. [3] His uncle is Richard A. Smith. He has two siblings, Peter and Cathy.
Christina Weiss Lurie is a Mexican-American documentary producer, philanthropist and minority owner of the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles.Weiss Lurie is president of the Eagles Youth Partnership, the team's charitable foundation, [1] and co-founder of three independent film companies- Vox3 Films, Tango Pictures [2] and Screen Pass Pictures.
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Lurie was born to a Jewish family [1] in San Francisco, the son of Babette (née Greenbaum) and Louis Lurie. [2] In 1972, he took over the real estate company founded in 1922 by his father. The company built a number of properties along Montgomery Street over the years, including a building Bank of America bought and tore down for its world ...
In 1993, the company split into two companies: Harcourt General consisted of the publishing business and the controlling interest in the retail group (then called the Neiman-Marcus Group); and GC Companies, Inc. consisted of the movie theater division in which the Smith family retained a 28 percent controlling interest. [4]
His parents were divorced and he worked at an early age to help support his family. At the age of 14, he opened his own printing business. He moved to Seattle and then in 1914, to San Francisco and used the proceeds from his printing operations to purchase and later develop real estate. [1] [3] In 1915, he built the first movie house in San ...
After getting stuck with a large inventory of excess video movies in the late 1970s, Charles got the idea of creating the Video Movie Club in Springfield, Illinois in 1978. The club originally charged a $25 membership fee and $5 rental fee. [3] The chain was later renamed Video Movies Inc. by the 1980s before becoming Family Video. [4]
Lurie recounts his cancer treatment and vertigo, while remembering an incident involving him reheating curry with a gas stove.He goes on to show more of his life at home on his undisclosed Caribbean island, enjoying rolling tires down hills, and with his housemates, and recounting the time he met Barry White, who said he was very fond of the Lounge Lizards' album Voice of Chunk.