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The Saenger Brothers’ Journey from Drugstore to Movie Empire
Two pharmacy clerks from Virginia built one of the South’s biggest movie empires.
Julian and Abe Saenger started with a drugstore in Shreveport in 1895, then added a small theater upstairs by 1911.
Soon after, they formed the Saenger Amusement Company, which grew to 324 theaters across 12 states and four countries…