Junius Myer Schine
Junius Myer Schine was a New York theater and hotel magnate whose holdings comprised 185 movie theaters, notably, Glove Theatre, and Schines Auburn Theatre, and several hotels, including Ambassador Hotel.
Biography
He was born on February 20 or February 28, 1890 to a Jewish family in Latvia, then Russian Empire. In 1902, as an eleven-year-old, he, his brother Louis Schine, age nine, and their mother, Anne, emigrated from what is now Latvia to join their father in Gloversville, New York.He married Hildegarde Feldman. They had two daughters, Doris June Schine Maxwell and Renee Helene Schine Crown, and two sons, Gerard David Schine and Charles Richard Schine.
In 1957, Junius chose his son David, a central figure in the Army-McCarthy Hearings of 1954, to head Schine Enterprises, but in 1963, Junius resumed his position as head of the company. In 1965, Schine's holdings were bought by Lawrence Wien and Harry B. Helmsley. Junius died on May 9, 1971, in Manhattan, New York City.