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Dinner and the movies are natural companions, so the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles and the American Cinematheque organized an event featuring an illustrated presentation with Chef George Geary, based on his new book L.A.'s Legendary Restaurants: Celebrating the Famous Places Where Hollywood Ate, Drank, and Played (Santa Monica Press). Following Geary's talk and booksigning (presided over by the 1938 Larry Edmunds Book Shop ) is an 80th anniversary screening of the 1937 version of A Star Is Born   starring Janet Gaynor and Frederic March (who surely dined at some of these classic eateries and nightclubs in Golden Age Hollywood). Come "table hop" with us Sunday, March 12 at 2:00 pm at the Egyptian Theatre and take home a signed book in your "doggy bag." In anticipation of Chef Geary's talk, before diving into the main dish, we asked L.A. food writer Elina Shatkin to give us an appetizer course in an exclusive interview with author/chef George Geary. Bac...