He and Louis amongst other interests controlled an adult movie theater, the Gamecock, in Broward County, Florida.
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Author and Mafia historian Patrick Downey has theorized that Piraino may have in fact been the patriarch of the Profaci crime family, the precursor to the Colombo crime family, because Piraino's criminal interests, Brooklyn territory and several members of his group were absorbed into the group led by Brooklyn based Mafia leader and Maranzano ally, Joseph Profaci, a theory that is supported by some, and dismissed by others.
It is not to be confused with the British Bryanston Films (UK) or Bryanston Pictures the production arm which was liquidated when former director "Anthony Peraino" was prosecuted by the federal government on an obscenity charge stemming from the production and distribution of the film Deep Throat, which is recognized as possibly the most financially successful independent film of all time.
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