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The Bon-Ton was a popular store destination on the classic radio show Fibber McGee and Molly, [ 2] which aired from 1935 to 1959. Following World War II, the Grumbacher family expanded operations even further. In 1946, an additional Bon-Ton was opened, in Hanover, Pennsylvania.
Rob Roy is a 1995 historical biographical drama film directed by Michael Caton-Jones. [ 3] It stars Liam Neeson as Rob Roy MacGregor, an 18th-century Scottish highlander who becomes engaged in a dispute with a nobleman in the Scottish Highlands, played by John Hurt. Tim Roth won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and was ...
The Bonfire of the Vanities. The Bonfire of the Vanities is a 1987 novel by Tom Wolfe. The story is a drama about ambition, racism, social class, politics, and greed in 1980s New York City, and centers on three main characters: WASP bond trader Sherman McCoy, Jewish assistant district attorney Larry Kramer, and British expatriate journalist ...
Language. English. Budget. $1.8 million [3] Box office. $1,050,000 [4] Rob Roy: The Highland Rogue is a 1953 adventure film produced by RKO-Walt Disney British Productions [1] which is about Rob Roy MacGregor. It was the last Disney film released through RKO Radio Pictures. [5]
Rob Roy was born in the Kingdom of Scotland at Glengyle, at the head of Loch Katrine, as recorded in the baptismal register of Buchanan, Stirling. His parents were the local Clan MacGregor tacksman, Donald Glas MacGregor, and Margaret Campbell. He was also descended from the Clan MacDonald of Keppoch through his paternal grandmother.
Ton. (society) Originally used in the context of upper class English society, ton meant the state of being fashionable, [1] a fashionable manner or style, or something for the moment in vogue. It could also (generally with the definite article: the ton) mean people of fashion, or fashionable society generally. A variant of the French bon-ton, a ...
United States. Language. English. Budget. $4 million [ 1] Box office. $16,530,578 [ 2] The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean is a 1972 American Western comedy film written by John Milius, directed by John Huston, and starring Paul Newman. It was loosely based on the life and times of Judge Roy Bean.
The Black Dwarf and Old Mortality. Followed by. The Heart of Midlothian. Rob Roy (1817) is a historical novel by Walter Scott, one of the Waverley novels. It is probably set in 1715, the year of the second Jacobite rising, and the social and economic background to that event are an important element in the novel, though it is not treated ...