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# Bond Street (film)

Bond Street is a 1948 British portmanteau drama film directed by Gordon Parry and based on a story by Terence Rattigan. It stars Jean Kent, Roland Young, Kathleen Harrison, and Derek Farr. The film depicts a bride's dress, veil, pearls and flowers purchased in London's Bond Street—and the secret story behind each item.

## Plot

There is no overarching story, other than a series of short stories, each linking to Bond street.
Stories include: a deliberately ripped dress; a man ripping his trousers, and getting a lunch-date with the seamstress; and a man trying to avoid a suddenly materialised love interest from Denmark.

## Cast

* Jean Kent as Ricki Merritt
* Roland Young as George Chester-Barrett
* Kathleen Harrison as Ethel Brawn
* Derek Farr as Joe Marsh
* Hazel Court as Julia Chester-Barrett
* Ronald Howard as Steve Winter
* Paula Valenska as Elsa
* Patricia Plunkett as Mary Phillips
* Robert Flemyng as Frank Moody
* Adrianne Allen as Mrs. Taverner
* Kenneth Griffith as Len Phillips
* Joan Dowling as Norma
* Charles Goldner as Waiter
* James McKechnie as Inspector Yarrow
* Leslie Dwyer as Barman
* Aubrey Mallalieu as Parkins
* Darcy Conyers as Bank Clerk

## Critical reception

* 'Britmovie' called the film an "entertaining portmanteau comedy-drama charting the events occurring during a typical 24-hour period on London’s thoroughfare Bond Street. Linking the four stories together is the impending wedding of society girl Hazel Court and Robert Flemyng. Producer Anatole de Grunwald and co-writer Terence Rattigan would later revisit the formula for Anthony Asquith’s The V.I.P.s (1963) and The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)."
* The New York Times called the film "an entertainment grab bag, which, in this case, means that some of the parts are better than the whole...But this spectator's favorite Bond Street interlude is the final chapter, concerning a bouquet and an old flame who turns up at an inopportune time to claim the groom as her own. Roland Young is vastly amusing as the droll father of the prospective bride...Bond Street is fresh enough to have a certain amount of novelty appeal which helps to compensate for the inconsistencies of its dramatic construction. It may not be in a class with Quartet, a handy point of reference, but the new film can stand on its own merits with any audience that is willing to accept half a loaf."

## Box office

Trade papers called the film a "notable box office attraction" in British cinemas in 1948.
As of 1 April 1950 the film earned distributor's gross receipts of £104,588 in the UK of which £59,611 went to the producer. The film made a loss of £104,018.
# Battle of Darzab (2017)

vteWar in Afghanistan (2001–2021) :
The Battle of Darzab was to an armed conflict between Taliban soldiers, fighters of Wilayat Khorasan and soldiers of Afghan armed forces in Darzab District of Jowzjan province.

## First attacks

On 9 April, four Afghan soldiers, including a unit commander, were killed in an ambush as they raced to the scene of the recent clashes in Darzab by ISIL fighters. One day after, Taliban, alongside ISIL fighters attacked Alkhani and Moghol villages of Darzab district, leaving 13 Taliban fighters dead, and 10 ISIL fighters wounded, including ISIL commander Mullah Ghanzanfar. Taliban managed to capture Alkhani, but repelled in Moghol. Separately, a Taliban commander, Faiz Mohammad was killed and one of his fighters wounded when they stormed a security post in Qush Tepa District near Darzab. A civilian woman was also killed when a militant rocket struck a home on the outskirts of the district.

## Fighting between Taliban and ISIL

On 26 April, ISIL kidnapped 3 drug dealers in Darzab that were to have an opium deal with the Taliban. Taliban repeatedly asked ISIL to release the captives, but the later refused, leading the Taliban to gather forces in Darzab. After that, ISIL attacked the Taliban killing 79 Taliban fighters, wounding another 57, and capturing another 60. Among the dead Taliban fighters were three commanders, Sheikh Hamidullah, the Taliban district chief for Qush Tapa district and Tawakkal, Shahzada Mazlomyar, and Mohibullah. One Taliban commander was also among the captured, named Haji Nokur. Also, 15 ISIL fighter killed, and 12 wounded. ISIL captured most of Darzab from Taliban, along with Qush Tapa during the fighting.

## Aftermath

In 2018, the Taliban launched a major operation to take over the Darzab District and the surrounding districts from IS-KP. The battle was fought for 2 weeks and 6 days until following heavy clashes, IS-KP was defeated, with most of the group's forces in Jowzjan Province killed or captured. 3 out of the 4 IS-KP commanders surrendered to the Taliban. They killed Haji Murad, one of the IS-KP commanders at the battle and who was the Islamic State's deputy commander for Jowzjan. Taliban commander Mullah Burjan was executed and Haji Shakir was killed in action. At the end of the battle, more than 200 militants surrendered to the Taliban.
# Anselmo Bucci

Anselmo Bucci (25 May 1887 – 19 November 1955) was an Italian painter and printmaker.

## Biography

Bucci was born in Fossombrone, Italy. Having attended the Brera Academy in Milan from 1904 to 1905, he moved to Paris with Leonardo Dudreville in 1906. As a painter of Symbolist works with marked Fauvist overtones, he made his debut at the Salon des Art Décoratifs in 1907 and took part in the Salon des Indépendants from 1910 on. He enlisted in the Volunteer Cyclist Battalion in 1915 and his first solo show (Milan, Famiglia Artistica, 1915) took place while he was on leave.
In 1922, he fell in with the movement for a return to order of the Novecento Italiano in the post-war period, and took part in a joint exhibition at the Venice Biennale, first at the 12th Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte di Venezia in 1920 and then again in 1924, on which occasion one of his works was bought for the city's gallery of modern art. One of the founding members of the "Sette pittori del Novecento Italiano", he took part in the group's first show in 1926 but not the second. During the 1930s, when he divided his time between Milan and Paris, Neoclassical rigidity gave way to greater freedom in his painting. It was in 1938 that he produced the fresco Italian Civilization Putting an End to Slavery for the Palazzo di Giustizia in Milan. He died in Monza, aged 68.
# Wellington Open Championships

The Wellington Open Championships was a combined men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in 1900.
The tournament was originally known as the Championships of Wellington in its earlier years. Prior to beginning of the open era it was called simply the Wellington Championships. The event was played annually with breaks until 1972, when it was discontinued and ceased to be part of the ILTF World Circuit.
A successor event to this one is still held today as the Wellington Open, an ITF Futures event as part of the ITF World Tour.
# 1900s in Zimbabwe

Mapondera and a force of 600 men revolted against the Colony of Southern Rhodesia near Mazowe in 1900. An indecisive battle took place near Mount Darwin between Mapondera and the Colony of Southern Rhodesia in 1901. Mashonaland and Matabeleland were united as Southern Rhodesia, administered by the British South Africa Company, on 24 January. In 1902 the government passed a law requiring all natives over the age of 14 to register and carry situpas (passes). Cecil Rhodes died at the age of 48 on 26 March. The Colony of Southern Rhodesia captured Mapondera, tried him, and sentenced him to seven years imprisonment for treason in 1903. He died in 1904 after a hunger strike.
# Auguste Richard

Auguste Henri Richard (14 February 1883 – 31 August 1914) was a French rower. He competed in the men's coxed four, inriggers event at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

## Personal life

Richard served as a soldat de 2e classe (soldier second class) in the 31st Infantry Regiment of the French Army during the First World War. He was killed in action in Ardennes on 31 August 1914.
# Lucas Cormier

Lucas Cormier (born May 7, 2001) is a Canadian professional football defensive back for the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL).

## University career

Cormier played U Sports football for the Mount Allison Mounties from 2019 to 2022. After sitting out in 2020 due to the cancelled 2020 U Sports football season, he played in 21 games with the team where he had 74.5 tackles and nine interceptions while being named an AUS All-Star in all three seasons that he played.

## Professional career

Cormier was selected by the Ottawa Redblacks in the second round, 10th overall, of the 2023 CFL draft and became the second-highest drafted former Mountie player of all time, with Philippe Girard being drafted fifth overall in 1998 CFL draft. Cormier then signed with the team on May 9, 2023. Following training camp in 2023, he began the season on the injured list, but later made his professional debut on July 15, 2024, against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Cormier played in five games in his rookie year, spending time on bot the injured list and practice roster, where he had one defensive tackle and four special teams tackles.
Entering the 2024 season, the Redblacks asked Cormier to add 20 pounds as they looked to inset him at linebacker. He made the opening day active roster and played in the first eight games before suffering a foot injury in week 10 against the Saskatchewan Roughriders. He returned in week 20 where he injured his hand and sat out the last game of the season. Cormier played in nine regular season games where he recorded two defensive tackles and five special teams tackles. He returned to make his post-season debut where he had one special teams tackle in the East Semi-Final loss to the Toronto Argonauts.
# 1940s in film

Thousands of full-length films were produced during the decade of the 1940s. The actor Humphrey Bogart made his most renowned films in this decade. Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life and Orson Welles's Citizen Kane were released. Citizen Kane made use of matte paintings, miniatures and optical printing techniques. The film noir genre was at its height. Alfred Hitchcock made his American debut with the film Rebecca, and made many classics throughout the 1940s. The most successful film of the decade was Samuel Goldwyn's The Best Years of Our Lives; the film was directed by William Wyler, and starred Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo, and Harold Russell. The film won nine Academy Awards.

## Technicolor

By the 1940s, Hollywood's effects specialists had over a decade of studio experience. Technicolor had been especially challenging but faster film introduced in 1939 began to make Technicolor a viable option for studio production. Rear projection in color remained out of reach until Paramount introduced a new projection system in the 1940s. New matte techniques, modified for use with color, were for the first time used in the British film The Thief of Bagdad (1940). However, the high cost of color production in the 1940s meant most films were black and white.

## World War II

Hollywood films in the 1940s included morale films for those serving in World War II and their families. War films made extensive use of models and miniature photography. New techniques developed to realistically depict naval battles were used in films like Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944) and Ships with Wings (1942). In Mrs. Miniver (1942) a technique using systems of wires was used to depict two dozen model aircraft taking off in precise formation. Miniature explosions were needed for the destruction of models.

## Post-war slowdown

Cinemas were located in the city and the expansion of suburban housing in the post-War period meant declining revenues at the box office. The availability of television in homes was another factor that gave families in the suburbs an alternative to traveling to the theaters located in city centers. Between 1948 and 1952 average weekly attendance declined from 90 million to 51 million.
The Supreme Court in 1948 decided in United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. that owning both studios and theaters violated the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890. After this decision film studios were forced to sell their theater chains.

## Lists of films

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# David Lochary

David Crawford Lochary (August 21, 1944 – July 29, 1977) was an American actor, one of the regular "Dreamlander" actors in early films of the controversial "trash" film director John Waters. He starred in such films as Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble, and Multiple Maniacs, in which he typically played exotically dressed, sophisticated perverts. Lochary co-wrote The Diane Linkletter Story with Divine, and worked as an uncredited hair and makeup artist on many of Waters' films. Lochary met Divine at beauty school and used to style his wigs and makeup for parties. Divine later commented that he had "never even heard the word 'drag' before David."

## Personal life

Lochary was the son of Dean and Mary Eileen (née McMahan) Lochary; his mother Mary was featured in two of Waters' films: Multiple Maniacs and Female Trouble. Donald Lochary, David's elder brother, died in July 2019; he also played a small, uncredited role in Female Trouble.
Lochary was gay; in the '70s, he dated singer John Condon.
According to Robert Maier, Lochary moved from Baltimore to New York in the '70s in order to become more famous. After failing to become commercially successful, he then started to struggle with addiction; by the time of his death, he was "far gone on substances".
Lochary has developed a cult following throughout the years, including fan-clubs.
In 1977, Lochary died while intoxicated on PCP.

## Filmography

* Roman Candles (1966) as Reading Man
* Eat Your Makeup (1968) as Governess' boyfriend
* Mondo Trasho (1969) as Asylum Inmate/Dr. Coathanger/Voice of Snob #2 (also: makeup artist for Divine/production assistant, uncredited)
* The Diane Linkletter Story (1970) as Art Linkletter (also: writer)
* Multiple Maniacs (1970) as Mr. David (also: production assistant)
* Pink Flamingos (1972) as Raymond Marble (also: hair stylist, uncredited)
* Female Trouble (1974) as Donald Dasher (also:hair stylist)
* Divine Trash (1998) as Himself (archive footage)
* In Bad Taste (2000) (TV) as Himself (archive footage)
* I Am Divine (2013) as Himself (archive footage)
# DaNae Couch

DaNae Elizabeth Couch, (born August 6, 1988) is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Coppell, Texas who was named Miss Texas 2012.

## Biography

She won the title of Miss Texas on July 7, 2012, when she received her crown from outgoing titleholder Kendall Morris. Couch’s platform is “Hope for Family Recovery: Life Beyond Addiction” and she said she hoped to address drug education, addiction awareness, and recovery resources in schools. Her competition talent was a twirling routine to “You Can't Stop the Beat.” Couch graduated with a degree in English and a minor in Public Relations from Baylor University, where she was also a member of Kappa Alpha Theta. While attending Baylor, Couch was a baton twirler in the Baylor University Golden Wave Band. As of 2012 Couch was in her third year of attending law school at Texas Tech University and was planning to become an attorney specializing in litigation. Couch has also served as a summer intern for the Supreme Court of Texas.
# Gary Hoffman

Gary Hoffman may refer to:
* Gary Hoffman (businessman) (born 1960), chairman of the Premier League
* Gary Hoffman (tackle) (born 1961), tackle in the National Football League
* Gary Hoffman (American football coach), American football player and coach
# Lauren Walsh

Lauren Walsh may refer to:
* Lauren Walsh (actress)
* Lauren Walsh (golfer)
# Umm al-Zaytun

Umm al-Zaytun (also spelled Umm ez-Zeitoun) is a village in the al-Suwayda Governorate in southwestern Syria. It is situated along the southeastern edge of the Lejah lava plateau, northwest of the city of al-Suwayda. Umm al-Zaytun had a population of 1,913 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are Druze.

## History

Umm al-Zaytun had been abandoned sometime in the middle Ottoman era, but was settled by Druze prior to 1810. It was one of the earliest Druze settlements in the Lejah plateau. The village was controlled by the Bani Amer clan.
In 1838, it was noted as a village, situated "the Luhf, east of the Lejah, i.e. in Wady el-Liwa".
In 1839, Ibrahim Pasha, the Egyptian governor of Syria, sent a conscription expedition of 100 cavalry to subdue the Druze of Hauran. The latter engaged and destroyed Ibrahim Pasha's troops at Umm al-Zaytun. The Egyptian army withdrew from Syria in 1841 and Ottoman rule was restored. Umm al-Zaytun joined the Hauran Druze Rebellion of 1910 was subdued by Ottoman troops commanded by Badr Khan Bey.

## Archaeology

Roman Empire-era structures are located in Umm al-Zaytun. In particular are the ruins of a religious building with a large stone facade and a room with niches suited for statues. The inscription found at the building date to 282 CE and mention and describe the building as a "sacred kalybe". This type of building is relatively unique in Syria, being found only in Umm al-Zaytun and nearby Shaqqa and Hayyat.
# Krasiński Square

Krasiński Square (Polish: plac Krasińskich) is a square in the central district of Warsaw, Poland. The square itself is adjacent to Warsaw Old Town and features buildings of great historical and national significance.

## History

The square was formed at the end of the 18th century from the former courtyard of the Krasiński Palace. During the Congress Poland era, it served as a market place for wool. As a result, two iron wells were built in 1823. In 1838, the Badeni Palace was constructed on the square. From the end of the 19th century until 1939, the square, together with Miodowa Street, served as the judicial district. In the interwar period, the Badeni Palace housed the Court of Appeals, while the Krasiński Palace housed the Supreme Court. During Second World War, the square served as a buffer zone between the Warsaw Ghetto and the other part of the city. That caused most of the buildings in the area of the square to be destroyed.
Landmarks on the square include the Krasiński Palace, the Warsaw Uprising Monument, the modern Supreme Court building, and the Field Cathedral of the Polish Army. The Krasiński Garden is located nearby. The Badeni Palace was located on the square before World War II but was completely demolished by the Germans in 1944.
# John Tarr House

The John Tarr House is an historic house at 29 Ferry Lane in Biddeford, Maine. Built about 1730, it is one of the oldest houses in the state of Maine, with a well-preserved interior that has unusual features. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

## Description and history

The John Tarr House stands facing east toward the Saco River at the end of Ferry Lane, roughly midway between downtown Biddeford and the Biddeford Pool area at the river mouth. It is a 1+1⁄2-story Cape style timber-frame structure, five bays wide, with a side gable roof, large central chimney, and clapboard siding. The original front entrance is in the center of the east facade, with a secondary entrance (probably a 19th or 20th-century addition) on the south side. The rear facade, facing the street, has five windows. A 1+1⁄2-story ell extends to the north.
The house is estimated to have been built about 1730, making it one of Maine's oldest surviving structures. In addition to its great age, its significance lies in the original condition of its interior. This includes complete original wall paneling in the parlor spaces, and an unusually finished kitchen space in the rear. The kitchen features completely wainscoted walls and ceiling, something that is only known from two other chambers from New England (one is now in a museum in Concord, Massachusetts, and the other is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City). The wainscoting panels are hand-planed.
# John Tigard House

The John Tigard House is a home built in 1880 located in Tigard, Oregon. The home was originally owned by John Tigard, the son of Tigard founder Wilson Tigard. Queen Anne in style, the structure was moved from its original location along Oregon Route 99W in 1978. Now a museum, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

## History

In 1852, Wilson Tigard arrived over the Oregon Trail and settled in the southeast part of Washington County, Oregon, where he became the namesake to what was originally called Tigardville, and later shortened to Tigard. Tigard's oldest son John built a house in 1880 on a plot of land that is now at the intersection of Gaarde Street and Oregon Route 99W in Tigard. After a time the structure began to deteriorate and became run down by the 1970s.
In the 1970s a group of residents formed the Tigard Historical Association to prevent the house from being torn down. They moved the house in 1978 to its present location on Canterbury Lane at 103rd, east of the original location. The group then restored the home. In April 1979, the state's committee on historic preservation recommended the property be listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the home added to the register on July 20, 1979, as the John Tigard House. The home has been used to host a variety of events, including an apple harvest festival in September 2007.

## Details

The 1+1⁄2-story wood building is in the Queen Anne style of architecture with some Carpenter Gothic elements. The home has three bedrooms and is now a museum for the Tigard Historical Society. The half story is an attic, which is used for storing artifacts of the historical society. Outside, the yard includes an apple orchard. Each year during December the home is decorated for Christmas. The free museum has an open house each month.
# John Tyler House (Branford, Connecticut)

The John Tyler House is a historic house at 242–250 East Main Street in Branford, Connecticut. Built about 1710, it is one of the town's few surviving 18th-century residences, and a good example of late First Period architecture. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

## Description and history

The John Tyler House stands in eastern Branford, at the northwest corner of East Main Street (United States Route 1) and Mill Plain Road. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with a side gable roof, a large central chimney, and clapboard siding. The main roof is more steeply pitched than typical period houses, and gives way at the back to a rear leanto section, added at an unknown (but probably 18th century) date. A more modern extension has further elevated the rear leanto. The front facade has sash windows arranged symmetrically around the center entrance, which is sheltered by a shed-roof portico supported by square columns. A modern single-story hip-roof ell extends to the right of the main block, and a smaller shed-roof ell further extends the leanto to the rear. The interior follows a typical period center-chimney plan, with parlors on either side of the chimney, and a long kitchen space behind.
The house is estimated to have been built about 1710 by John Tyler, Jr. on land originally granted to his father George. It is one of Branford's small number of 18th-century houses, and a well-preserved example of houses of that period.
# John Vowles House

John Vowles House is two adjoined historic homes located at Charlottesville, Virginia. It was built in 1824, and consists of two two-story, three-bay, gable-roofed Federal style brick town houses. Both houses feature decorative cornices and original interior woodwork. To the rear of 1113 West Main is a small 1+1⁄2-story, L-shaped, gable-roofed brick outbuilding built as a kitchen and added in the 1920s.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.