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Patrick the Great is a 1945 American drama film starring Donald O'Connor, Peggy Ryan, and Frances Dee. This was the last film for O'Connor and Ryan together, who had been a teenage team for the past several years.
Patrick the Great: Directed by Frank Ryan. With Donald O'Connor, Peggy Ryan, Frances Dee, Donald Cook. Talented youngster Pat Donahue is working in the Berkshires. He learns of a great part in New York City and auditions.
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- Comedy, Musical, Romance
- Frank Ryan
- 1945-05-04
Peter I ( [ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ]; Russian: Пётр I Алексеевич, romanized : Pyotr I Alekseyevich, [note 1]; 9 June [ O.S. 30 May] 1672 – 8 February [ O.S. 28 January] 1725), was Tsar of all Russia from 1682, and the first Emperor of all Russia, known as Peter the Great, [note 2] from 1721 until his death in 1725.
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Grant was born in Edinburgh, and raised in the city's Morningside district. His Musselburgh-born father, James (1940–2020), managed the pop band Marmalade before becoming an accountant at RMJM and mini rugby coach. His mother, Susan, worked for the University of Edinburgh. His maternal grandfather, Flt. Lt. Walter Henry Ewen FitzEarle of Rosskeen, ...
Norton & Sons
Whilst at Saïd in 2005, Grant learned that Norton & Sons was being advertised for sale by the Granger family. To pursue the sale, he accepted voluntary redundancy from Bookham. He was surprised at how low the asking price was, commenting: "You could pay more for a car. We're not talking millions but hundreds of thousands of pounds." Grant was able to afford the business by selling his house, his car "and everything else" as well as borrowing from a bank and raising money from friends; two for...
E. Tautz & Sons
Grant relaunched the defunct Norton subsidiary E. Tautz & Sons in 2009 as a ready-to-wear brand. In recognition for his work with Tautz, he was named Menswear Designer of 2010 at the British Fashion Awards. The label is a large component of the Norton business, with particular success in Asia.The label tended to be more experimental than the Norton line, with Grant explaining that with Tautz "We don't need to be wedded too much to the idea of the tailored suit." E. Tautz appeared at London Fa...
Hammond & Co
In April 2013, it was announced that Grant would be relaunching the Norton subsidiary Hammond & Co. as a diffusion line available exclusively at British clothing retailer Debenhams.The line was extremely successful but the retailer closed its stores in 2021.
Grant is best known by the general public for his work as a judge on the BBC television series The Great British Sewing Bee. He has appeared in the British editions of GQ and Esquire magazines. He has appeared as a guest on BBC television and radio programmes, such as Breakfast, Countryfile and Steve Wright in the Afternoon. In May 2023, Grant pres...
In 2013 Grant was made an Honorary Professor in Business at Glasgow Caledonian University. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) in 2016. In 2017, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Heriot Watt University's School of Textiles and Design. In 2018 he was named co-chair of the Prince of Wales' charity Future Textiles, an org...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Grant moved from London to Lancashire in March 2020 to run his factory in Blackburn, where he was making personal protective equipment (PPE) for the NHS.He now divides his time between London and Lancashire. Grant's partner is a dentist he met in 2022. He was previously in a relationship with fellow designer Katie Hill...
Grant, Patrick, ed. (2014). Original Man: the Tautz Compendium of Less Ordinary Gentlemen. Berlin: Gestalten. ISBN 978-3-89955-552-3.Grant, Patrick (2024). Less: Stop Buying So Much Rubbish: How Having Fewer, Better Things Can Make Us Happier. HarperCollins. p. 368. ISBN 0-00-866400-5.Grant, Patrick (2024). The Savile Row Suit: The Art of Hand Tailoring on Savile Row. Berlin: Gestalten. p. 176. ISBN 3-96704-125-5.Patrick the Great was the last film Donald O'Connor made before entering military service during World War II.
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