The Toy
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| Initial release | December 10, 1982 |
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| Directors | Richard Donner |
| Box office | 47. 12 million USD (US) |
| Composers | Patrick Williams |
| Screenplay | Francis Veber |
| Carol Sobieski | |
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| ID | 1397183 |
About The Toy
Unemployed journalist Jack Brown (Richard Pryor) is attempting to make ends meet as the night janitor in a ritzy department store owned by Louisiana millionaire U. S. Bates (Jackie Gleason). On his annual visit to his father's store, Bates' pampered son, Eric (Scott Schwartz), is told he can choose one item in the toy department. To everyone's horror, he chooses Jack. Paid handsomely to spend one week with the troublesome kid, Jack soon discovers the roots of Eric's bad behavior. …
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'Mistress to be auctioned in' 99-year-old teddy
Ida Webb The Bear received from her father when she was three,
A Teddy Bear that has been treasured by its owner for 99 years, up for auction.
The toys, named bear, was awarded the Ida Goering of her father in 1916, and she kept it until she died in the year 2015, shortly before her 102nd birthday.
their daughter, Jenny Pickett, from Staffordshire, said The Bear , now someone is looking for, the new "take care of him".
She Said The Money would go from his sales, against a tombstone for her brother David Goring died at the age of 67 in the year 2016.
Jenny Pickett says she wants to go to money of Bear's sale to in the direction of a grave stone for her brother, David,Ms Pickett said Mrs. Goring's father, Joe Webb , had received from a nurse at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, according to the "invalided out" of the first World War with
The 62-year-old, said from Burton-upon-Trent, The Toy was appreciated"", by her mother and was a comfort to her, after she lost her husband Wilf Goring in 1991 after 45 Years of marriage.
"I don't have any emotional attachment to him and my three daughters and four granddaughters wanted him to be, so I thought it would be nice for him to go to a new owner who could appreciate him as much as mom," She Said .
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"My niece can not afford a grave stone for David, as they cost thousands of pounds," said Ms. Pickett.
"I want to help her some money, and everything I go to raise from the sale of The Bear in the direction of him. "
the auctioneer Charles Hanson said: "I'm sure [Ida] would be proud of what their daughter can do, to help the family of the brother and I'm happy with the Hanson's can play their part. "
Ida Goering died in the year 2015, shortly before her 102nd birthdayto follow the BBC West Midlands ,,, and.
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Source of news: bbc.com
