John Emary 1870s, Emary and his son George Moore Emary (1850-1937) handed over control of Aquascutum to Scantlebury & Commin. John Emary John Emary (1810/11- ) was a British tailor and businessman, and the founder of the fashion brand Aquascutum. John Emary was born in Lullingstone, Kent in 1810/11. In 1851, Emary opened a menswear shop in London's Regent Street. Later in the 1850s, he patented a method of producing a water-repellent textile, and founded Aquascutum, using the Latin aqua (water) and scutum (shield). In the 1871 census, he was aged 60, and a "merchant tailor", living in Islington, with his wife
The Cheap Detective The Cheap Detective The Cheap Detective is a 1978 American satirical comedy film written by Neil Simon and directed by Robert Moore. It stars Peter Falk as Lou Peckinpaugh, a parody of Humphrey Bogart. The film is a parody of Bogart films such as "Casablanca" and "The Maltese Falcon". The ensemble cast includes Madeline Kahn, Louise Fletcher, Ann-Margret, Eileen Brennan, Stockard Channing, Marsha Mason, Sid Caesar, John Houseman, Dom DeLuise, Abe Vigoda, James Coco, Phil Silvers, Fernando Lamas, Nicol Williamson, Scatman Crothers, Vic Tayback and Paul Williams. Lou Peckinpaugh (Peter Falk), a bumbling San Francisco private detective, tries to prove