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Jed Buell (May 21, 1897 - September 29, 1961) was an American film producer, director, and screenwriter who specialized in low-budget B pictures in a variety of subjects including singing cowboy films featuring midgets and black actors.
Dec 20, 2023 · Jed Buell was a publicist for Mack Sennett and Keystone who founded his own company, Spectrum Pictures, to make ultra-low-budget exploitation flicks, and in 1937 he produced an “all-Negro” Western, Harlem on the Prairie, starring the bandleader Herb Jeffries, which had some success.
Time for the Old Corral to chronicle a unique (bizarre) western --- "Jed Buell's Midgets" in THE TERROR OF TINY TOWN. The Hollywood career of Jed Buell (1897-1961) began with the Mack Sennett studio.
The company had offices at 937 N. Sycamore Ave., Hollywood, California, and the officers of the company were Jed Buell, president; Bert Sternbach, vice president; and Sabin W. Carr, secretary-treasurer.
Producer Jed Buell began his show-business career in the early days of the 20th century as the manager of the Orpheum Theater in Denver, Colorado. After a few years he tired of Denver's high altitude and moved to Hollywood to try his hand in the burgeoning film business.
- Producer, Director, Writer
- May 21, 1897
- Jed Buell
- September 29, 1961
Sep 9, 2015 · Long before the term “politically correct” entered the lexicon, Jed Buell and his troupe of Little People made a serious Western — not the spoof you might have expected — in Placerita Canyon. The year was 1938 and Trem Carr and Ernie Hickson had just moved their Western movie town up the road to the present location of Melody Ranch.
Producer Jed Buell began his show-business career in the early days of the 20th century as the manager of the Orpheum Theater in Denver, Colorado. After a few years he tired of Denver's high altitude and moved to Hollywood to try his hand in the burgeoning film business.
