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Buell married journalist Helen Gurley in 1934. She was no relation to Helen Gurley Brown; she served as story editor on several of Buell's films. Their son, Jed Buell Jr., was born in 1939. [7]
Britain was recovering from World War One, which ended in 1918, and the post-war economic depression greatly affected trade for all businesses. The eponymous founder of John Lewis died in 1928 aged 92 and his son, John Spedan Lewis established the John Lewis Partnership the following year.
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Elder son of John Lewis, who owned the John Lewis department store, London, Spedan joined the business at 19 and in 1914 assumed control of Peter Jones in Sloane Square, London. On his father's death he formed the John Lewis Partnership and began distributing profits among its employees in 1929.
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.
Our History. Over 100 years ago our Founder, John Spedan Lewis, began an experiment into a better way of doing business by including staff in decision making on how the business would be run.
The film Buell is probably best known for, however, is the bizarre The Terror of Tiny Town (1938), a western featuring an all-midget cast (many of whom went on to play Munchkins in The Wizard of Oz (1939)).
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