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John Lewis is a chain of upmarket department stores operating throughout Great Britain. The chain is owned by the John Lewis Partnership. The first John Lewis store was opened in 1864 in Oxford Street, London.
The chain is known for its policy of "Never Knowingly Undersold" which has been in use since 1925.
There are currently 36 stores throughout England, Scotland & Wales, including six new ‘At Home’ stores, with a further four opening in 2012. The store in Cardiff is the largest currently operated by the Partnership outside of London.
On 1 January 2008, John Lewis Oxford Street was awarded a Royal Warrant from Her Majesty the Queen as suppliers of haberdashery and household goods. John Lewis Reading is also the holder of a Royal Warrant from the Queen as suppliers of household and fancy goods, received in 2007.
The flagship store on Oxford Street began as a drapery shop, opened by John Lewis in 1864. In 1905 Lewis acquired a second store, Peter Jones in Sloane Square, London. His son, John Spedan Lewis, founded the John Lewis Partnership in 1920 after thinking up the idea during his days in charge of Peter Jones. John Spedan Lewis also thought up the idea of the Gazette, the partnership's in-house magazine, first published in 1918.
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John Lewis: Behind the scenes - #ManOnTheMoon
Actors: Nelson Mandela (actor), John Lewis (actor), Adam Radly (producer), Adam Radly (director),
Genres: Documentary,Actors: Justin R. Durban (composer), Marlon Torres (editor), Marlon Torres (producer), Marlon Torres (director), Marlon Torres (writer), Martin Oller (producer), Stephen Eyer (producer), Ryan Ronning (producer), Leah Thompson (actress), Matt St. John (actor), Ijah Garfield (actor), Pablo Soriano (actor), Amy Ng (producer), Mike French (actor),
Genres: Drama, Romance, Short, War,Actors: Rupert Grint (actor), Ricky Gervais (actor), Simon Cowell (actor), Alan Carr (actor), Henry Fonda (actor), James Corden (actor), Rob Brydon (actor), Jack Dee (actor), Declan Donnelly (actor), Kirk Douglas (actor), Ronnie Corbett (actor), Harry Enfield (actor), Harry Enfield (actor), Noel Fielding (actor), Lenny Henry (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Rick Alancroft (actor), Morgana Robinson (actress), Mahny Djahanguiri (producer), Big George (composer), Mahny Webster (actress), Penelope Dudley (actress), Andrew McDonald (actor), Sean Reilly (director),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Robert Dastoli (director), Brett Ryan Bonowicz (actor), Robert Dastoli (producer), James Dastoli (actor), Robert Dastoli (editor), James Dastoli (director), James Dastoli (producer), James Dastoli (editor), John Archer Lundgren (actor), Jeffrey Ashkin (actor), Diego Kontarovsky (actor), Diego Kontarovsky (actor), Diego Kontarovsky (writer), Igor Nemirovsky (composer), Phillip Chernyak (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Short,Actors: Alex Van (actor), Clifton Powell (actor), Brett Rice (actor), Charles Burnett (director), Afemo Omilami (actor), Lucas Moore (miscellaneous crew), Danny Nelson (actor), Tom Nowicki (actor), L. Warren Young (actor), Gloria Winship Ayon (miscellaneous crew), Mackenzie Astin (actor), Kyle Massey (actor), Stephen James Taylor (composer), Robert Katz (producer), Moctesuma Esparza (producer),
Plot: In 1965 Alabama, an 11 year old girl (Jurnee Smollett) is touched by a speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. (Clifton Powell) and becomes a devout follower. But her resolution is tested when she joins others in the famed march from Selma to Montgomery.
Keywords: 11-year-old, 1960s, african-american, alabama, based-on-article, based-on-book, black-american, character-name-in-title, child's-point-of-view, civil-rightsActors: Tracy Dali (actress), Richard Gabai (director), Richard Gabai (actor), Richard Gabai (writer), Bradley Fuller (producer), John Shepphird (editor), Warren Draper (actor), Jeff Bowser (actor), Johnathan Gorman (actor), Tom Forrest (actor), Michael Morrell (composer), Charlie Curtis (actress), Larry Berliner (composer), Scott Larson (actor), David Gomez (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Sci-Fi, Thriller,Actors: Maurice Roëves (actor), John Castle (actor), Jack Watson (actor), Kate Harper (actress), Susan Penhaligon (actress), Brenda Loader (miscellaneous crew), Christopher King (producer), Christopher King (director), John Oakden (writer), Kevin Goldstein-Jackson (producer),
Genres: ,Actors: John Jarratt (actor), Matt Carroll (producer), Peter Best (composer), Don Barker (actor), John Power (director), John Power (writer), Gerald Turney-Smith (editor), Moya Iceton (miscellaneous crew), Rob George (actor), Jane Scott (producer), Barbara Ring (miscellaneous crew), Ruth De la Lande (miscellaneous crew), George Ogilvie (actor), Zev Eleftheriou (actor), Wayne Anthony (actor),
Plot: A romance about two people who are both disabled. Racing car driver Dave and street-girl Eileen fall in love after he has a car accident. Made as part of a South Australian Film Corporation three picture tele-movie series alongside _Plumber, The (1979) (TV)_ and _Harvest of Hate (1979) (TV)_ (qv).
Keywords: australia, deaf, deafness, disability, disabled, handicapped, hearing, independent-film, south-australiaActors: Lucien Callamand (actor), Eddie Constantine (actor), Eddie Constantine (actor), Saro Urzì (actor), Jean-Pierre Zola (actor), Véra Belmont (producer), Norman Krasna (writer), Raymond Lamy (editor), Albert Médina (actor), Barbara Laage (actress), Claude Cerval (actor), Stefan Schnabel (actor), André Hodeir (composer), Hubert Rostaing (composer), Pierre Montazel (director),
Plot: FBI agent John Lewis travels in Europe, from Paris to Lisbon, trying to locate a disappeared fellow secret-agent, Mark Lemoine. Soon he has trouble with a violant gang, and is involved with a young French reporter, Michèle Laurent. Finally, the chief of the Secret Service tells Lewis that Lemoine never existed. Instead of ending his mission there, the real trouble starts.
Keywords: secret-agent, spy