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Lewis H. Creber
Lewis Creber (1901-1966) (also billed as Lewis H. Creber) was a British art director who spent his career in the United States, working on well over a hundred films and television series.Lombardi p.340 He worked for the major Hollywood studio Twentieth Century Fox for much of the 1930s and 1940s. Selected filmography * ''Bachelor of Arts'' (1934) * ''Mystery Woman'' (1935) * '' Champagne Charlie'' (1936) * ''Charlie Chan at the Opera'' (1936) * '' Dangerously Yours'' (1937) * '' Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum'' (1940) * '' Scotland Yard'' (1941) * ''Pier 13'' (1940) * '' Sun Valley Serenade'' (1941) * ''Charlie Chan in Rio'' (1941) * ''Berlin Correspondent'' (1942) * ''Manila Calling'' (1942) * '' The Hammond Mystery'' (1942) * '' Margin for Error'' (1943) * '' Dixie Dugan'' (1943) * ''Bomber's Moon'' (1943) * '' Linda Be Good'' (1947) * '' Caged Fury'' (1948) * '' Perilous Waters'' (1948) * ''El Paso'' (1949) * '' Captain China'' (1950) * '' The Dividing Line'' (1950) * '' Tri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotherham
Rotherham () is a large minster and market town in South Yorkshire, England. The town takes its name from the River Rother which then merges with the River Don. The River Don then flows through the town centre. It is the main settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham. Rotherham is also the third largest settlement in South Yorkshire after Sheffield and Doncaster, which it is located between. Traditional industries included glass making and flour milling. Most around the time of the industrial revolution, it was also known as a coal mining town as well as a contributor to the steel industry. The town's historic county is Yorkshire. From 1889 until 1974, the County of York's ridings became counties in their own right, the West Riding of Yorkshire was the town's county while South Yorkshire is its current county. Rotherham had a population of 109,691 in the 2011 census. The borough, governed from the town, had a population of , the most populous district in En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pier 13
''Pier 13'' is a 1940 American mystery film directed by Eugene Forde and starring Lynn Bari, Lloyd Nolan and Joan Valerie.Schlossheimer p.330 It is a remake of the 1932 film ''Me and My Gal'' with Spencer Tracy and Joan Bennett in which a waterfront cop meets an attractive waitress whose sister turns out to be romantically involved with the criminal he is pursuing. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Lewis H. Creber and Richard Day. Partial cast * Lynn Bari as Sally Kelly * Lloyd Nolan as Danny Dolan * Joan Valerie as Helen Kelly * Douglas Fowley as Johnnie Hale * Chick Chandler as Nickie * Oscar O'Shea as Skipper Kelly * Adrian Morris as Al Higgins * Louis Jean Heydt as Bill Hamilton * Frank Orth as Dead Pan Charlie * Stanley Blystone as Policeman * Charles D. Brown as Captain Blake * Maurice Cass as Howard * Frank Darien as Old Man in Car * Hal K. Dawson as Ticket Salesman * Edward Earle as Peters * Sherry Hall as Clerk * Hamilton MacFa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain China
''Captain China'' is a 1950 American adventure film directed by Lewis R. Foster and written by Lewis R. Foster and Gwen Bagni. The film stars John Payne, Gail Russell, Jeffrey Lynn, Lon Chaney Jr., Edgar Bergen, Michael O'Shea and Ellen Corby. The film was released on February 2, 1950, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Cast * John Payne as Charles S. Chinnough / Captain China * Gail Russell as Kim Mitchell * Jeffrey Lynn as Captain George Brendensen * Lon Chaney Jr. as "Red" Lynch * Edgar Bergen as Mr. Haasvelt * Michael O'Shea as Trask * Ellen Corby as Miss Endicott * Robert Armstrong as Keegan * John Qualen as Geech * Ilka Grüning as Mrs. Haasvelt * Keith Richards as Alberts * John Bagni as Sparks * Ray Hyke as Michaels * Paul Hogan as Speer * Lawrence Tibbett Jr. as Wilkes * Zon Murray as Gus * Don Gazzaniga as Tony * Denver Pyle as Steve * Wallace Scott as Scotty * Lee Roberts as Marsh * Reed Howes Reed or Reeds may refer to: Science, technology, biology, and me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Paso (film)
''El Paso'' is a 1949 American Western film directed by Lewis R. Foster and starring John Payne, Gail Russell and Sterling Hayden. Plot Clay Fletcher ( John Payne), lawyer and returned Civil War Confederate officer, feels he needs to ease back into his legal career; he takes an assignment to travel west from his home state of South Carolina to a "frontier settlement called El Paso", in Texas. His mission involves obtaining the signature on estate documents of attorney Henry Jeffers (Henry Hull), whom Clay knows by reputation. He also knows, and is very fond of, Jeffers' daughter, Susan (Gail Russell). Along the way, he meets a pots-and-pans peddler named Pesky (George 'Gabby' Hayes) and a con-woman, Stagecoach Nellie (Mary Beth Hughes), who steals his wallet. In a saloon in El Paso, Clay witnesses a sham trial; a man is convicted of murder by a drunken judge, who turns out to be Jeffers. When Clay speaks up on the defendant's behalf, he is charged with contempt of court. Una ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perilous Waters
''Perilous Waters'' is a 1948 American drama film directed by Jack Bernhard and written by Richard Wormser and Francis Rosenwald. The film stars Don Castle, Audrey Long, Peggy Knudsen, Samuel S. Hinds, Gloria Holden and John Miljan. The film was released on February 14, 1948 by Monogram Pictures. Plot Cast * Don Castle as Willie Hunter *Audrey Long as Judy Gage * Peggy Knudsen as Pat Ferris * Samuel S. Hinds as Dana Ferris *Gloria Holden as Mrs. Ferris *John Miljan as Carter Larkin *Walter Sande as Franklin *Stanley Andrews as Capt. Porter *Cy Kendall as The Boss *Gene Garrick as Fred *George Ramsey as Bart *Mike Killian as Brooks *Julian Rivero Julian Rivero (July 25, 1890 – February 24, 1976) was an American actor whose career spanned seven decades. He made his film debut in the 1923 silent melodrama, '' The Bright Shawl'', which starred Richard Barthelmess, Dorothy Gish, William Pow ... as Fisherman References External links * {{IMDb title, 0039489, Peri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caged Fury (1948 Film)
''Caged Fury'' is a 1948 American drama film directed by William Berke and written by David Lang. The film stars Richard Denning, Sheila Ryan, Mary Beth Hughes, Buster Crabbe and Frank Wilcox. The film was released on March 5, 1948 by Paramount Pictures. Plot Dan Corey's circus employs a pair of lion tamers, Blaney and Smiley, whose act also includes Smiley's sweetheart Lola Tremaine and a ferocious lion known as Sultan. Lola is jealous of another circus performer, Kit Warren, a horseback rider Blaney has been seeing. A scheme by Smiley results in Lola's being trapped inside the cage and mauled to death by the lion. Kit wants to replace Lola in the act. She begins to learn the lion-taming act but breaks up with Blaney in the process. Smiley is attracted to her and decides to do away with Blaney once and for all. He begins to abuse Sultan, dressing like Blaney in the hope of turning the lion against the other man. After he is caught red-handed by circus owner Corey in his sini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Be Good
Linda may refer to: As a name * Linda (given name), a female given name (including a list of people and fictional characters so named) * Linda (singer) (born 1977), stage name of Svetlana Geiman, a Russian singer * Anita Linda (born Alice Lake in 1924), Filipino film actress * Bogusław Linda (born 1952), Polish actor * Solomon Linda (1909–1962), South African Zulu musician, singer and composer who wrote the song "Mbube" which later became "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" Places * Linda, California, a census-designated place * Linda, Missouri, a ghost town * Linda, Tasmania, Australia, a ghost town * Linda, Georgia, village in Abkhazia, Georgia * Linda, Bashkortostan, village in Bashkortostan, Russia * Linda Valley, Tasmania * 7169 Linda, an asteroid * Linda, a small lunar crater - see Delisle (crater) Music * ''Linda'' (Linda George album), 1974 * ''Linda'' (Linda Clifford album), 1977 * ''Linda'' (Miguel Bosé album), 1978 ** "Linda" (Miguel Bosé song), the title song * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bomber's Moon
''Bomber's Moon'' is a 1943 American wartime propaganda film, produced by 20th Century Fox, based on an unpublished magazine serial "Bomber's Moon" by Leonard Lee. Plot Captain Jeff Dakin ( George Montgomery) is shot down over Germany on a bombing raid. He sees his brother, Danny (Richard Graham), serving on the same aircraft, shot dead as he parachutes out of the stricken aircraft. Imprisoned in a camp, Dakin conspires with Alexandra "Alec" Zorich ( Annabella), a beautiful Russian doctor, and Captain Paul Husnik (Kent Taylor), a Czech resistance leader, to mount an escape. They escape during an air raid and make their way towards safety, but the Czech is not who he seems. Husnik is really Gestapo officer Paul von Block, who wants to get Alec to lead him to the leaders of the Czech underground movement. Killing the underground leader, von Block summons the Gestapo, but Dakin overpowers him and together with Alec, goes on the run. Reaching the Netherlands, Dakin learns that hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dixie Dugan (film)
''Dixie Dugan'' is a 1943 American comedy film, directed by Otto Brower. It stars Lois Andrews, James Ellison, and Charlotte Greenwood. Intended as the first of a series, the film was not a success and the plans for sequels were scrapped. Cast * Lois Andrews as Dixie Dugan * James Ellison as Roger Hudson * Charlotte Greenwood as Mrs. Dugan * Charles Ruggles as Pa Dugan * Helene Reynolds as Jean Patterson * Raymond Walburn as J.J. Lawson * Ann E. Todd as Inogene Dugan * Eddie Foy Jr. as Matt Hogan * Irving Bacon as Mr. Kelly * Sarah Edwards as Mrs. Kelly * George Melford as Mr. Sloan * Mae Marsh as Mrs. Sloan * Morris Ankrum as Editor * George Lessey as Sen. Patterson See also *'' Show Girl'' (1928) *''Showgirl in Hollywood'' (1930) References External links''Dixie Dugan''at the Internet Movie Database IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming conte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margin For Error
''Margin for Error'' is a 1943 American drama film directed by Otto Preminger. The screenplay by Lillie Hayward and Samuel Fuller is based on the 1939 play of the same title by Clare Boothe Luce. Plot When police officer Moe Finkelstein (Milton Berle) and his colleague Officer Salomon are ordered to serve as bodyguards to German consul Karl Baumer (Otto Preminger) by the mayor of New York City, Finkelstein turns in his badge, convinced he has to quit the service because the man is a Nazi. Capt. Mulrooney, who appointed them to this job, tells Moe that although the mayor personally is opposed to Adolf Hitler and his regime, the mayor is responsible for the safety of everybody, and he believes that through this assignment Finkelstein can show them the difference between their system and the Nazi one. Moe quickly discovers Baumer is in trouble with Berlin for having squandered money intended to finance sabotage. His secretary, Baron Max von Alvenstor (Carl Esmond), has become dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hammond Mystery
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manila Calling
''Manila Calling'' is a 1942 American black-and-white World War II propaganda war film drama from 20th Century Fox, produced by Sol M. Wurtzel, directed by Herbert I. Leeds, that stars Lloyd Nolan, Carole Landis, Cornel Wilde, James Gleason, Lester Matthews, Louis Jean Heydt, and Ted North. The film's storyline concerns American civil engineering forces struggling to establish an operational radio base following the invasion of the Philippines, with Japanese army forces resisting, and with the complication of the arrival in their midst of a beautiful nightclub singer fleeing the Japanese. Production According to United Press, "less than 12 hours" after the start of the attack on Pearl Harbor, John Larkin "was banging on the door of 20th Century-Fox with a scenario entitled 'Secret Agent in Japan.' He made one of the quickest sales in the history of the movies". Plot After the Japanese army invades the Philippines, they capture the radio station owned by the American Radio C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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