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

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for much of the 1930s and 1940s.

Selected filmography

* ''

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'' (1934) * ''

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'' (1935) * '' Champagne Charlie'' (1936) * ''

Charlie Chan at the Opera ''Charlie Chan at the Opera'' is considered by many to be the best Warner Oland Charlie Chan film, probably due to the presence of Boris Karloff as the principal suspect, as well as faux operatic music composed by Oscar Levant. This is the 13th fi ...

'' (1936) * '' Dangerously Yours'' (1937) * '' Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum'' (1940) * '' Scotland Yard'' (1941) * ''

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'' (1940) * '' Sun Valley Serenade'' (1941) * ''

Charlie Chan in Rio ''Charlie Chan in Rio'' is a 1941 film featuring the Asian detective Charlie Chan. It was the tenth film to feature Sidney Toler as the title character, who is called upon to investigate the death of a suspected murderer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ...

'' (1941) * ''

Berlin Correspondent ''Berlin Correspondent'' is a 1942 American film. Plot Dana Andrews portrays an American radio correspondent reporting from within Nazi Germany, whose principal source of information is an elderly philatelist. His reports prove so embarrassing ...

'' (1942) * ''

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, ...

'' (1942) * '' The Hammond Mystery'' (1942) * '' Margin for Error'' (1943) * '' Dixie Dugan'' (1943) * ''

Bomber's Moon ''Bomber's Moon'' is a 1943 American wartime propaganda film, produced by 20th Century Fox, based on an unpublished magazine serial "Bomber's Moon" by Leonard Lee.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 bomb ...

'' (1943) * '' Linda Be Good'' (1947) * '' Caged Fury'' (1948) * '' Perilous Waters'' (1948) * ''

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'' (1949) * '' Captain China'' (1950) * '' The Dividing Line'' (1950) * '' Tripoli'' (1950) * ''

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'' (1952) * ''

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'' (1953)

References

Bibliography

* Frederic Lombardi. ''Allan Dwan and the Rise and Decline of the Hollywood Studios''. McFarland, 2013.

External links

* 1901 births 1966 deaths British art directors British emigrants to the United States People from Rotherham {{UK-film-bio-stub