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Jay Lewis
Born January 1, 1914 · Warwickshire, England, UK
Died June 4, 1969 · aged 55
Jay Gardner Lewis (1914 – June 4, 1969) was a film director, a film producer and writer born in Warwickshire, England. In 1940, he founded the documentary film company Verity Films with Sydney Box.
Known For
The Baby and the Battleship · 1956The Baby and the Battleship
★ 6.41956
MovieComedy
After a quayside mix-up with the Italian family of his fiancée, Able Seaman Knocker White finds himself literally left holding the baby. Unable to return it before his ship sails he enlists the help of best mate Puncher Roberts to smuggle the child aboard. But babies are surprisingly demanding and gradually the whole crew is drawn into helping keep it fed and washed - and undiscovered. Even so, the officers above deck start to puzzle over the increasingly strange happenings on board.
Invasion Quartet · 1961Invasion Quartet
★ 6.51961
MovieComedy
This British men-on-a-mission spoof set during World War II finds intrepid officer Bill Travers leading three colorful compatriots into Nazi-occupied France to destroy an obnoxiously large, loud, and destructive enemy gun. See if this fearless foursome can stomp their Fascist foes and get back to their game of cricket! Spike Milligan, Gregoire Aslan, and Thorley Walters co-star.
Morning Departure · 1950Morning Departure
★ 6.91950
MovieDrama
The crew of a submarine is trapped on the sea floor when it sinks. How can they be rescued before they run out of air?
A Home of Your Own · 1964A Home of Your Own
★ 6.61964
MovieComedy
A Home of Your Own is a 1964 British comedy film which is a brick-by-brick account of the building a young couple’s dream house. From the day when the site is first selected, to the day – several years and children later – when the couple finally move in, the story is a noisy but wordless comedy of errors as the incompetent labourers struggle to complete the house. It may well have been inspired by the success of Bernard Cribbins' classic song of the same vein from two years earlier, "Right Said Fred". In this satirical look at British builders, many cups of tea are made, windows are broken and the same section of road is dug up over and over again by the water board, the electricity board and the gas board. Ronnie Barker’s put-upon cement mixer, Peter Butterworth’s short-sighted carpenter and Bernard Cribbins’ hapless stonemason all contribute to the ensuing chaos.
Front Page Story · 1954Front Page Story
★ 8.01954
MovieDrama
A workaholic newspaper editor lets his wife leave on the holiday without him just at that time some important news stories break, including a plane crash, the one which his wife took....
Live Now - Pay Later · 1962Live Now - Pay Later
★ 6.81962
MovieDramaComedy
Albert, a cheeky, womanising, door-to door salesman, with a never-take-no-for-an-answer attitude, lives his life for the moment, and with no thought of his future, or the consequences of his actions on the people he encounters.
Ministry of Food Cookery Hints No. 1: Oatmeal Porridge · 1940Ministry of Food Cookery Hints No. 1: Oatmeal Porridge
★ 7.01940
MovieDocumentary
How to make porridge using a haybox.
Herrings · 1940Herrings
1940
MovieDocumentary
This informative herring aid from WWII makes no bones about the need to make the most of every fish.
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