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Harry Lachman

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
1

Gender
Male

Birthday
June 29, 1886 (140 years old)

Place of Birth
La Salle, Illinois, USA

Harry Lachman

Biography

Harry B. Lachman (June 29, 1886 – March 19, 1975) was an American artist, set designer, and film director.

He was born in La Salle, Illinois on June 29, 1886. Lachman was educated at the University of Michigan before becoming a magazine and book illustrator, contributing 4 colour illustrations to the 1907 work John Smith, Gentleman Adventurer by Charles Harcourt Ainslie Forbes-Lindsay. In 1911, he emigrated to Paris where he earned a substantial reputation as a post impressionist painter and was awarded the Légion d'Honneur by the French government.

Lachman's interest in motion pictures stemmed from his position as a set designer in Nice, leading to work on Mare Nostrum in 1925. He worked as a director in France and England before settling in Hollywood in 1933. His credits include Down Our Street, Baby Take a Bow, Dante's Inferno, Our Relations, and Dr. Renault's Secret.

In 1938 he married Jue Quon Tai. Lachman returned to painting in the 1940s. He died on March 19, 1975.

Known For

Directing

1942Dr. Renault's Secret...Director
1942The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe...Director
1942Castle in the Desert...Director
1941Charlie Chan in Rio...Director
1941Dead Men Tell...Director
1940Murder Over New York...Director
1940They Came by Night...Director
1938No Time to Marry...Director
1937It Happened in Hollywood...Director
1937The Devil Is Driving...Director
1937When You're in Love...Director
1936The Man Who Lived Twice...Director
1936Our Relations...Director
1936Charlie Chan at the Circus...Director
1935Dressed to Thrill...Director
1935Dante's Inferno...Director
1934Nothing More Than a Woman...Director
1934Baby Take a Bow...Director
1934I Like it That Way...Director
1934George White's Scandals...Director
1933Paddy the Next Best Thing...Director
1933Face in the Sky...Director
1932The Beautiful Sailor...Director
1932Insult...Director
1932The Dressmaker of Luneville...Director
1932Aren't We All?...Director
1931Mistigri...Director
1931The Midnight Gentleman...Director
1931The Outsider...Director
1931The Love Habit...Director
1930The Yellow Mask...Director
1930Song of Soho...Director
1929The Compulsory Husband...Director
1929Under the Greenwood Tree...Director
1929Week-End Wives...Director
1927Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 12...Director
1927Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 11: Scents and Nonsense...Director
1927Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 10: Fauny Business...Director
1927Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 9: Cold Feats...Director
1927Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 6...Director
1927Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 2: A Nasty Jar...Director
1927Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 1: Spooky Islands...Director
1921The Heritage of France...Director

Writing

1931The Outsider...Writer
1930The Yellow Mask...Adaptation
1930Song of Soho...Story
1929Under the Greenwood Tree...Adaptation
1921The Heritage of France...Writer

Production

1926The Magician...Production Manager
1926Mare Nostrum...Producer
1921The Heritage of France...Producer

Acting

1946Treasures from Trashas Himself