Harry Lachman
Born: 1886-06-29 in La Salle, Illinois, USA
Died: 1975-03-19
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
1946
- Treasures from Trash as Himself
1942
- Castle in the Desert ... (Director)
- The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe ... (Director)
- Dr. Renault's Secret ... (Director)
1941
- Charlie Chan in Rio ... (Director)
- Dead Men Tell ... (Director)
1940
- Murder Over New York ... (Director)
- They Came by Night ... (Director)
1938
- No Time to Marry ... (Director)
1937
- When You're in Love ... (Director)
- It Happened in Hollywood ... (Director)
- The Devil Is Driving ... (Director)
1936
- Our Relations ... (Director)
- Charlie Chan at the Circus ... (Director)
- The Man Who Lived Twice ... (Director)
1935
- Dante's Inferno ... (Director)
- Dressed to Thrill ... (Director)
1934
- George White's Scandals ... (Director)
- I Like it That Way ... (Director)
- Baby Take a Bow ... (Director)
- Nothing More Than a Woman ... (Director)
1933
- Face in the Sky ... (Director)
- Paddy the Next Best Thing ... (Director)
1932
- Aren't We All? ... (Director)
- The Beautiful Sailor ... (Director)
- The Dressmaker of Luneville ... (Director)
- Insult ... (Director)
1931
- The Outsider ... (Director)
- The Love Habit ... (Director)
- The Midnight Gentleman ... (Director)
- Mistigri ... (Director)
1930
- The Yellow Mask ... (Director)
- Song of Soho ... (Director)
1929
- Under the Greenwood Tree ... (Adaptation)
- Week-End Wives ... (Director)
- The Compulsory Husband ... (Director)
1927
- Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 1: Spooky Islands ... (Director)
- Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 12 ... (Director)
- Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 2: A Nasty Jar ... (Director)
- Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 6 ... (Director)
- Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 11: Scents and Nonsense ... (Director)
- Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 9: Cold Feats ... (Director)
- Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 10: Fauny Business ... (Director)
1926
- The Magician ... (Production Manager)
- Mare Nostrum ... (Producer)
1921
- The Heritage of France ... (Director)