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.
Acting (1 movie)
Directing (43 movies)
Baby Take a Bow
1934
Charlie Chan at the Circus
1936
Castle in the Desert
1942
Murder Over New York
1940
Dead Men Tell
1941
Charlie Chan in Rio
1941
Our Relations
1936
Dr. Renault's Secret
1942
When You're in Love
1937
The Man Who Lived Twice
1936
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
1942
The Beautiful Sailor
1932
It Happened in Hollywood
1937
George White's Scandals
1934
Dante's Inferno
1935
Paddy the Next Best Thing
1933
They Came by Night
1940
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 10: Fauny Business
1927
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 9: Cold Feats
1927
Under the Greenwood Tree
1929
Face in the Sky
1933
The Devil Is Driving
1937
Insult
1932
No Time to Marry
1938
Aren't We All?
1932
The Love Habit
1931
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 1: Spooky Islands
1927
Song of Soho
1930
The Compulsory Husband
1929
The Yellow Mask
1930
The Outsider
1931
Week-End Wives
1929
Nothing More Than a Woman
1934
The Midnight Gentleman
1931
The Dressmaker of Luneville
1932
Mistigri
1931
I Like it That Way
1934
Dressed to Thrill
1935
The Heritage of France
1921
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 2: A Nasty Jar
1927
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 6
1927
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 11: Scents and Nonsense
1927
Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 12
1927
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| The Heritage of France | 1921 | Writer |
| The Heritage of France | 1921 | Producer |
| Mare Nostrum | 1926 | Producer |
| The Outsider | 1931 | Writer |