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Harry Lachman

Harry Lachman

Director · 1886–1975 · La Salle, Illinois, USA

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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.

Directed 32

1940s

  1. 1942

    Dr. Renault's Secret

    Director

  2. The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe

    Director

  3. Castle in the Desert

    Director

  4. 1941

    Charlie Chan in Rio

    Director

  5. Dead Men Tell

    Director

  6. 1940

    Murder Over New York

    Director

  7. They Came by Night

    Director

1930s

  1. 1938

    No Time to Marry

    Director

  2. 1937

    It Happened in Hollywood

    Director

  3. The Devil Is Driving

    Director

  4. When You're in Love

    Director

  5. 1936

    The Man Who Lived Twice

    Director

  6. Our Relations

    Director

  7. Charlie Chan at the Circus

    Director

  8. 1935

    Dante's Inferno

    Director

  9. Dressed to Thrill

    Director

  10. 1934

    Nothing More Than a Woman

    Director

  11. Baby Take a Bow

    Director

    62

  12. I Like it That Way

    Director

  13. George White's Scandals

    Director

  14. 1933

    Paddy the Next Best Thing

    Director

  15. Face in the Sky

    Director

  16. 1932

    The Beautiful Sailor

    Director

  17. Insult

    Director

  18. Aren't We All?

    Director

  19. 1931

    The Midnight Gentleman

    Director

  20. The Outsider

    Director

  21. The Love Habit

    Director

  22. 1930

    Song of Soho

    Director

1920s

  1. 1929

    The Compulsory Husband

    Director

  2. Under the Greenwood Tree

    Director

  3. 1921

    The Heritage of France

    Director

Wrote 4

1930s

  1. 1931

    The Outsider

    Writer

  2. 1930

    Song of Soho

    Story

1920s

  1. 1929

    Under the Greenwood Tree

    Adaptation

  2. 1921

    The Heritage of France

    Writer

Produced 3

1920s

  1. 1926

    The Magician

    Production Manager

  2. Mare Nostrum

    Producer

  3. 1921

    The Heritage of France

    Producer

Appearances1

1940s

  1. 1946

    Treasures from Trash

    Himself