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.

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Treasures from Trash

Jun 8, 1946

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Acting

1946

Treasures from Trash as Himself

Directing

1942		Dr. Renault's Secret as Director
1942		The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe as Director
1942		Castle in the Desert as Director

1941		Charlie Chan in Rio as Director
1941		Dead Men Tell as Director

1940		Murder Over New York as Director
1940		They Came by Night as Director

1938

No Time to Marry as Director

1937		It Happened in Hollywood as Director
1937		The Devil Is Driving as Director
1937		When You're in Love as Director

1936		The Man Who Lived Twice as Director
1936		Our Relations as Director
1936		Charlie Chan at the Circus as Director

1935		Dressed to Thrill as Director
1935		Dante's Inferno as Director

1934		Nothing More Than a Woman as Director
1934		Baby Take a Bow as Director
1934		I Like it That Way as Director
1934		George White's Scandals as Director

1933		Paddy the Next Best Thing as Director
1933		Face in the Sky as Director

1932		The Beautiful Sailor as Director
1932		Insult as Director
1932		The Dressmaker of Luneville as Director
1932		Aren't We All? as Director

1931		Mistigri as Director
1931		The Midnight Gentleman as Director
1931		The Outsider as Director
1931		The Love Habit as Director

1930		The Yellow Mask as Director
1930		Song of Soho as Director

1929		The Compulsory Husband as Director
1929		Under the Greenwood Tree as Director
1929		Week-End Wives as Director

1927		Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 12 as Director
1927		Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 11: Scents and Nonsense as Director
1927		Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 10: Fauny Business as Director
1927		Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 9: Cold Feats as Director
1927		Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 6 as Director
1927		Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 2: A Nasty Jar as Director
1927		Riviera Revels - Travelaugh No. 1: Spooky Islands as Director

1921

The Heritage of France as Director

Production

1926		The Magician as Production Manager
1926		Mare Nostrum as Producer

1921

The Heritage of France as Producer

Writing

1931

The Outsider as Writer

1930		The Yellow Mask as Adaptation
1930		Song of Soho as Story

1929

Under the Greenwood Tree as Adaptation

1921

The Heritage of France as Writer