Harry Lachman
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1886-06-29
Day of Death
1975-03-19 (88 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
Acting
(1946)
Treasures from Trash
as Himself
Crew
(1942)
Castle in the Desert
Director
(1942)
Dr. Renault's Secret
Director
(1942)
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
Director
(1941)
Dead Men Tell
Director
(1941)
Charlie Chan in Rio
Director
(1940)
Murder Over New York
Director
(1940)
They Came by Night
Director
(1938)
No Time to Marry
Director
(1937)
When You're in Love
Director
(1937)
It Happened in Hollywood
Director
(1937)
The Devil Is Driving
Director
(1936)
Charlie Chan at the Circus
Director
(1936)
Our Relations
Director
(1936)
The Man Who Lived Twice
Director
(1935)
Dante's Inferno
Director
(1935)
Dressed to Thrill
Director
(1934)
Baby Take a Bow
Director
(1934)
George White's Scandals
Director
(1934)
Nothing More Than a Woman
Director
(1934)
I Like it That Way
Director
(1933)
Paddy the Next Best Thing
Director
(1933)
Face in the Sky
Director
(1932)
The Beautiful Sailor
Director
(1932)
Insult
Director
(1932)
Aren't We All?
Director
(1932)
The Dressmaker of Luneville
Director
(1931)
The Love Habit
Director
(1931)
The Outsider
Writer, Director
(1931)
The Midnight Gentleman
Director
(1931)
Mistigri
Director
(1930)
Song of Soho
Director, Story
(1930)
The Yellow Mask
Adaptation, Director
(1929)
Under the Greenwood Tree
Adaptation, Director
(1929)
The Compulsory Husband
Director
(1929)
Week-End Wives
Director
(1927)
(1927)
(1927)
(1927)
(1927)
(1927)
(1927)
(1926)
The Magician
Production Manager
(1926)
Mare Nostrum
Producer
(1921)
The Heritage of France
Director, Writer, Producer