Harry B. Lachman (June 29, 1886 – March 19, 1975) was an American artist, , and film director.[
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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.[C.H. Forbes-Lindsay, John Smith: Gentleman Adventurer J.B. Lippincott Company, 1907.] In 1911, he emigrated to Paris where he earned a substantial reputation as a Post-Impressionist Painting 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 1928 he married Jue Quon Tai.["Director Proves Kiplings Wrong" The Newark Advocate, Newark, Ohio, 05 Nov 1932, Sat • Page 5] Lachman returned to painting in the 1940s. He died on March 19, 1975.
Filmography
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Weekend Wives (1928)
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Under the Greenwood Tree (1929)
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Song of Soho (1930)
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The Compulsory Husband (1930)
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The Yellow Mask (1930)
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The Love Habit (1931)
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The Outsider (1931)
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The Man at Midnight (1931)
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Mistigri (1931)
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Insult (1932)
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The Dressmaker of Luneville (1932)
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The Beautiful Sailor (1932)
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Down Our Street (1932)
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Aren't We All? (1932)
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Paddy the Next Best Thing (1933)
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Face in the Sky (1933)
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Baby Take a Bow (1934)
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George White's Scandals (1934)
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I Like It That Way (1934)
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Nothing More Than a Woman (1934)
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George White's 1935 Scandals (1935)
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Dante's Inferno (1935)
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Dressed to Thrill (1935)
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Our Relations (1936)
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Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936)
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The Man Who Lived Twice (1936)
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When You're in Love (1937)
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The Devil Is Driving (1937)
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It Happened in Hollywood (1937)
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No Time to Marry (1938)
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They Came by Night (1940)
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Murder Over New York (1940)
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Dead Men Tell (1941)
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Charlie Chan in Rio (1941)
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The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe (1942)
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Castle in the Desert (1942)
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Dr. Renault's Secret (1942)
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