Harry Lachman | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 29, 1886 La Salle, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | March 19, 1975 (aged 88) |
| Burial place | Hollywood Forever Cemetery |
| Occupation | Artist |
Harry B. Lachman (June 29, 1886 – March 19, 1975) was an American artist, set designer, and film director. [1]
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. [2] 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 1928 he married Jue Quon Tai. [3] Lachman returned to painting in the 1940s. He died on March 19, 1975. [1]
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