Harry Lachman
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.
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Harry Lachman

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- Name
- Harry Lachman
- Born
- 29 June 1886
- Birthplace
- La Salle, Illinois, U.S.
- Died
- 19 March 1975
- Place of death
- Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
- Occupation
- Artist
- Nationality
- United States.
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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.
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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. In 1928 he married Jue Quon Tai. Lachman returned to painting in the 1940s. He died on March 19, 1975.

Costume party at the painter Harry Lachman's studio, before or after Julian Academy's bal. On the back of the picture is written "Souvenir du bal Julian, 14 mars 1914". At the foreground, lying on the floor, the draftsman and painter André Dignimont, and appearing on the right side, Harry Lachman's bust. In the background from left to right, playing the flute, the american sculptor Cecil Howard is
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Promoting the ballet Parade for Diaghilev Ballets Russes at the en:Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, 1917. The dancer is Maria Chabelska (1899-1980). Photographer, Harry Lachman. Set and costume by Pablo Picasso. Choreographer, en:Léonide Massine. The background in this photograph makes it appear tainted at low resolutions, but it is in fact a part of a set designed by Picasso in a clear image of
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• Name — Harry Lachman • Born — 29 June 1886 • Birthplace — La Salle, Illinois, U.S. • Died — 19 March 1975 • Place of death — Beverly Hills, California, U.S. • Burial Place — Hollywood Forever Cemetery • Occupation — Artist
Filmography
Filmography
• Weekend Wives (1928) • Under the Greenwood Tree (1929) • Song of Soho (1930) • The Compulsory Husband (1930) • The Yellow Mask (1930) • The Love Habit (1931) • The Outsider (1931) • The Man at Midnight (1931) • Mistigri (1931) • Insult (1932) • The Dressmaker of Luneville (1932) • The Beautiful Sailor (1932) • Down Our Street (1932) • Aren't We All? (1932) • Paddy the Next Best Thing (1933) • Face in the Sky (1933) • Baby Take a Bow (1934) • George White's Scandals (1934) • I Like It That Way (1934) • Nothing More Than a Woman (1934) • George White's 1935 Scandals (1935) • Dante's Inferno (1935) • Dressed to Thrill (1935) • Our Relations (1936) • Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936) • The Man Who Lived Twice (1936) • When You're in Love (1937) • The Devil Is Driving (1937) • It Happened in Hollywood (1937) • No Time to Marry (1938) • They Came by Night (1940) • Murder Over New York (1940) • Dead Men Tell (1941) • Charlie Chan in Rio (1941) • The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe (1942) • Castle in the Desert (1942) • Dr. Renault's Secret (1942)
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- 1.C.H. Forbes-Lindsay, John Smith: Gentleman Adventurer J.B. Lippincott Company, 1907.
- 2."Director Proves Kiplings Wrong" The Newark Advocate, Newark, Ohio, 05 Nov 1932, Sat • Page 5
- 3.Harry Lachman, A Film Director. Former Painter Dead at 88 Decorated by French. The New York Times. March 21, 1975.
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