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Harry Lachman is a Director, Writer and Production Manager American born on 29 june 1886
Harry Lachman, né à LaSalle (Illinois) le 29 juin 1886, et mort à Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, (Californie) le 19 mars 1975, est un artiste peintre, scénographe et réalisateur de films américain.
Lachman commença à s'intéresser au cinéma lorsqu'il travailla comme scénographe à Nice, pour Mare Nostrum (Our sea) de Rex Ingram, qu'il produisit en 1925. Il travailla comme réalisateur en France et en Angleterre avant de s'installer à Hollywood en 1933. Il a notamment réalisé Baby Take a Bow, Dante's Inferno, Our Relations, et Dr. Renault's Secret.
Lachman revint à la peinture dans les années 1940.
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Né à LaSalle (Illinois), Lachman étudia à l'université du Michigan avant de devenir illustrateur de magazine. En 1911, il s'installa à Paris où il obtint une certaine réputation comme peintre post-impressionniste ; le gouvernement français lui décerna la croix de chevalier de la Légion d'honneur .Lachman commença à s'intéresser au cinéma lorsqu'il travailla comme scénographe à Nice, pour Mare Nostrum (Our sea) de Rex Ingram, qu'il produisit en 1925. Il travailla comme réalisateur en France et en Angleterre avant de s'installer à Hollywood en 1933. Il a notamment réalisé Baby Take a Bow, Dante's Inferno, Our Relations, et Dr. Renault's Secret.
Lachman revint à la peinture dans les années 1940.
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The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe (1942)
, 1h7Directed by Harry Lachman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about writers, Children's films
Actors Linda Darnell, Shepperd Strudwick, Jane Darwell, Virginia Gilmore, Harry Morgan, Mary Howard
Rating56%
Castle in the Desert (1942)
Directed by Harry Lachman
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Sidney Toler, Arleen Whelan, Richard Derr, Douglass Dumbrille, Henry Daniell, Victor Sen Yung
Rating69%
Mrs. Manderley, an eccentric descendant of the Borgias lives in a castle in the middle of the Mojave Desert with her husband Paul Manderley, a reclusive scholary millionaire. Someone is killed after being poisoned. Paul tries to cover up the murder in which Charlie Chan investigates. In addition to Paul Manderley and his wife (who may be insane and not responsible for her actions) other suspects include:
Dr. Renault's Secret (1942)
, 58minutesDirected by Harry Lachman
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Horror, Romance
Actors J. Carrol Naish, Shepperd Strudwick, Lynne Roberts, George Zucco, Mike Mazurki, Eugene Borden
Rating60%
A young doctor named Larry Forbes (Shepperd Strudwick) arrives in a French village in order to wed the niece of prominent local doctor, Dr. Renault (George Zucco). Dr. Forbes learns from the innkeeper that a storm has washed out the bridge to Renault's house and he ends up spending the night at the inn. There he meets most of the films main characters including Dr. Renault's strangely deformed man servant, Noel (J. Carrol Naish). It is during the night that the first of the murders occurs. Another tourist takes the room meant for him and is killed mysteriously.
Charlie Chan in Rio (1941)
Directed by Harry Lachman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Actors Sidney Toler, Victor Sen Yung, Harold Huber, Sheila Ryan, Kay Linaker, Ethel Griffies
Rating68%
In the beginning of the film, detective Charlie Chan is in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, along with his son, Jimmy, and the Rio chief of police, Chief Souto, to arrest singer Lola Dean, whom Chan suspects killed a man in Honolulu. After a performance, Lola’s boyfriend, Carlos, asks her to marry him, which she accepts. Her personal assistant, Helen Ashby, then reminds Lola she has an appointment with a Hindu psychic, Marana. Lola visits the psychic, who puts her in a semi-comatose state using coffee and cigarettes laced with a special natural herb. Lola reveals in this state that she did kill a man, Manuel Cardozo, after he refused to marry her in Honolulu. The psychic records the conversation. When Lola wakes up, the psychic tells her what she told him, but assures her that it will be kept confidential between them. On the way home, a worried Lola convinces Carlos to elope instead of marry at a later date. When she arrives home, she begins packing.
Dead Men Tell (1941)
, 1h1Directed by Harry Lachman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Actors Sidney Toler, Victor Sen Yung, Sheila Ryan, Donald Douglas, Kay Aldridge, Paul McGrath
Rating68%
Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) is engaged by an heir to solve a mystery on a boat. Miss Nodbury (Ethel Griffies) seeks a pirate treasure on Cocos Island, and the ship she uses is an old sailing ship used in the recent past as a museum of pirate lore by one of her relatives. For safety, she has split her map into four pieces, which she gave to some of the passengers whom she has invited to go along with her, but tells no one who they are. When she is given a fright and succumbs to her heart disease Chan must clear up the mystery while the ship is still at the dock.
Murder Over New York (1940)
, 1h5Directed by Harry Lachman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Themes Children's films
Actors Sidney Toler, Victor Sen Yung, Marjorie Weaver, Robert Lowery, Ricardo Cortez, Donald MacBride
Rating68%
On a flight to New York for an annual police convention, Chan encounters his old Scotland Yard friend, Hugh Drake (Frederick Worlock). Drake is now a member of military intelligence trying to track down what he believes is a sabotage ring led by a Paul Narvo. A bomber and its pilots crashed the day before. Chan offers his assistance.
They Came by Night (1940)
Directed by Harry Lachman
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Phyllis Calvert, Anthony Hulme, born Harry Idris Miller, George Merritt, Kathleen Harrison, John Glyn-Jones, Athole Stewart
Rating58%
No Time To Marry (1938)
, 1h3Directed by Harry Lachman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Richard Arlen, Mary Astor, Lionel Stander, Virginia Dale, Marjorie Gateson, Thurston Hall
Rating59%
When You're in Love (1937)
, 1h50Directed by Robert Riskin, Harry Lachman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Grace Moore, Cary Grant, Thomas Mitchell, Aline MacMahon, Luis Alberni, Henry Stephenson
Rating61%
Louise Fuller, grande cantatrice australienne, voudrait se produire sur une grande scène américaine. Mais elle ne le peut à moins d'être mariée. Elle emploie dans ce but les services d'un charmant artiste dénommé Jimmy Hudson...
Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936)
, 1h12Directed by Harry Lachman
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Themes Circus films, Children's films
Actors Warner Oland, Keye Luke, Francis Ford, George Brasno, John McGuire, J. Carrol Naish
Rating67%
Charlie Chan takes his wife and twelve children on an outing to a circus after receiving a free pass from one of the owners, Joe Kinney. Kinney wants Chan to find out who is sending him anonymous threatening letters. Nearly all of the circus workers are suspects, since Kinney is very unpopular. However, when Chan goes to meet him during the night's performance, he finds the man dead, seemingly killed by a rampaging gorilla who somehow escaped from his cage.
Our Relations (1936)
, 1h5Directed by Harry Lachman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Alan Hale, Sidney Toler, James Finlayson, Arthur Housman
Rating72%
Laurel and Hardy star as both their famous Stan and Ollie characters and as Stan and Ollie's twin brothers Bert and Alf.
Dante's Inferno (1935)
, 1h29Directed by Harry Lachman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy
Themes Poésie, Films about religion, Adaptation d'un poème, Children's films
Actors Spencer Tracy, Claire Trevor, Rita Hayworth, Alan Dinehart, Sr., Henry B. Walthall, Scotty Beckett
Rating65%
Jim Carter, a former stoker, takes over a fairground show, run by 'Pop' McWade, which depicts scenes from Dante's Inferno. He marries Pop's niece Betty and they have a son, Alexander. Meanwhile the show becomes a great success, with Carter making it larger and more lurid. An inspector declares the fair unsafe but Carter bribes him into silence. There is a partial collapse at the fair which injures Pop. Recovering in hospital, he admonishes Carter and we see a lengthy vision of the Inferno. Undeterred, Carter establishes a new venture with an unsafe floating casino, only for disaster to strike again at sea.
George White's 1935 Scandals (1935)
, 1h24Directed by James Tinling, Harry Lachman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Alice Faye, James Dunn, Cliff Edwards, Arline Judge, Lyda Roberti, Ned Sparks
Rating58%
The film centers on real-life stage and screen producer George White as he gathers acts for his new Broadway revue. At the top of his list is blonde Alice Faye. Also appearing in the film was James Dunn and Cliff Edwards.
Dressed to Thrill (1935)
, 1h8Directed by Harry Lachman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Tutta Rolf, Clive Brook, Robert Barrat, Nydia Westman, George Hassell
Baby Take a Bow (1934)
, 1h16Directed by Harry Lachman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Shirley Temple, James Dunn, Claire Trevor, Alan Dinehart, Sr., Ray Walker, Ralf Harolde
Rating63%
After serving time in Sing Sing, Eddie Ellison marries his fiancée Kay, and eventually the two have a daughter they name Shirley. Eddie helps his friend and former convict Larry Scott, who is engaged to Shirley's dance instructor Jane, get a job as a chauffeur for his employer, factory owner Stuart Carson.