Harry Lachman

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Harry Lachman

Born June 29, 1886 · La Salle, Illinois, USA

Died March 19, 1975 · aged 88

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, h…

Known For

Charlie Chan at the CircusCharlie Chan at the Circus · 1936
Charlie Chan at the Circus
★ 6.41936
MovieCrimeMystery
While visiting the circus with his family, Charlie is recruited by the big top's co-owner to investigate threatening letters that he's received.
Castle in the DesertCastle in the Desert · 1942
Castle in the Desert
★ 7.11942
MovieCrimeMystery
Charlie Chan, with son Jimmy on a week's pass from the Army, takes up a request for help at a castle-home, miles from anywhere in the American desert south-west and inhabited by an eccentric, reclusive historian and his wife, a descendant of Lucrezia Borgia. Once there, he finds the request's legitimacy denied by all who are present, but still necessary as one houseguest has already been murdered, the other guests are at each other's throat, and the Borgia-related chatelain is suspected...
It Happened in HollywoodIt Happened in Hollywood · 1937
It Happened in Hollywood
★ 6.31937
MovieDramaComedy
A silent Western star has trouble adjusting to the coming of sound.
Murder Over New YorkMurder Over New York · 1940
Murder Over New York
★ 6.21940
MovieCrimeMystery
When Charlie's old friend from Scotland Yard is murdered when they attend a police convention in New York, Chan picks up the case he was working on.
Baby Take a BowBaby Take a Bow · 1934
Baby Take a Bow
★ 5.71934
MovieDramaFamily
Eddie Ellison is an ex-con who spent time in Sing-Sing prison. Kay marries him as soon as he serves his time. Five years later, Eddie and his ex-convict buddy Larry, have both gone straight, and Eddie and Kay have a beautiful little girl named Shirley. However, Welch has kept a close eye on them for years. He believes in "once a criminal, always a criminal." Then, when Eddie's employer's wife's pearls go missing, it comes out that Eddie and Larry both spent time in prison, and they're fired. Welch suspects that Eddie and Larry have something to do with the theft of the pearls. Will Welch prove that Eddie and Larry had something to do with the theft, or will the truth prevail?
When You're in LoveWhen You're in Love · 1937
When You're in Love
★ 6.81937
MovieRomanceComedy
An Australian opera singer hires a husband so she can work in the U.S. Moore sings "Minnie the Moocher" in one scene.
I Like it That WayI Like it That Way · 1934
I Like it That Way
★ 7.01934
MovieComedyRomance
A telephone operator gives up her job to try to be a nightclub singer.
Dead Men TellDead Men Tell · 1941
Dead Men Tell
★ 6.51941
MovieMysteryThriller
When the elderly woman sponsoring a treasure hunt is murdered on board her docked ship, Charlie Chan must deal with a treasure map in four pieces, the ghost of a hanged pirate, a talking parrot, a recalcitrant sea captain and several suspicious passengers - and a second murder.

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Aren't We All?Aren't We All? · 1932
Aren't We All?
★ 8.01932
MovieComedyRomance
Because his father, Lord Grenham, spends more time philandering with attractive women than conducting business, Willie Tatham is forced to interrupt his honeymoon with his wife Margot in the south of France and return to London to get his father to sign an important contract. While Margot, an actress, goes to a small resort where she will not be recognized, Kitty Lake, one of the young women Lord Grenham pursues, flirts with Willie. Two weeks pass and when Willie tells Margot on the telephone that he must stay in town, she threatens to engage in a violent flirtation with the next attractive man she sees. Karl von der Heide, from Vienna, who is waiting to use the telephone, overhears her and begins a flirtation. She identifies herself to him as Mrs. Margaret Spaulding, and they pursue the beginnings of a romance until Margot suddenly returns home.

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