Henry Lehrman

Henry Lehrman

Henry Lehrman (April 21, 1886November 7, 1946) was an American actor, screenwriter and film director and producer.

Born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, Lehrman emigrated to the United States at a young age and although he is best remembered as a film director, he began his career as an actor in a 1909 Biograph Studios production directed by D.W. Griffith. He gained the nickname "Henry Pathé," reportedly because he told Biograph he had been sent there from Europe to have a job by France's Pathé Pictures. While the executive at Biograph may not have believed him, they nevertheless gave him his first acting work in film, appearing as one of many in a mob scene with another aspiring actor named Mack Sennett. A few years later Lehrman was a successful actor and would make his directorial debut, co-directing a 1911 Biograph production with Sennett. When Sennett left to create his own Keystone Studios, Henry Lehrman would join him, working as an actor, a screenwriter, and as the first director of Charlie Chaplin.

In 1915, Lehrman established his own film company called the L-KO Kompany to make two-reel comedies for Universal Studios. Lehrman was notorious for his low regard toward actors, and his willingness to place his actors in dangerous situations earned him the nickname "Mr. Suicide." Author Kalton C. Lahue noted that bit players and extras actually refused calls from L-KO.

In 1916 Lehrman gave up acting to devote himself fully to directing and producing. In 1920 Lehrman met a young actress named Virginia Rappe and a personal relationship ensued that resulted in their engagement. However, in September 1921, Ms. Rappe died after attending a private party hosted by Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle at a hotel in San Francisco. Arbuckle would be accused of raping her and was charged with her murder; Lehrman used the trial for his own personal publicity. Eventually Arbuckle was found not guilty.

For the two years following his fiancée's death, Henry Lehrman was virtually inactive in the film business. He went through a short-lived marriage in 1922 to Jocelyn Leigh. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Henry Lehrman Marries. Fiance of Virginia Rappe Weds Jocelyn Leigh, Former Actress. |url= |quote= |publisher=New York Times |date=April 29, 1922, Saturday |accessdate=2007-08-21 ] In 1924 accepted an offer from the Fox Film Corporation to direct for their "Sunshine Comedies" division. Lehrman continued as a successful director until the introduction of talkies at the end of the 1920s. He directed two sound films for Fox in 1929, one a short comedy, the other a feature-length production titled "New Year's Eve" starring Mary Astor. The films demonstrated Lehrman's difficulty adapting to directing with sound and he was dropped by Fox. Two years later he made his final attempt at sound films, writing and directing a comedy short for Universal Studios.

Henry Lehrman died of a heart attack in Hollywood in 1946 and was interred in the Hollywood Memorial Park Cemetery next to Virginia Rappe.

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