1. Henry Lehrman was an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer.
16 Facts About Henry Lehrman
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Henry Lehrman directed, as well as co-starred in, Charlie Chaplin's first film, Making a Living.
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Henry Lehrman was the fiance of the actress Virginia Rappe, for whose death Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, in a highly publicized series of trials, was accused, and later acquitted, of manslaughter.
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Henry Lehrman gained the nickname "Pathe", reportedly because he told an executive at Biograph he had been sent there from Europe by France's Pathe Freres to get a job.
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When Sennett left to found Keystone Studios, Henry Lehrman joined him, working as an actor, a screenwriter, and as the first director of Charlie Chaplin.
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In 1915, following the demise of Sterling Comedies, Henry Lehrman established his own film company called the L-KO Kompany to make two-reel comedies for Universal Studios.
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Henry Lehrman was notorious for his low regard for actors, such as for Charlie Chaplin in the actor's earliest films, and his willingness to place his actors in dangerous situations earned him the nickname "Mr Suicide".
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In 1916, Henry Lehrman gave up acting to devote himself fully to directing and producing.
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Henry Lehrman left the L-KO Kompany the following year and moved to Fox Film Corporation as producer of its "Sunshine Comedies" unit.
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Arbuckle was accused of raping her and was charged with her murder; Henry Lehrman used the trial for his own personal publicity.
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Henry Lehrman went through a short-lived marriage in 1922 to Jocelyn Leigh.
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Henry Lehrman continued as a successful director until the introduction of talkies at the end of the 1920s.
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Henry Lehrman 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.
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The films demonstrated Henry Lehrman's difficulty adapting to directing with sound, and he was dropped by Fox.
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Henry Lehrman died of a stroke at his home in Hollywood on 8 November 1946.
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Henry Lehrman was interred in the Hollywood Memorial Park Cemetery next to Virginia Rappe.