Lothar Mendes

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1894-05-19 (80 years old)

Deathday

1974-02-25

Place of Birth

Berlin, Germany

Lothar Mendes

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lothar Mendes (19 May 1894 – 25 February 1974) was a German-born screenwriter and film director. who began his career as an actor in Vienna and Berlin in Max Reinhardt's famous troupe. He went to America in the early 1920s and there he remained until 1933, directing more than a dozen features, mostly frothy comedies, while under contract to Paramount. His films included the last silent film made in America, The Four Feathers (1929) and the murder mystery Payment Deferred (1933) starring British expatriate Charles Laughton. After Hitler ascended to power, Mendes travelled to Britain in 1934 to work at Ga...

Acting

1931

Ladies' Man

as Lobby extra

Production

1932

Payment Deferred

as Director

1929

1930

1933

Luxury Liner

as Director

1932

1943

1929

Dangerous Curves

as Director

1937

Moonlight Sonata

as Director

1928

Interference

as Director

1934

Jew Süss

as Director

1931

Ladies' Man

as Director

1924

1944

Tampico

as Director

1929

Illusion

as Director

1942

Nazi Agent

as Story

1926

1941

1932

1926

1926

1928

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