Lothar Mendes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German film director and screenwriter
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Place of Birth: Berlin
About Lothar Mendes
- Lothar Mendes (19 May 1894 – 24 February 1974) was a Jewish 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 actor Charles Laughton.
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