Joseph Menchen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Joseph Menchen

American film producer

Date of Birth: 01-Apr-1878

Place of Birth: Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 04-Oct-1940

Profession: businessperson, inventor, film producer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Joseph L.
Menchen (1 April 1878 - 4 October 1940) was an American inventor, self-made businessman, film producer, screenwriter and literary agent. Menchen was born on 1 April 1878 in Illinois. In 1895, Menchen was a theatre electrician in Kansas City, Missouri.
He was the owner of Joseph Menchen Electrical Co., New York, which sold electrical theatre lighting and stage effects.Menchen produced and co-directed (with Michel Carré) The Miracle (1912 film), an early full-length, hand-coloured, black-and-white British feature film.
In 1915, he was involved with the design of the Norris-Menchen flamethrower.
He also owned the original film rights to the Arsène Lupin detective novels by Maurice Leblanc, which he sold to Robertson-Cole for $360,000 in 1920. Menchen died on 4 October 1940, aged 62, in California and was buried in Glendale.