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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.〔(''New York Dramatic Mirror'', 16 November 1895, p. 22 )〕 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.〔(''Wid's Daily'' (Volume 11-12) Jan-Jun 1920, 24 April 1920, p. 817 )〕 Menchen died on 4 October 1940, aged 62, in California and was buried in Glendale.〔(''Ogden Standard Examiner'', 9 October 1940, p. 6 )〕 ==References== ; Notes ; Citations ; Sources * * This a zoomable image: for other formats (see here ).) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joseph Menchen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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