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.