Joseph Menchen

Joseph L. Menchen (1 April 1878 − 4 October 1940) was an American inventor, self-made businessman, film producer, screenwriter and literary agent.

In 1895, Menchen was a theatre electrician in Kansas City, Missouri.

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.

[4] Menchen died on 4 October 1940, aged 62, in California and was buried in Glendale.

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