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Paul Bern. Writer: The Beloved Rogue. Paul Bern is undoubtedly more famous today for being found shot to death in his bathroom barely 2 months after his marriage to proto-sex symbol Jean Harlow in 1932.
In this biography, the author uncovers startling new facts and argues that MGM knew the real story of Bern's death--that an estranged, mentally ill common-law wife murdered him. MGM understood that the earlier spouse rendered Bern's marriage to Harlow, its fastest-rising star, ambiguous if not bigamous, so the studio staged a suicide and embarked on a very public tarnishing of his memory.
Paul Bern wurde in Wandsbek, einer damals noch selbständigen Ortschaft, die erst 1937 im Rahmen des Großhamburggesetzes von Schleswig-Holstein nach Hamburg gekommen ist, geboren. Er verbrachte seine Kindheit und Jugend in den USA, wo er seit 1911 eine Karriere als Bühnenschauspieler und Produzent begann.
Paul Bern. Writer: The Beloved Rogue. Paul Bern is undoubtedly more famous today for being found shot to death in his bathroom barely 2 months after his marriage to proto-sex symbol Jean Harlow in 1932. Born in Hamburg, Germany as Paul Levy, he came to the United States with his family as a child. His mother died by drowning in the fall of 1920, as documented in her death certificate,...
7. He Couldn’t Cry. By the time Paul Levy changed his name to the Hollywood-friendly Paul Bern, he’d already pretty much given up on acting. Even with all his family misery to draw from, Bern couldn’t squeeze the tears out to make it work as an actor. He did, however, know that he wanted to work in show business.
From Wikipedia Paul Bern (December 3, 1889 – September 5, 1932) was a German-born American film director, screenwriter and producer for MGM. Bern was born Paul Levy in Wandsbek, which was then a town in the Prussian province of Schleswig-Holstein (now a district of the city of Hamburg). He was one of six children of Julius and Henriette (née Hirsch) Levy, a Jewish couple. Julius worked as a ...
Paul Bern was second only to Irving Thalberg at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the 1930s. Known throughout the movies as 'Hollywood's Father Confessor', Bern had earned a reputation for being a loyal and supportive friend and for becoming one of MGM's most respected and creative directors.
