Paul Bern

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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,... See full bio »

Born:

December 3, 1889 in Wandsbek, Hamburg, Germany

Died:

September 5, 1932 (age 42) in Beverly Hills, California, USA

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Known For

The Dressmaker from Paris Director

(1925)

Grounds for Divorce Director

(1925)

The Beloved Rogue Writer

(1927)

Worldly Goods Director

(1924)

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Writer (17 credits)

1935 China Seas (contributor to story - uncredited)

1931 Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (uncredited)

1927 The Beloved Rogue (screenplay) / (story)

1927 Three Hours

1926 The Prince of Tempters

1926 The Great Deception

1924 Vanity's Price (screenplay) / (story)

1924 Lily of the Dust

1924 Men (adaptation)

1924 Name the Man

1924 The Marriage Circle

1923 The Wanters (writer)

1923 Lost and Found on a South Sea Island (scenario)

1923 The Christian (writer)

1921 Suspicious Wives

1920 Women Men Forget (scenario)

1919 Greater Than Love (scenario)

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Director (12 credits)

1930 The Woman Racket (uncredited)

1925 Flower of Night

1925 Grounds for Divorce

1925 The Dressmaker from Paris

1925 Tomorrow's Love

1924 Worldly Goods

1924 Open All Night

1922 Head Over Heels

1922 Man with Two Mothers

1921 Edgar, the Detective (Short)

1920 The North Wind's Malice

1920 The Adventures and Emotions of Edgar Pomeroy (Short)

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Producer (7 credits)

1931 It's a Wise Child (supervising producer)

1931 The Prodigal (supervising producer)

1930 The Rogue Song (producer - uncredited)

1930/I Anna Christie (producer - uncredited)

1929 Square Shoulders (producer)

1929 Noisy Neighbors (producer)

1929 Geraldine (producer)

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Miscellaneous Crew (4 credits)

1932/I Grand Hotel (supervisor - uncredited)

1930 New Moon (supervisor - uncredited)

1929 Square Shoulders (supervisor)

1929 Geraldine (supervisor)

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Editor (1 credit)

1922 A Blind Bargain

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Production manager (1 credit)

1922 Hungry Hearts (post-production supervisor)

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Self (1 credit)

1926 Screen Snapshots (Short documentary)
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Archive footage (4 credits)

2018 Mysteries at the Museum (TV Series documentary)
Himself

- Nuclear Nightmare, Teddy Roosevelt's Badlands Bandits and the Movie Star and Dead Man (2018) ... Himself

2004 Checking Out: Grand Hotel (Video documentary short)
Himself - At the premiere

2001 History's Mysteries: Infamous Murders (TV Series documentary)
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- Hollywood Murders ... Himself (uncredited)

1998 E! Mysteries & Scandals (TV Series documentary)
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- Jean Harlow (1998) ... Himself

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There is evidence that Bern was murdered by his ex-wife Dorothy Millette. The police didn't arrive until two hours after the death. A fixer had been sent in by the studio to reduce the effects on Bern's wife Jean Harlow. It's believed he staged it as a suicide. He admitted as much before his own death. See more »