Paul Bern

Paul Bern
Jean Harlow and Paul Bern in 1932
Born
Paul Levy

(1889-12-03)December 3, 1889
DiedSeptember 5, 1932(1932-09-05) (aged 42)
Cause of deathSuicide by gunshot wound[1]
Resting placeInglewood Park Cemetery
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, director, producer
Years active1919–1932
Spouse
(m. 1932)
PartnerDorothy Millette (1911–1920)

Paul Bern (born Paul Levy; December 3, 1889 – September 5, 1932) was a German-born American film director, screenwriter, and producer for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where he became the assistant to Irving Thalberg. He helped launch the career of Jean Harlow, whom he married in July 1932; two months later, he was found dead of a gunshot wound, leaving what appeared to be a suicide note. Various alternative theories of his death have been proposed. MGM writer and film producer Samuel Marx believed that he was killed by his ex-common-law wife Dorothy Millette, who jumped to her death from a ferry two days afterward.

  1. ^ Largo, Michael (2007). The Portable Obituary: How the Famous, Rich, and Powerful Really Died. HarperCollins. p. 268. ISBN 978-0-0612-3166-7.