Paul Bern

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1889-12-03 (43 years old)

Deathday

1932-09-05

Place of Birth

Wandsbek - Hamburg - Germany

Paul Bern

Biography

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 clerk for a shipping company before opening a candy store. In 1898, Julius decided to move the family to the United States due to the rise of unemployment and anti-Jewish attitudes in Wandsbek. The family eventually settled in New York City. Juliu...

Acting

1993

Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell

as Self (archive footage)

2004

Checking Out: Grand Hotel

as Self (archive footage)

Production

1924

1927

Three Hours

as Writer

1930

The Woman Racket

as Director

1924

Name the Man

as Writer

1927

The Beloved Rogue

as Screenplay

1922

Head Over Heels

as Director

1922

1923

The Christian

as Writer

1923

The Wanters

as Writer

1926

1924

1925

Flower of Night

as Director

1924

Open All Night

as Director

1927

The Dove

as Writer

1929

Square Shoulders

as Producer

1935

China Seas

as Story Consultant

1921

1925

1924

Men

as Writer

1924

1921

1919

Greater Than Love

as Scenario Writer

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