Paul Bern
Writing
December 3, 1889
Died: September 5, 1932
Wandsbek - Hamburg - Germany
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. Julius Levy died in 1908. In 1920,
Henriette Levy drowned herself.
Bern pursued a career in acting on the stage and studied at
the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He later adopted the stage name
"Paul Bern". Bern soon realized he had little aptitude for acting and
pursued other aspects of theatre production. He worked as a stage manager for a
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