Ep. 35 - The Death of Paul Bern
Jean Harlow was known as the "Original Blonde Bombshell." In 1932, she married Paul Bern, a screenwriter, director and assistant at MGM Studios. It was an odd match and would end when Bern apparently committed suicide. Or did he? Could he have been murdered? And by who? Could this be why his spirit is at unrest? Come with us as we explore the mysterious death of Paul Bern! Paul Bern was born as Paul Levy in Germany in 1889. The family moved to New York in 1898. Paul's father died in 1908 and his mother drowned herself to death in 1920. Paul studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and got started acting on the stage in New York. He decided to take a stage name and changed Levy to Bern. The acting was not going very well, so Bern decided to jump into stage managing and then in the early 1920s he moved to Hollywood. He got involved with film editing and then started working on writing and directing films for United Artists and Paramount Picture