Paul Bern

Paul Bern
Jean Harlow and Paul Bern in 1932
Born	Paul Levy (1889-12-03)December 3, 1889 Wandsbek, Schleswig-Holstein, German Empire (present day Hamburg, Germany)
Died	September 5, 1932(1932-09-05) (aged 42) Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Cause of death	Suicide by gunshot wound[1]
Resting place	Inglewood Park Cemetery
Occupation(s)	Screenwriter, director, producer
Years active	1919–1932
Spouse	Jean Harlow ​ (m. 1932)​
Partner	Dorothy 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.