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020 $a9780786439638 (softcover : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aPN1998.3.B47655$bF54 2009
082 00 $a791.4302/33092$aB$222
100 1 $aFleming, E. J.,$d1954-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n99261688
245 10 $aPaul Bern :$bthe life and famous death of the MGM director and husband of Harlow /$cE.J. Fleming.
260 $aJefferson, N.C. :$bMcFarland,$c[2009], ©2009.
300 $axi, 383 pages :$billustrations ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 355-363) and index.
520 1 $a"Paul Bern, known throughout the movie business as "Hollywood's Father Confessor," earned a reputation for being a loyal and supportive friend and for becoming one of MGM's most respected and creative directors. After his death, though, he was said to have grown so depressed and despondent over his own apparent sexual inadequacies that he committed suicide, and he would be denounced for attempting to rape his new bride Jean Harlow. In this biography, the author uncovers startling new facts and argues that MGM knew the real story of Bern's death - that an estranged, mentally ill common-law wife murdered him. MGM understood that the earlier spouse rendered Bern's marriage to Harlow, its fastest-rising star, ambiguous if not bigamous, so the studio staged a suicide and embarked on a very public tarnishing of his memory. Included are 98 rare photos, many lost for decades, along with three appendices examining the handwriting on an alleged suicide note and Bern's will and estate."--BOOK JACKET.
540 $aIncludes filmography: p. 311-326.
600 10 $aBern, Paul,$d1889-1932.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85378449
650 0 $aMotion picture producers and directors$zUnited States$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008107730
852 00 $bglx$hPN1998.3.B47655$iF54 2009