Paul Bern

Author : E.J. Fleming
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786452749
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paul Bern written by E.J. Fleming and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2009-03-23 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 93 rare photos, many lost for decades, along with three appendices examining the handwriting on an alleged suicide note and Bern's will and estate.

Author : Samuel Marx
Publisher : Random House (NY)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Deadly Illusions written by Samuel Marx and published by Random House (NY). This book was released on 1990 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents compelling evidence that Bern was murdered and why.

Author : Adrian Finkelstein
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 9781475928891
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book By Love Reclaimed written by Adrian Finkelstein and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-07-09 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In July 1932, MGM producer and notorious nice guy Paul Bern marries the love of his life, screen icon Jean Harlow. Two months later, he is found shot to death in their Benedict Canyon home, the victim of a Hollywood cover-up that eventually portrays him in the media as a sick, impotent wife-beater. Modern day intuitive Valerie Franich and renowned psychiatrist Adrian Finkelstein partner together in order to dispel Hollywood lore and share the true story of Harlow and Bern. Through the use of hypnotic regressions and extensive research, Franich and Finkelstein offer a glimpse into the life of the young ingnue as she makes her way in Hollywood, falls in love with the older Bern, and becomes the innocent prey of MGM boss Louis Mayer who fixes the evidence to make her beloved husbands death look like a suicide. As Harlow returns to reclaim her husbands good name and stellar reputation, she reminds everyone that love is indeed eternal. By Love Reclaimed shares an enlightening and heartwarming look at reincarnation and the Hollywood scene during the 1930s while shedding a new light on an old mystery. Winner of The Pinnacle Book Achievement Award for Fall 2012

Author : Eve Golden
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Platinum Girl written by Eve Golden and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1930, after the public had seen Jean Harlow in Howard Hughes' WWI air ace epic, Hell's Angels, the nation's beauty parlors were jammed with women demanding to be transformed into "platinum blondes." The phrase was invented by a studio press agent, and the look was the work of Hollywood's newest, most explosive bombshell. This book explores the woman behind the legends and the scandals. The brief life of Jean Harlow is a story of success, of a triumphal struggle with Hollywood and the consequences of rapid fame. This is an important book about one of Hollywood's most extraordinary personalities. -- Publisher description.

Author : Paul Berna
Publisher : Hassell Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781014859730
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Horse Without a Head written by Paul Berna and published by Hassell Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : David Stenn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780967282220
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bombshell written by David Stenn and published by . This book was released on 2000-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After 56 years, Stenn persuaded Harlow's family, friends, colleagues and employers to break their silence and provide previously sealed legal, financial and medical records, which solved the mystery of her death. His account is confirmed by scores of exclusive interviews with eyewitness sources.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1180 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Motion Picture Classic written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 1180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Austin
Publisher : SP Books
ISBN 13 : 9781561712588
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book hollywood's greatest mysteries written by John Austin and published by SP Books. This book was released on 1993-11 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hollywood columnist and author John Austin takes readers well beyond the prepared and doctored statements of studio publicists to expose omissions and contradictions in police and coroners' reports. Includes information on the deaths of Elvis, Marilyn, Jean Harlow, and more.

Author : Paul Klee
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520006539
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Diaries of Paul Klee, 1898-1918 written by Paul Klee and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1968 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Klee was endowed with a rich and many-sided personality that was continually spilling over into forms of expression other than his painting and that made him one of the most extraordinary phenomena of modern European art. These abilities have left their record in the four intimate Diaries in which he faithfully recorded the events of his inner and outer life from his nineteenth to his fortieth year. Here, together with recollections of his childhood in Bern, his relations with his family and such friends as Kandinsky, Marc, Macke, and many others, his observations on nature and people, his trips to Italy and Tunisia, and his military service, the reader will find Klee's crucial experience with literature and music, as well as many of his essential ideas about his own artistic technique and the creative process.

Author : Clement Dirie
Publisher : Jrp Ringier
ISBN 13 : 9783037645543
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dorothy Iannone: the Story of Bern, [or] Showing Colors written by Clement Dirie and published by Jrp Ringier. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A superb facsimile of Dorothy Ianonne's 1970 comic-book tale of censorship, sexuality and female autonomy As much as Love and Eros have defined my work since its beginnings, so too has censorship, or its shadow, accompanied it," recalls Dorothy Iannone (born 1933) in her introduction to this facsimile publication of her legendary The Story of Bern, [or] Showing Colors. First published by Iannone and her then companion Dieter Roth in 1970, in an edition of 500, the book documents the censorship of Iannone's work The (Ta)Rot Pack (1968-69) and the subsequent removal of all his works by Roth, from a collective exhibition at the Kunsthalle Bern. For his exhibition titled Freunde, Friends, d'Fründe, legendary curator Harald Szeemann invited Karl Gerstner, Roth, Daniel Spoerri and André Thomkins to exhibit artist friends; Roth chose Iannone. The censorship of Iannone, and Roth's protest, eventually led to Harald Szeemann's resignation as the director of the institution. Telling the story of this act of censorship as well as the context of the exhibition in Bern and its iteration in a non-censored version in Düsseldorf, The Story of Bern is emblematic of Iannone's distinctive, explicit and comic-book style, and of her openness about sexuality and the strengthening of female autonomy.