DESERVED - PAUL BERN STAR ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME

PAUL BERN, THE COMMUNITY MAN -- OVERVIEW

Paul Bern was a 1920s and 1930s movie writer, director and producer during the Golden Age of Hollywood. He assisted in launching the careers of the famous movie stars, Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford and his wife Jean Harlow to name only a few. This was also a time of great turbulence in the United States and the World, related to the Great Depression of the 1930s and also the Pre-Code of decency era of the movie making, a standard being developed that had a moral conduct in how much content related to sexuality and other aspects of movie making may deemed appropriate for the time. Paul Bern was a kind man and was widely portrayed in the media as "The nicest man in Hollywood" and "The Hollywood father confessor" for his unselfish giving of his time, money, advice and moral support to aspiring young actors, and being one of the most creative, writers, directors and producers of transformational movies during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Viewing these movies, took the public away from the struggle, worries and pressures of their everyday life, during those hard times, giving them a magic, soothing and sometimes healing retreat. According to the book: "Paul Bern, The Life and Famous Death of the MGM Director and Husband of Harlow" by the renown journalist, E.J. Fleming, Bern donated 40% of his income to charity.

Fleming also quoted an excerpt from the October, 1932, issue of Motion Picture magazine that described the man that movie star Jean Harlow had just wed: "For Paul Bern, there is no Right and there is no Wrong. There is no Black and no White. There is no Good and no Bad. There are only human beings…Just people caught between the cradle and the grave, doing the best they know how in, sometimes, the worst of all possible ways, needing belief more than bread, a brother more than a judge. This is the man Jean Harlow has married."

PAUL BERN WAS THE MAIN CREATOR AND PRODUCER OF THE OSCAR-WINNING FILM: GRAND HOTEL, AS PER E.J. FLEMMING'S SCHOLARLY BOOK,.

Yes, Paul Bern, was the respected MGM third ranking executive after Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg (second, ahead of Irving Thalberg, according to the scholarly review of Yves Laberge from University of Laval, Department of Sociology: http://h-net.msu.edu/cgi-bin/logbrowse.pl?trx=vx&list=H-TGS&month=1012&week=c&msg=jaxtuXUcbktvTEnzoysjxw&user=&pw= .)
Paul Bern, producer, director and writer, and among the main creative minds in blockbuster films.

Excerpts from the eulogy delivered by Cinemactor Conrad Nagel: "This can't be the end. His gentle spirit is still with us. We bid you Godspeed, Paul Bern, on your journey to a better place and we say here in your own words and in all reverence: 'We'll be seeing you.'"

A GREAT INJUSTICE WAS DONE TO A GREAT PIONEER AND CONTRIBUTOR TO THE GOLDEN AGE OF HOLLYWOOD, AND HIS COMMUNITY, AN UNSELFISH, CHARITABLE AND PEOPLE-ORIENTED MAN.

In the 1960s when the stars on the Hollywood walk of fame were first established, about 15,000 of them, that of Paul Bern was forgotten and pushed into oblivion, probably due to the untrue and bad publicity around his death.

THIS IS A DRIVE TO SIGN A PETITION FOR A PAUL BERN STAR ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME, TO ADDRESS TO THE HOLLYWOOD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THAT A STAR FOR PAUL BERN IS LONG OVERDUE…

Following is an article about Paul Bern's life and legacy: http://theretroset.com/the-real-mystery-of-paul-bern/