Paul Ludwig Stein (4 February 1892 – 2 May 1951) was an Austrian-born

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with 67 films to his credit. Stein began his career in Berlin in 1918 and worked exclusively in the German

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industry until 1926, when he first went to Hollywood, and spent the next five years commuting between Germany and the U.S., where he worked with stars such as

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, Lillian Gish and

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. In 1931, Stein relocated to England after gaining a contract with

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, where he was assigned a number of big-name prestige productions, including some of the popular operetta films of the mid-1930s. These included '' Blossom Time'' and '' Heart's Desire'' starring his boyhood friend

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, who also made cameo appearances in two of his post-war films ''

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'' and '' Lisbon Story''. For most his career, Stein's credits tended to be films primarily aimed at female audiences, although later he also directed crime and spy thrillers. Stein remained in England for the rest of his life and career, becoming a British citizen in 1938.''Kiss the Bride Goodbye''
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Partial filmography

Director

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'' (1920) *''

The Closed Chain ''The Closed Chain'' (german: Die geschlossene Kette) is a 1920 German silent film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Pola Negri, Aud Egede-Nissen, and Carl Ebert Carl Anton Charles Ebert (20 February 1887 – 14 May 1980), was an actor, s ...

'' (1920) *''

My Wife's Diary ''My Wife's Diary'' (German: ''Tagebuch meiner Frau'') is a 1920 German silent drama film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Alfred Abel and Heinrich Schroth.Grange p.74 Cast * Alfred Abel * Erra Bognar * Gertrude Hoffman * Willy Kaiser-H ...

'' (1920) *'' The Red Peacock'' (1921) *'' The Eternal Struggle'' (1921) *'' A Debt of Honour'' (1921) *''

The Chain Clinks ''The Chain Clinks'' (german: Die Kette klirrt) is a 1923 German silent film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Ressel Orla, Alfons Fryland, and Grete Diercks. The film's sets were designed by the art director Fritz Lederer. Cast * Ress ...

'' (1923) *''

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'' (1925) *''

The Island of Dreams ''The Island of Dreams'' (german: Die Insel der Träume) is a 1925 German silent film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Liane Haid, Harry Liedtke, and Alfons Fryland. The film's sets were designed by the art director Walter Reimann W ...

'' (1925) *'' I Love You'' (1925) *'' Tea Time in the Ackerstrasse'' (1926) *''

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'' (1926) *'' Don't Tell the Wife'' (1927) *'' The Climbers'' (1927) *'' The Office Scandal'' (1929) *'' This Thing Called Love'' (1929) *'' One Romantic Night'' (1930) *''

The Lottery Bride ''The Lottery Bride'' is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Jeanette MacDonald, John Garrick, ZaSu Pitts, and Joe E. Brown. The film was produced by Joseph M. Schenck and Arthur Hammerstein, based on ...

'' (1930) *''

Sin Takes a Holiday ''Sin Takes a Holiday'' is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic comedy film, directed by Paul L. Stein, from a screenplay by Horace Jackson, based on a story by Robert Milton and Dorothy Cairns. It starred Constance Bennett, Kenneth MacKenna, and ...

'' (1930) *'' Born to Love'' (1931) *'' The Common Law'' (1931) *''

A Woman Commands ''A Woman Commands'' is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Pola Negri, Roland Young, and Basil Rathbone. Some additional scenes were directed by an uncredited Harry Joe Brown. Cast *Pola Negri as Madame Maria ...

'' (1932) *'' Lily Christine'' (1932) *''

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'' (1932) *''

The Song You Gave Me ''The Song You Gave Me'' is a 1933 British musical film directed by Paul L. Stein, and starring Bebe Daniels, Victor Varconi, and Frederick Lloyd. It was made at Elstree Studios.Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute ...

'' (1933) *'' Red Wagon'' (1933) *'' Blossom Time'' (1934) *'' Mimi'' (1935) *'' Heart's Desire'' (1935) *'' Faithful'' (1936) *'' Cafe Colette'' (1937) *'' Jane Steps Out'' (1938) *''

Black Limelight ''Black Limelight'' is a 1936 play by Gordon Sherry that in 1938 became a British crime film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Joan Marion and Raymond Massey. Plot "It concerns itself with the murder of a vulgar young woman ily Suspici ...

'' (1939) *'' The Outsider'' (1939) *''

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'' (1939) *''

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'' (1939) *''

It Happened to One Man ''It Happened to One Man'' is a 1940 British drama film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Wilfrid Lawson (actor), Wilfrid Lawson, Nora Swinburne and Marta Labarr. The screenplay was scripted by Paul Merzbach and Nina Jarcis, based on the pla ...

'' (1940) *''

Talk About Jacqueline ''Talk About Jacqueline'' is a 1942 British comedy film directed by Harold French and Paul L. Stein and starring Hugh Williams, Carla Lehmann and Roland Culver. A woman tries to conceal her questionable past from her new husband. It was base ...

'' (1942) *''

The Saint Meets the Tiger ''The Saint Meets the Tiger'' is the title of a crime thriller produced by the British unit of RKO Pictures, produced in 1941, but not released until 1943. This was to be the last of the eight films in RKO's film series about the crimefighter ...

'' (1943) *'' Kiss the Bride Goodbye'' (1945) * ''

Twilight Hour ''Twilight Hour'' is a 1945 British Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Mervyn Johns, Basil Radford, and Marie Lohr. It was shot at the British National Studios in Elstree. The film's sets were designed b ...

'' (1945) *''

'' (1945) *'' Lisbon Story'' (1946) *''

The Laughing Lady ''The Laughing Lady'' is a 1946 British Technicolor musical drama film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Anne Ziegler, Webster Booth and Francis L. Sullivan. Based on a play by Ingram D'Abbes, its plot follows a young aristocrat who mak ...

'' (1946) *''

Counterblast ''Counterblast'' is a 1948 British thriller film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Robert Beatty, Mervyn Johns and Nova Pilbeam. It was made by British National Films at Elstree Studios. Plot A Nazi scientist escapes from prison, murders ...

'' (1948) *''

The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery ''The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery'' is a 1950 British crime film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Robert Beatty, Rona Anderson, and Clifford Evans. The film is a strange hybrid: with the Twenty Questions sections being a true studi ...

'' (1950)

Actor

*''Zucker und Zimt'' (1915)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stein, Paul L. 1892 births 1951 deaths Austrian film directors Austrian Jews British film directors Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom Film people from Vienna Austrian emigrants to the United Kingdom Austrian expatriates in Germany Austrian expatriates in the United States