Paul L. Stein

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Paul Ludwig Stein (4 February 1892 – 2 May 1951) was an Austrian-born film director with 67 films to his credit. Stein began his career in Berlin in 1918 and worked exclusively in the German silent film 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 Jeanette MacDonald, Lillian Gish and Constance Bennett. In 1931, Stein relocated to England after gaining a contract with British International Pictures, 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 Richard Tauber, who also made cameo appearances in two of his post-war films Waltz Time 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.

Directed

1. Sin Takes a Holiday (1930) — Director
2. The Common Law (1931) — Director
3. The Saint Meets the Tiger (1941) — Director
4. Her Private Affair (1929) — Director
5. The Lottery Bride (1930) — Director
6. The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery (1950) — Director
7. Counterblast (1948) — Director
8. Kiss the Bride Goodbye (1945) — Director
9. Poison Pen (1939) — Director
10. Born to Love (1931) — Director
11. The Yellow Ticket (1918) — Director
12. Mimi (1935) — Director
13. Blossom Time (1934) — Director
14. One Romantic Night (1930) — Director
15. Black Limelight (1938) — Director
16. Lisbon Story (1946) — Director
17. The Outsider (1939) — Director
18. The Song You Gave Me (1933) — Director
19. Show Folks (1928) — Director
20. A Woman Commands (1932) — Director
21. The Laughing Lady (1946) — Director
22. Jane Steps Out (1938) — Director
23. Waltz Time (1945) — Director
24. Faithful (1936) — Director
25. Red Wagon (1933) — Director
26. The Forbidden Woman (1927) — Director
27. Heart's Desire (1935) — Director
28. Café Colette (1937) — Director
29. Don't Tell the Wife (1927) — Director
30. Just like a Woman (1939) — Director
31. It Happened to One Man (1940) — Director
32. Lily Christine (1932) — Director
33. Der ewige Kampf (1921) — Director
34. Fires of Love (1925) — Director
35. Ich liebe dich (1925) — Director
36. Breach of Promise (1932) — Director
37. The Office Scandal (1929) — Director
38. Ein Traum vom Glück (1924) — Director
39. My Official Wife (1926) — Director
40. Ehrenschuld (1921) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Film in the Film (1924) — Self
2. Sugar and Cinnamon (1915)