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Paul L. Stein is a Director, Writer and Producer Autrichien born on 4 february 1892 at Vienna (Austria)
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. 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.
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Nationality Austria
Birth 4 february 1892 at Vienna (Austria)
Death 2 may 1951 (at 59 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Birth 4 february 1892 at Vienna (Austria)
Death 2 may 1951 (at 59 years) at London (United-kingdom)
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. 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.
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, 1h35Directed by Paul L. Stein
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors Robert Beatty, Rona Anderson, Clifford Evans, Edward Lexy, Olga Lindo, Frederick Leister
Rating61%
Counterblast (1948)
, 1h39Directed by Paul L. Stein
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action
Actors Robert Beatty, Mervyn Johns, Nova Pilbeam, Margaretta Scott, Sybille Binder, Marie Lohr
Rating60%
A Nazi scientist escapes from prison, murders a leading Professor and takes his place at a research laboratory where he experiments with biological warfare with which he intends to wage the next war against Britain.
Lisbon Story (1946)
, 1h40Directed by Paul L. Stein
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Musical
Themes Spy films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Political films
Actors David Farrar, Patricia Burke, Walter Rilla, Austin Trevor, Paul Bonifas, Ralph Truman
Rating59%
Un chanteur de cabaret et un agent secret britannique vont à Berlin pour sauver un savant atomiste qui y est retenu.
The Laughing Lady (1946)
Directed by Paul L. Stein
Genres Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Peter Graves, Webster Booth, Francis L. Sullivan, Chili Bouchier, Felix Aylmer, Ralph Truman
Rating57%
Kiss the Bride Goodbye (1945)
, 1h29Directed by Paul L. Stein
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Patricia Medina, Jimmy Hanley, Marie Lohr, Frederick Leister, Jean Simmons, Ellen Pollock
Rating53%
Factory girl Joan Dodd (Medina) and Jack Fowler (Hanley) are in love and expect to marry in due course. When Jack is called up for war service however, Joan's socially-ambitious mother (Ellen Pollock) seizes the chance to meddle in her daughter's life by encouraging the attentions of Joan's older boss Adolphus Pickering (Claud Allister), who is infatuated with her. Pickering proposes marriage, and under pressure from her mother, Joan accepts.
Waltz Time (1945)
Directed by Paul L. Stein
Genres Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Patricia Medina, George Robey, Peter Graves, Wylie Watson, Thorley Walters, Carol Raye
Rating60%
Talk About Jacqueline (1942)
Directed by Paul L. Stein, Harold French
Genres Comedy
Actors Hugh Williams, Carla Lehmann, Roland Culver, Joyce Howard, Mary Jerrold, Guy Middleton
Rating65%
A drama about two sisters, Jacqueline and June, who are very close and stand by each other, even though their stories separates them. The older sister, Jacqueline (Carla Lehmann), has a sexually liberal backstory, and the younger is quite unspolied by life. The story picks up when Jacqueline travels to the French Riviera to change scenery, look for new adventures and search for an eligible bachelor who has no prir knwledge about her frivolous past. Soon she finds a suitable man, Doctor Michael Thomas (Hugh Williams), and they get married. Eventually Jacqueline is haunted by her past, as her picture turns up in a tabloid newspaper, and her husband catches a glimpse of his new bride's flamboyant previous mistakes. Jacqueline's younger sister, June (Joyce Howard), decides to help her older sister out to save her marriage from falling apart. She takes the blame and tells Michael that she is the one who has fooled around in the recent past. However, this information gives her problems of her own, as it finds its way to her own romantic interests, and threatens to destroy her own love life. The story ends with the older sister ultimately confessing her past to her husband and the other parties to the conflict, saving her sister with the truth.
The Saint Meets the Tiger (1941)
, 1h10Directed by Paul L. Stein
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Jean Gillie, Hugh Sinclair, Gordon McLeod, Clifford Evans, Wylie Watson, Charles Victor
Rating57%
Simon "The Saint" Templar finds a dead man on his doorstep. Soon the ace investigator finds himself mired in more murder, smuggling and a South American mine.
It Happened to One Man (1940)
, 1h21Directed by Paul L. Stein
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Wilfrid Lawson, Reginald Tate, Nora Swinburne, Marta Labarr, Brian Worth, Edmund Breon
Rating58%
Just like a Woman (1939)
Directed by Paul L. Stein
Genres Comedy
Actors Felix Aylmer, Fred Emney, David Burns, Henry Hewitt, John Lodge, Gertrude Michael
The Outsider (1939)
, 1h26Directed by Paul L. Stein
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors George Sanders, Mary Maguire, Barbara Blair, Frederick Leister, Peter Murray-Hill, Walter Hudd
Rating56%
Anton Ragatzy is a infamous osteopath, known for his controversial methods of curing disability. Ragatzy uses a machine invented by himself which will either cure the patients permanently, or will leave them disabled forever.
Poison Pen (1939)
, 1h19Directed by Paul L. Stein
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Flora Robson, Reginald Tate, Ann Todd, Robert Newton, Belle Chrystall, Geoffrey Toone
Rating66%
The calm of a peaceful English village is shattered when a series of anonymous letters starts being delivered to village homes, containing scurrilous allegations about the recipients and their families. Upstanding and respectable inhabitants find themselves and their loved ones accused in lascivious detail of all manner of moral, sexual and criminal misdeeds. The Reverend Rider (Tate) and his sister Mary (Robson) attempt to defuse the increasing consternation of the villagers by pointing out that the letters should be ignored as the malicious nonsense they are. Their efforts meet with little success, and Rider's daughter Ann (Todd) also becomes a target with lewd accusations being made about her fiancé David (Geoffrey Toone).
Black Limelight (1938)
Directed by Paul L. Stein
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Joan Marion, Raymond Massey, Walter Hudd, Elliott Mason, Henry Oscar, Dan Tobin
Rating57%
Jane Steps Out (1938)
Directed by Paul L. Stein
Genres Comedy
Actors Diana Churchill, Jean Muir, Peter Murray-Hill, Athene Seyler, Fred Emney, Iris Hoey
A young woman is overshadowed by her more glamorous sister. With the help of her grandmother she transforms herself and is able to attract a man.
Café Colette (1937)
, 1h11Directed by Paul L. Stein
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller
Actors Paul Cavanagh, Greta Nissen, Sally Gray, Bruce Seton, Paul Blake, Donald Calthrop
A diplomat falls in love with an exiled Russian princess.