Pandro S. Berman
Production
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Pandro Samuel Berman (March 28, 1905 – July 13, 1996), also known as Pan Berman, was an American film producer. Berman was an assistant director during the 1920s under Mal St. Clair and Ralph Ince. In 1930, Berman was hired as a film editor at RKO Radio Pictures, then became an assistant producer. When RKO supervising producer William LeBaron walked out during production of the ill-fated The Gay Diplomat (1931), Berman took over LeBaron's responsibilities, remaining in the post until 1939. After David O. Selznick became chief of production at RKO in October 1931, Berman managed to survive Selznick's general firing of most of the staff. Selznick named Berman producer for the adaptation of Fannie Hurst's short story Night Bell, a tale of a Jewish doctor's rise out of the Lower East Side ghetto to the height of becoming a Park Avenue physician, which Selznick personally retitled Symphony of Six Million. He ordered Berman to have references to ethnic life in the Jewish ghetto restored. The movie was a box-office and critical success. Both Selznick and Berman were proud of the picture, with Berman later saying it was the "first good movie" he had produced. The Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers musicals were in production during the Berman regime, Katharine Hepburn rose to prominence, and such RKO classics as The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Gunga Din (both 1939) were completed. Upset when an RKO power play diminished his authority, Berman left for MGM in 1940, where he oversaw such productions as Ziegfeld Girl (1941), National Velvet (1944), The Bribe (1949), Father of the Bride (1950), Blackboard Jungle (1955) and Butterfield 8 (1960). He survived several executive shake-ups at MGM and remained there until 1963, then went into independent production, closing out his career with the unsuccessful Move (1970). Berman was the winner of the 1976 Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. Six of his films were nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture: The Gay Divorcee (1934), Alice Adams and Top Hat (both 1935), Stage Door (1937), Father of the Bride (1950), and Ivanhoe (1952). Berman died of congestive heart failure on July 13, 1996 in his Beverly Hills home, aged 91. He was buried at the Hillside Memorial Park, Culver City, California.
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movieMove
1970
Producer
movieJustine
1969
Producer
movieA Patch of Blue
1965
Producer
movieHoneymoon Hotel
1964
Producer
movieThe Prize
1963
Producer
movieSweet Bird of Youth
1962
Producer
movieBUtterfield 8
1960
Producer
movieThe Reluctant Debutante
1958
Producer
movieThe Brothers Karamazov
1958
Producer
movieSomething of Value
1957
Producer
movieJailhouse Rock
1957
Producer
movieTea and Sympathy
1956
Producer
movieBhowani Junction
1956
Producer
movieQuentin Durward
1955
Producer
movieBlackboard Jungle
1955
Producer
movieThe Long, Long Trailer
1954
Producer
movieBattle Circus
1953
Producer
movieThe Prisoner of Zenda
1952
Producer
movieIvanhoe
1952
Producer
movieThe Light Touch
1951
Producer
movieSoldiers Three
1951
Producer
movieFather of the Bride
1950
Producer
movieThe Doctor and the Girl
1949
Producer
movieMadame Bovary
1949
Producer
movieThe Bribe
1949
Producer
movieThe Three Musketeers
1948
Producer
movieLiving in a Big Way
1947
Producer
movieThe Sea of Grass
1947
Producer
movieUndercurrent
1946
Producer
movieNational Velvet
1945
Producer
movieThe Seventh Cross
1944
Producer
movieDragon Seed
1944
Producer
movieSlightly Dangerous
1943
Producer
movieSomewhere I'll Find You
1942
Producer
movieRio Rita
1942
Producer
movieHonky Tonk
1941
Producer
movieLove Crazy
1941
Producer
movieZiegfeld Girl
1941
Producer
movieAllegheny Uprising
1939
Executive In Charge Of Production
movieFifth Avenue Girl
1939
Executive In Charge Of Production
movieIn Name Only
1939
Executive In Charge Of Production
movieBachelor Mother
1939
Executive In Charge Of Production
movieThe Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939
Executive In Charge Of Production
movieGunga Din
1939
Production Manager
movieThe Mad Miss Manton
1938
Executive In Charge Of Production
movieRoom Service
1938
Producer
movieCarefree
1938
Producer
movieHaving Wonderful Time
1938
Executive In Charge Of Production
movieVivacious Lady
1938
Executive In Charge Of Production
movieA Damsel in Distress
1937
Producer
movieStage Door
1937
Producer
movieShall We Dance
1937
Producer
movieQuality Street
1937
Producer
movieThat Girl from Paris
1936
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movieWinterset
1936
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movieThe Big Game
1936
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movieSwing Time
1936
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movieMary of Scotland
1936
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movieFollow the Fleet
1936
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movieMuss 'em Up
1936
Producer
movieSylvia Scarlett
1935
Producer
movieI Dream Too Much
1935
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movieIn Person
1935
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movieTop Hat
1935
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movieAlice Adams
1935
Producer
movieBreak of Hearts
1935
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movieRoberta
1935
Producer
movieThe Little Minister
1934
Producer
movieRomance in Manhattan
1934
Producer
movieBy Your Leave
1934
Producer
movieWednesday's Child
1934
Executive Producer
movieThe Gay Divorcee
1934
Producer
movieGridiron Flash
1934
Producer
movieThe Age of Innocence
1934
Producer
movieDown to Their Last Yacht
1934
Executive Producer
movieThe Fountain
1934
Producer
movieTheir Big Moment
1934
Executive Producer
movieHis Greatest Gamble
1934
Executive Producer
movieBachelor Bait
1934
Executive Producer
movieHat, Coat and Glove
1934
Executive Producer
movieOf Human Bondage
1934
Producer
movieWe're Rich Again
1934
Executive Producer
movieLet's Try Again
1934
Executive Producer
movieCockeyed Cavaliers
1934
Executive Producer
movieMurder on the Blackboard
1934
Executive Producer
movieStingaree
1934
Executive Producer
movieWhere Sinners Meet
1934
Executive Producer
movieStrictly Dynamite
1934
Executive Producer
movieThis Man Is Mine
1934
Producer
movieSpitfire
1934
Producer
movieMan of Two Worlds
1934
Producer
movieAnn Vickers
1933
Producer
movieMorning Glory
1933
Producer
movieBed of Roses
1933
Producer
movieThe Silver Cord
1933
Producer
movieSweepings
1933
Associate Producer
movieChristopher Strong
1933
Associate Producer
movieThe Monkey's Paw
1933
Producer
movieThe Half-Naked Truth
1932
Associate Producer
movieThe Age of Consent
1932
Associate Producer
movieWhat Price Hollywood?
1932
Associate Producer
movieSymphony of Six Million
1932
Associate Producer
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movieMagician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014
Self - Producer (archive footage)
movieAstaire and Rogers: Partners in Rhythm
2006
Self (archive footage)
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
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movieSmooth as Satin
1925
Assistant Director
movieFind Your Man
1924
Assistant Director
Money to Burns
1924
Assistant Director
Fighting Blood
1923
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