Pandro S. Berman
- Known for
- Production
- Born
- March 28, 1905
- Died
- July 13, 1996 (aged 91)
- Birthplace
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Move
Movie · Producer
Justine
Movie · Producer
A Patch of Blue
Movie · Producer
Honeymoon Hotel
Movie · Producer
The Prize
Movie · Producer
Sweet Bird of Youth
Movie · Producer
BUtterfield 8
Movie · Producer
All the Fine Young Cannibals
Movie · Producer
The Reluctant Debutante
Movie · Producer
The Brothers Karamazov
Movie · Producer
Jailhouse Rock
Movie · Producer
Something of Value
Movie · Producer
Bhowani Junction
Movie · Producer
Tea and Sympathy
Movie · Producer
Blackboard Jungle
Movie · Producer
Quentin Durward
Movie · Producer
The Long, Long Trailer
Movie · Producer
Knights of the Round Table
Movie · Producer
Battle Circus
Movie · Producer
All the Brothers Were Valiant
Movie · Producer
Ivanhoe
Movie · Producer
The Prisoner of Zenda
Movie · Producer
Father's Little Dividend
Movie · Producer
Soldiers Three
Movie · Producer
The Light Touch
Movie · Producer
Father of the Bride
Movie · Producer
Madame Bovary
Movie · Producer
The Bribe
Movie · Producer
The Doctor and the Girl
Movie · Producer
The Three Musketeers
Movie · Producer
Living in a Big Way
Movie · Producer
The Sea of Grass
Movie · Producer
Undercurrent
Movie · Producer
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Movie · Producer
National Velvet
Movie · Producer
Dragon Seed
Movie · Producer
The Seventh Cross
Movie · Producer
Slightly Dangerous
Movie · Producer
Rio Rita
Movie · Producer
Somewhere I'll Find You
Movie · Producer
Love Crazy
Movie · Producer
Ziegfeld Girl
Movie · Producer
Honky Tonk
Movie · Producer
Fifth Avenue Girl
Movie · Executive In Charge Of Production
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Movie · Producer
In Name Only
Movie · Executive In Charge Of Production
Bachelor Mother
Movie · Executive In Charge Of Production
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Movie · Executive In Charge Of Production
Allegheny Uprising
Movie · Executive In Charge Of Production
Gunga Din
Movie · Production Manager
Room Service
Movie · Producer
Having Wonderful Time
Movie · Executive In Charge Of Production
Carefree
Movie · Producer
The Mad Miss Manton
Movie · Executive In Charge Of Production
Vivacious Lady
Movie · Executive In Charge Of Production
Stage Door
Movie · Producer
Shall We Dance
Movie · Producer
Quality Street
Movie · Producer
A Damsel in Distress
Movie · Producer
The Soldier and the Lady
Movie · Producer
Swing Time
Movie · Producer
The Big Game
Movie · Producer
Winterset
Movie · Producer
Mary of Scotland
Movie · Producer
That Girl from Paris
Movie · Producer
Follow the Fleet
Movie · Producer
Muss 'em Up
Movie · Producer
Top Hat
Movie · Producer
In Person
Movie · Producer
Sylvia Scarlett
Movie · Producer
Alice Adams
Movie · Producer
Roberta
Movie · Producer
I Dream Too Much
Movie · Producer
Break of Hearts
Movie · Producer
Of Human Bondage
Movie · Producer
The Richest Girl in the World
Movie · Producer
The Age of Innocence
Movie · Producer
The Fountain
Movie · Producer
Down to Their Last Yacht
Movie · Executive Producer
Where Sinners Meet
Movie · Executive Producer
The Gay Divorcee
Movie · Producer
Stingaree
Movie · Executive Producer
Murder on the Blackboard
Movie · Executive Producer
Romance in Manhattan
Movie · Producer
By Your Leave
Movie · Producer
Wednesday's Child
Movie · Executive Producer
Cockeyed Cavaliers
Movie · Executive Producer
This Man Is Mine
Movie · Producer
Man of Two Worlds
Movie · Producer
Spitfire
Movie · Producer
Strictly Dynamite
Movie · Executive Producer
The Life of Vergie Winters
Movie · Producer
Let's Try Again
Movie · Executive Producer
We're Rich Again
Movie · Executive Producer
His Greatest Gamble
Movie · Executive Producer
Bachelor Bait
Movie · Executive Producer
Hat, Coat and Glove
Movie · Executive Producer
Their Big Moment
Movie · Executive Producer
Gridiron Flash
Movie · Producer
The Little Minister
Movie · Producer
Morning Glory
Movie · Producer
The Monkey's Paw
Movie · Producer
Christopher Strong
Movie · Associate Producer
Ann Vickers
Movie · Producer
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
Movie · Producer
The Silver Cord
Movie · Producer
Sweepings
Movie · Associate Producer
Bed of Roses
Movie · Producer
The Age of Consent
Movie · Associate Producer
What Price Hollywood?
Movie · Associate Producer
Symphony of Six Million
Movie · Associate Producer
The Half-Naked Truth
Movie · Associate Producer