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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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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1905-03-28
- event Death Date 1996-07-13
- school Known for: Production
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- info Birth Place Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Pandro S. Berman
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A Cinderella Named Elizabeth
1965-01-01
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On Location with Gunga Din
2004-12-07
6.5
Astaire and Rogers: Partners in Rhythm
2006-10-24
5.4
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985-03-03
6.7
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014-12-12
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The Oscars
1953-03-19
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The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood
1987-07-03
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The Age of Consent
1932-08-19
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5th Ave Girl
1939-09-22
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The Prize
1963-12-25
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Top Hat
1935-08-29
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Swing Time
1936-08-28
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Love Crazy
1941-05-23
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Father of the Bride
1950-05-18
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Father's Little Dividend
1951-04-05
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939-12-29
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Morning Glory
1933-08-18
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The Reluctant Debutante
1958-08-14
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Blackboard Jungle
1955-03-25
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The Brothers Karamazov
1958-02-20
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Room Service
1938-09-21
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Slightly Dangerous
1943-04-01
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Stage Door
1937-10-08
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Of Human Bondage
1934-07-20
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Undercurrent
1946-11-11
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Quentin Durward
1955-09-09
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Living in a Big Way
1947-06-10
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Honeymoon Hotel
1964-06-03
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The Richest Girl in the World
1934-09-21
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The Age of Innocence
1934-09-14
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The Fountain
1934-08-22
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In Person
1935-11-22
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Find Your Man
1924-09-01
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The Three Musketeers
1948-10-20
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Down to Their Last Yacht
1934-08-31
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
1945-03-03
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The Big Game
1936-10-09
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Bhowani Junction
1956-05-01
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Ivanhoe
1952-07-31
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The Prisoner of Zenda
1952-11-04
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BUtterfield 8
1960-11-04
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Madame Bovary
1949-08-25
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Having Wonderful Time
1938-07-01
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Where Sinners Meet
1934-05-17
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The Gay Divorcee
1934-10-12
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A Patch of Blue
1965-12-10
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Winterset
1936-12-03
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What Price Hollywood?
1932-06-24
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Sylvia Scarlett
1935-12-25
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Rio Rita
1942-03-11
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The Long, Long Trailer
1954-02-19
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Symphony of Six Million
1932-04-29
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The Monkey's Paw
1933-01-13
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The Half-Naked Truth
1932-12-16
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Christopher Strong
1933-03-09
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Jailhouse Rock
1957-11-08
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Dragon Seed
1944-07-20
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Stingaree
1934-05-24
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Murder on the Blackboard
1934-06-15
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By Your Leave
1934-11-09
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Romance in Manhattan
1935-01-11
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Alice Adams
1935-08-23
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Wednesday's Child
1934-10-26
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Mary of Scotland
1936-07-28
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Knights of the Round Table
1953-12-22
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Carefree
1938-09-02
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Cockeyed Cavaliers
1934-06-29
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This Man Is Mine
1934-04-13
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Roberta
1935-03-07
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Ann Vickers
1933-09-26
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Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
1933-10-18
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Man of Two Worlds
1934-01-13
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Spitfire
1934-03-08
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Strictly Dynamite
1934-05-11
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Hat, Coat and Glove
1934-07-26
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We're Rich Again
1934-07-13
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The Life of Vergie Winters
1934-06-14
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Gridiron Flash
1934-10-06
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Let's Try Again
1934-07-06
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Bachelor Bait
1934-07-27
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Their Big Moment
1934-08-17
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His Greatest Gamble
1934-08-10
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The Little Minister
1934-12-28
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Shall We Dance
1937-05-07
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That Girl from Paris
1936-12-31
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A Damsel in Distress
1937-11-19
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Quality Street
1937-03-26
8
Follow the Fleet
1936-02-20
8
Ziegfeld Girl
1941-04-25
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Something of Value
1957-05-08
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The Bribe
1949-02-03
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Soldiers Three
1951-04-01
8
National Velvet
1945-01-26
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Somewhere I'll Find You
1942-08-27
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The Mad Miss Manton
1938-10-21
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The Doctor and the Girl
1949-09-29
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I Dream Too Much
1935-11-29
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Sweepings
1933-04-14
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The Silver Cord
1933-05-05
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Break of Hearts
1935-05-31
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Justine
1969-08-06
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Sweet Bird of Youth
1962-03-21
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Muss 'em Up
1936-02-13
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In Name Only
1939-08-18
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Vivacious Lady
1938-05-13
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The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939-03-29
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Bachelor Mother
1939-06-30
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The Sea of Grass
1947-04-25
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Tea and Sympathy
1956-09-27
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Bed of Roses
1933-06-29
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The Soldier and the Lady
1937-04-09
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Allegheny Uprising
1939-11-10
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Gunga Din
1939-01-26
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Move
1970-07-31
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Money to Burns
1924-03-30
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The Light Touch
1951-12-06
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Battle Circus
1953-03-06
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All the Brothers Were Valiant
1953-11-13
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Fighting Blood
1923-12-23
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The Seventh Cross
1944-07-24
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All the Fine Young Cannibals
1960-09-15