Pandro S. Berman
Highest Rated: 100% Love Crazy (1941)
Lowest Rated: 14% The Sea of Grass (1947)
Birthday: Mar 28, 1905
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
An accomplished film producer and studio executive, Pandro S. Berman rose through the ranks to become RKO Pictures' resident boy wonder in the 1930s until setting up shop at MGM for the next 25 years. Throughout his career, Berman's films earned six Academy Award nominations for Best Picture while he juiced the stardom of Fred Astaire, Bette Davis, Stewart Granger, Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Elizabeth Taylor, Robert Taylor and Lana Turner. Notable during his time at RKO were the Hepburn vehicle "Morning Glory" (1933), an adaptation of "Of Human Bondage" (1934), and the Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers musicals "Top Hat" (1935) and "Swing Time" (1936). After his guidance of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" (1939), he left RKO for MGM to produce the lavish "Ziegfeld Girl" (1941) while steering a young Taylor in her breakthrough film, "National Velvet" (1944). Berman had further success with "The Three Musketeers" (1948), "Father of the Bride" (1950), "Ivanhoe" (1952) and "Knights of the Round Table" (1953) before tapping into the youth market with "The Blackboard Jungle" (1955) and "Jailhouse Rock" (1957). After producing "Butterfield 8" (1960), which earned Taylor her first Oscar for Best Actress, Berman struggled to hang on while the old studio system fell upon hard time in the early 1960s. He left MGM in the mid-decade and ventured into independent producing until retiring in 1970, leaving behind an impressive career where he oversaw the making of over 100 films - many of which were of high quality and craftsmanship - during Hollywood's Golden Age.
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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No Score Yet | 36% | Justine | Producer | - | 1969 |
89% | 91% | A Patch of Blue | Producer | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Honeymoon Hotel | Producer | - | 1964 |
50% | 68% | The Prize | Producer | - | 1963 |
74% | 72% | Sweet Bird of Youth | Producer | - | 1962 |
47% | 56% | Butterfield 8 | Producer | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Key Witness | Executive Producer | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet | 46% | All the Fine Young Cannibals | Producer | - | 1960 |
50% | 73% | The Reluctant Debutante | Producer | - | 1958 |
25% | 57% | The Brothers Karamazov | Producer | - | 1958 |
50% | 48% | Something of Value | Producer | - | 1957 |
81% | 72% | Jailhouse Rock | Producer | - | 1957 |
100% | 62% | Bhowani Junction | Producer | - | 1956 |
83% | 76% | Tea and Sympathy | Producer | - | 1956 |
74% | 78% | Blackboard Jungle | Producer | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | 38% | Quentin Durward | Producer | - | 1955 |
55% | 77% | The Long, Long Trailer | Producer | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | 25% | All the Brothers Were Valiant | Producer | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | 24% | Battle Circus | Producer | - | 1953 |
79% | 64% | Ivanhoe | Producer | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | 63% | The Prisoner of Zenda | Producer | - | 1952 |
100% | 61% | Father's Little Dividend | Producer | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | 25% | Soldiers Three | Producer | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | 43% | The Light Touch | Producer | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | 83% | The Doctor and the Girl | Producer | - | 1950 |
90% | 74% | Father of the Bride | Producer | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | 45% | The Bribe | Producer | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | 70% | Madame Bovary | Producer | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | 56% | If Winter Comes | Producer | - | 1948 |
75% | 74% | The Three Musketeers | Producer | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | 56% | Living in a Big Way | Producer | - | 1947 |
14% | 36% | The Sea of Grass | Producer | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | 52% | Undercurrent | Producer | - | 1946 |
94% | 77% | The Picture of Dorian Gray | Producer | - | 1945 |
100% | 75% | The Seventh Cross | Producer | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | 40% | Dragon Seed | Producer | - | 1944 |
98% | 78% | National Velvet | Producer | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marriage Is a Private Affair | Producer | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | 73% | Slightly Dangerous | Producer | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | 67% | Somewhere I'll Find You | Producer | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | 42% | Rio Rita | Producer | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | 78% | Ziegfeld Girl | Producer | - | 1941 |
100% | 83% | Love Crazy | Producer | - | 1941 |
94% | 87% | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Producer | - | 1939 |
75% | 66% | The Story of Vernon & Irene Castle | Producer | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Flying Irishman | Producer | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | 63% | The Mad Miss Manton | Producer | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Having Wonderful Time | Production Manager | - | 1938 |
89% | 84% | Shall We Dance | Producer | - | 1937 |
96% | 87% | Stage Door | Producer | - | 1937 |
71% | 66% | A Damsel in Distress | Producer | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | 17% | That Girl From Paris | Producer | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Soldier and the Lady | Producer | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | 29% | A Woman Rebels | Producer | - | 1936 |
93% | 86% | Swing Time | Producer | - | 1936 |
83% | 77% | Follow the Fleet | Producer | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | 45% | Mary of Scotland | Producer | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | 38% | I Dream Too Much | Producer | - | 1935 |
94% | 71% | Alice Adams | Producer | - | 1935 |
86% | 65% | Roberta | Producer | - | 1935 |
73% | 47% | Sylvia Scarlett | Producer | - | 1935 |
100% | 90% | Top Hat | Producer | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | 42% | Star of Midnight | Producer | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | 57% | Romance in Manhattan | Producer | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | By Your Leave | Producer | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | His Greatest Gamble | Executive Producer | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | 33% | The Little Minister | Producer | - | 1934 |
87% | 69% | Of Human Bondage | Producer | - | 1934 |
93% | 82% | The Gay Divorcee | Producer | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | This Man Is Mine | Producer | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | 40% | Stingaree | Executive Producer | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Life of Vergie Winters | Producer | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | 33% | The Age of Innocence | Producer | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | 42% | The Richest Girl in the World | Producer | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Where Sinners Meet | Executive Producer | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | 14% | Man of Two Worlds | Producer | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sweepings | Producer | - | 1933 |
83% | 39% | Christopher Strong | Producer | - | 1933 |
No Score Yet | 40% | Bed of Roses | Producer | - | 1933 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Silver Cord | Producer | - | 1933 |
80% | 64% | What Price Hollywood? | Associate Producer | - | 1932 |