---
name: "Pandro S. Berman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/pandro-s-berman"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "28 March 1905"
died: "13 July 1996"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-19T23:33:28.024864+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Pandro S. Berman

Producer. Born 28 March 1905 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Died 13 July 1996.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 28 March 1905, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Died:** 13 July 1996
- **Active:** 1934–1937
- **Also known as:** Pandro Samuel Berman, Pandro Berman, Pan Berman
- **Frequently works with:** [Ginger Rogers](https://film.one/person/ginger-rogers.md), [Dorothy Yost](https://film.one/person/dorothy-yost.md), [Edward Everett Horton](https://film.one/person/edward-everett-horton.md), [Erik Rhodes](https://film.one/person/erik-rhodes.md), [Fred Astaire](https://film.one/person/fred-astaire.md), [Katharine Hepburn](https://film.one/person/katharine-hepburn.md), [Mark Sandrich](https://film.one/person/mark-sandrich.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as producer, over 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Romance 3, Drama 2, Music 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $8m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandro_S._Berman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q347473, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0075825/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30174

## Biography

Pandro S. Berman was an American film producer. He began his career in the 1920s as an assistant director and film editor, joining RKO Radio Pictures in 1930. He advanced to producer and took on supervising responsibilities in 1931, remaining at the studio until 1939.

At RKO he produced several Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musicals, including *The Gay Divorcee* (1934), *Top Hat* (1935) and *Swing Time* (1936), as well as films with Katharine Hepburn. Berman moved to MGM in 1940, where his productions included *Father of the Bride* (1950), *Ivanhoe* (1952), *Blackboard Jungle* (1955) and *Jailhouse Rock* (1957). He later worked independently and received the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 1976.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, encyclopedia.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Stage Door* (1937), Fi1m 85, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/stage-door.md)
- *Alice Adams* (1935), Fi1m 79, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/alice-adams.md)
- *Top Hat* (1935), Fi1m 87, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/top-hat.md)
- *The Gay Divorcee* (1934), Fi1m 79, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-gay-divorcee.md)

## Complete filmography (119)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Move* (1970), Producer
- *Justine* (1969), Producer
- *A Patch of Blue* (1965), Producer
- *Honeymoon Hotel* (1964), Producer
- *The Prize* (1963), Producer
- *Sweet Bird of Youth* (1962), Producer
- *BUtterfield 8* (1960), Producer
- *All the Fine Young Cannibals* (1960), Producer
- *The Reluctant Debutante* (1958), Producer
- *The Brothers Karamazov* (1958), Producer
- *Something of Value* (1957), Producer
- *Jailhouse Rock* (1957), Producer
- *Tea and Sympathy* (1956), Producer
- *Bhowani Junction* (1956), Producer
- *Quentin Durward* (1955), Producer
- *Blackboard Jungle* (1955), Producer
- *The Long, Long Trailer* (1954), Producer
- *Knights of the Round Table* (1953), Producer
- *All the Brothers Were Valiant* (1953), Producer
- *Battle Circus* (1953), Producer
- *The Prisoner of Zenda* (1952), Producer
- *Ivanhoe* (1952), Producer
- *The Light Touch* (1951), Producer
- *Father's Little Dividend* (1951), Producer
- *Soldiers Three* (1951), Producer
- *Father of the Bride* (1950), Producer
- *The Doctor and the Girl* (1949), Producer
- *Madame Bovary* (1949), Producer
- *The Bribe* (1949), Producer
- *The Three Musketeers* (1948), Producer
- *Living in a Big Way* (1947), Producer
- *The Sea of Grass* (1947), Producer
- *Undercurrent* (1946), Producer
- *The Picture of Dorian Gray* (1945), Producer
- *National Velvet* (1945), Producer
- *The Seventh Cross* (1944), Producer
- *Dragon Seed* (1944), Producer
- *Slightly Dangerous* (1943), Producer
- *Somewhere I'll Find You* (1942), Producer
- *Rio Rita* (1942), Producer
- *Honky Tonk* (1941), Producer
- *Love Crazy* (1941), Producer
- *Ziegfeld Girl* (1941), Producer
- *Allegheny Uprising* (1939), Executive In Charge Of Production
- *Fifth Avenue Girl* (1939), Executive In Charge Of Production
- *The Hunchback of Notre Dame* (1939), Producer
- *In Name Only* (1939), Executive In Charge Of Production
- *Bachelor Mother* (1939), Executive In Charge Of Production
- *The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle* (1939), Executive In Charge Of Production
- *Gunga Din* (1939), Production Manager
- *The Mad Miss Manton* (1938), Executive In Charge Of Production
- *Room Service* (1938), Producer
- *Carefree* (1938), Producer
- *Having Wonderful Time* (1938), Executive In Charge Of Production
- *Vivacious Lady* (1938), Executive In Charge Of Production
- *A Damsel in Distress* (1937), Producer
- *Stage Door* (1937), Producer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/stage-door.md)
- *Shall We Dance* (1937), Producer
- *The Soldier and the Lady* (1937), Producer
- *Quality Street* (1937), Producer
- *That Girl from Paris* (1936), Producer
- *Winterset* (1936), Producer
- *The Big Game* (1936), Producer
- *Swing Time* (1936), Producer
- *Mary of Scotland* (1936), Producer
- *Follow the Fleet* (1936), Producer
- *Muss 'em Up* (1936), Producer
- *Sylvia Scarlett* (1935), Producer
- *I Dream Too Much* (1935), Producer
- *In Person* (1935), Producer
- *Top Hat* (1935), Producer — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/top-hat.md)
- *Alice Adams* (1935), Producer — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/alice-adams.md)
- *Break of Hearts* (1935), Producer
- *Roberta* (1935), Producer
- *The Little Minister* (1934), Producer
- *Romance in Manhattan* (1934), Producer
- *By Your Leave* (1934), Producer
- *Wednesday's Child* (1934), Executive Producer
- *The Gay Divorcee* (1934), Producer — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/the-gay-divorcee.md)
- *Gridiron Flash* (1934), Producer
- *The Richest Girl in the World* (1934), Producer
- *The Age of Innocence* (1934), Producer
- *Down to Their Last Yacht* (1934), Executive Producer
- *The Fountain* (1934), Producer
- *Their Big Moment* (1934), Executive Producer
- *His Greatest Gamble* (1934), Executive Producer
- *Bachelor Bait* (1934), Executive Producer
- *Hat, Coat and Glove* (1934), Executive Producer
- *Of Human Bondage* (1934), Producer
- *We're Rich Again* (1934), Executive Producer
- *Let's Try Again* (1934), Executive Producer
- *Cockeyed Cavaliers* (1934), Executive Producer
- *Murder on the Blackboard* (1934), Executive Producer
- *The Life of Vergie Winters* (1934), Producer
- *Stingaree* (1934), Executive Producer
- *Where Sinners Meet* (1934), Executive Producer
- *Strictly Dynamite* (1934), Executive Producer
- *This Man Is Mine* (1934), Producer
- *Spitfire* (1934), Producer
- *Man of Two Worlds* (1934), Producer
- *Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men* (1933), Producer
- *Ann Vickers* (1933), Producer
- *Morning Glory* (1933), Producer
- *Bed of Roses* (1933), Producer
- *The Silver Cord* (1933), Producer
- *Sweepings* (1933), Associate Producer
- *Christopher Strong* (1933), Associate Producer
- *The Monkey's Paw* (1933), Producer
- *The Half-Naked Truth* (1932), Associate Producer
- *The Age of Consent* (1932), Associate Producer
- *What Price Hollywood?* (1932), Associate Producer
- *Symphony of Six Million* (1932), Associate Producer
- *Taxi 13* (1928), Editor
- *Stocks and Blondes* (1928), Editor
- *Beyond London Lights* (1928), Editor
- *Smooth as Satin* (1925), Assistant Director
- *Find Your Man* (1924), Assistant Director
- *Money to Burns* (1924), Assistant Director
- *Fighting Blood* (1923), Assistant Director

## Gallery

- ![Pandro S. Berman](https://film.one/media/person/1227109/gallery-7e5e8d47e0fb.jpg) Pandro S. Berman — Unknown (Mondadori Publishers), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/Pandro_S._Berman_1953.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![June Allyson, born Eleanor Geisman, smiles and jokes with the American producer Pandro Samuel Berman, on the set of the film Battle Circus. USA, 1953.](https://film.one/media/person/1227109/gallery-e76ea43a617b.jpg) June Allyson, born Eleanor Geisman, smiles and jokes with the American producer Pandro Samuel Berman, on the set of the film Battle Circus. USA, 1953. — Unknown (Mondadori Publishers), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Pandro_S._Berman_and_June_Allyson_1953.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1953: Best Picture (nominated), for *Ivanhoe*

### Other awards — 1 won

- Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award 1977: Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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