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Pandro S. Berman survived almost everyone from his generation of producers from the Golden Age of Hollywood, and thus gracefully retired in 1970. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honored this ultimate insider with the Irving Thalberg Award in 1976 for his consistent creation of profitable films.
Jul 15, 1996 · Mr. Berman was born in Pittsburgh. His mother was the former Julie Epstein. He attend public schools and, from 1923 to 1928, he worked in Hollywood as an assistant film cutter and an assistant to ...
Berman was the oldest of three children born to Harry Michael Berman (formerly Pandrowitz) and Julie Epstein, Russian-Jewish immigrants. After unsuccessful ventures selling real estate, hats, and furs, Harry Berman, like others in his family, became a film salesman, joining World Films in Newcastle, Pennsylvania, shortly after Pandro’s birth.
American film producer (1905-1996) Pandro S. Berman Q347473)
Jul 13, 1996 · Berman was an assistant director during the 1920s under Mal St. Clair and Ralph Ince. In 1930, he was hired as a film editor at RKO Radio Pictures, then became an assistant producer. When RKO supervising producer Henry Hobart walked out during production of the ill-fated The Gay Diplomat (1931), Berman took over Hobart's responsibilities and ...
May 2, 2006 · The second of these, 1954's The Long, Long Trailer, in gorgeous Technicolor and directed by Vincente Minnelli, is a somewhat allegorical tale of a newly married couple who invest in a 40-foot trailer as their first home--and immediately regret it. Well, at least Arnaz's character does; he's the one who has anxiety attacks over operating ...
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Jul 13, 1996 · Biography. 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 ...
