In a career lasting almost forty years, Pandro Berman produced a series of distinguished motion pictures, noted for their gloss, technical and literary qualities, and drama. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on March 28, 1905, the son of Harry M. Berman, general manager of Universal, FBO. His career began as a script boy for RKO in the early 1920s and by 1931 he had produced The Gay Diplomat, the first of a series of films for RKO. This was followed by the Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers films The Gay Divorcee (1933), Roberta (1934), and Top Hat (1935), and a series of films with Katherine Hepburn, including Morning Glory (1932), The Little Minister (1934), Alice Adams (1935), Mary of Scotland (1936), and Stage Door (1937).
In 1940 he joined the staff of MGM and subsequently produced The Three Musketeers (1948), Father of the Bride (1950), Ivanhoe (1952), The Blackboard Jungle (1955), Bhowani Junction (1956), and A Patch of Blue (1965).
Berman retired on January 1, 1970 and died in Beverly Hills, California on July 15, 1996.
