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Pandro S. Berman

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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  • Born28 March 1905 (age 120)
  • Place of BirthPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Pandro S. Berman

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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.

  • Known ForProduction
  • Born28 March 1905 (age 120)
  • Place of BirthPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
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6.7
2014
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Astaire and Rogers: Partners in Rhythm
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6.5
2006
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On Location with Gunga Din
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2004
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George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
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5.6
1985
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Move
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4.6
1970
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Justine
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4.1
1969
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A Patch of Blue
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7.6
1965
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A Cinderella Named Elizabeth
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7.0
1965
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Honeymoon Hotel
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4.6
1964
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The Prize
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6.817
1963
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Sweet Bird of Youth
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6.8
1962
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BUtterfield 8
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6.3
1960
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All the Fine Young Cannibals
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5.3
1960
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The Reluctant Debutante
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6.8
1958
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The Brothers Karamazov
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6.591
1958
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Jailhouse Rock
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6.174
1957
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Something of Value
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5.5
1957
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Bhowani Junction
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5.8
1956
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Tea and Sympathy
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7.0
1956
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Blackboard Jungle
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6.9
1955
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Quentin Durward
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6.0
1955
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The Long, Long Trailer
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6.8
1954
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Knights of the Round Table
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5.9
1953
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Battle Circus
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6.0
1953
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All the Brothers Were Valiant
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5.9
1953
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Ivanhoe
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6.802
1952
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The Prisoner of Zenda
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6.8
1952
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Father's Little Dividend
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6.4
1951
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Soldiers Three
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4.4
1951
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The Light Touch
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6.2
1951
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Father of the Bride
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6.986
1950
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Madame Bovary
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6.8
1949
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The Bribe
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6.2
1949
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The Doctor and the Girl
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5.7
1949
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The Three Musketeers
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6.7
1948
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Living in a Big Way
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5.0
1947
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The Sea of Grass
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6.3
1947
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Undercurrent
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5.8
1946
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
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7.114
1945
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National Velvet
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7.212
1945
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Dragon Seed
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6.4
1944
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The Seventh Cross
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6.7
1944
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Slightly Dangerous
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6.0
1943
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Rio Rita
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5.8
1942
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Somewhere I'll Find You
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5.9
1942
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Love Crazy
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7.1
1941
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Ziegfeld Girl
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6.5
1941
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
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7.299
1939
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Room Service
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6.487
1938
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Carefree
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6.6
1938
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Stage Door
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6.988
1937
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Shall We Dance
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7.2
1937
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A Damsel in Distress
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6.4
1937
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Quality Street
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5.882
1937
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The Soldier and the Lady
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6.5
1937
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Swing Time
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6.837
1936
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The Big Game
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5.8
1936
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Winterset
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5.667
1936
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Mary of Scotland
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6.3
1936
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That Girl from Paris
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6.6
1936
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Follow the Fleet
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6.8
1936
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Muss 'em Up
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5.5
1936
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Top Hat
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7.263
1935
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In Person
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6.3
1935
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Sylvia Scarlett
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6.3
1935
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Romance in Manhattan
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7.8
1935
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Alice Adams
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6.7
1935
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Roberta
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7.0
1935
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I Dream Too Much
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5.0
1935
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Break of Hearts
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5.5
1935
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Of Human Bondage
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6.5
1934
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The Richest Girl in the World
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5.643
1934
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The Age of Innocence
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5.4
1934
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The Fountain
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9.5
1934
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The Gay Divorcee
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6.9
1934
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By Your Leave
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3.0
1934
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This Man Is Mine
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5.5
1934
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Man of Two Worlds
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6.0
1934
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Spitfire
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5.4
1934
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The Life of Vergie Winters
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5.9
1934
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Gridiron Flash
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3.3
1934
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The Little Minister
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5.9
1934
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Morning Glory
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6.137
1933
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The Monkey's Paw
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6.0
1933
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Ann Vickers
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5.9
1933
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Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
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7.2
1933
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The Silver Cord
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7.1
1933
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Bed of Roses
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6.3
1933