Stanley Bergerman


Stanley Bergerman was an American producer of horror films in the 1930s.

Biography

Bergerman was born on August 27, 1903 to a Jewish family in Pueblo, Colorado and raised in San Diego, California. As a young adult, he worked for The May Department Stores Company in Los Angeles as a merchandise manager. After he married Rosabelle Laemmle in 1929, the daughter of Universal Pictures founder Carl Laemmle, he entered the film industry and started producing films focusing on horror films and sports documentaries. He later worked as a talent manager and a commercial real estate investor.
During World War II, Bergerman helped to establish the Refugee Resettlement Committee which assisted Jews fleeing Nazi Germany to immigrate to the United States. He was a supporter of the United Way, the American Red Cross, the Jewish Home for the Aging, the Los Angeles chapter of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, the Motion Picture and Television Fund, and the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith.

Personal life

His first wife was Rosabelle Laemmle, whom he married in 1929; they had two children: Carol Bergerman and Stanley Bergerman Jr. His wife and daughter predeceased him and he remarried to Fay Schiller with whom he had two stepdaughters: Nancy Tack and Joan Silver. Bergerman died of cancer in Los Angeles.

Filmography

1931

What a Doctor! El Tenorio del harem Various Shifts Carry On First to Fight A Burglar to the Rescue Trapped Sealed Lips Bless the Ladies House of Mystery
  • ''Sold at Auction''

1932

Slide, Babe, Slide The Unexpected Father The Red Shadow The Eyes Have It Just Pals Fancy Curves The Circus Show-Up The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood Destry Rides Again The Rider of Death Valley Heroes of the West The Texas Bad Man Kid Glove Kisses The Fourth Horseman Hidden Gold The Mummy

1933

Terror Trail The Rustler's Roundup

1934

The Countess of Monte Cristo I Like It That Way Romance in the Rain Embarrassing Moments Great Expectations Cheating Cheaters

1935

Werewolf of London Chinatown Squad Manhattan Moon Lady Tubbs