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Pascal, Ernest, 1896-1966

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English novelist and screenwriter Ernest Bowen Pascal was born on January 11, 1896 to Annette Sara Sterner and Goodrigde Sinderby Brown, also known as Julian Pascal) in London, England. He was most known for his novels that became films during the silent era and into the beginning of the sound era. He penned novel The Age for Love, which Howard Hughes turned into a film starring Billie Dove in 1931 that is now lost. He also contributed on a 1947 RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. film detailing the travels of Lewis and Clark.

Pascal married three times. First to Jane Lewis Warren in New York, New York on March 9, 1923. After that marriage ended, Pascal remarried to Barabara Herriman in Los Angeles, California on May 14, 1932, until her death in 1939. Upon his death in Los Angeles on , Pascal widowed his final wife Gwen, and left behind two daughters.

Sources:

Genealogy files about "Ernest Bowen Pascal." Accessed on November 4, 2021 on FamilySearch.org.

"Services Set for Scenarist Ernest Pascal.". 1966 Los Angeles Times (1923-1995), Nov 07. http://ezproxy.library.unlv.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/historical-newspapers/services-set-scenarist-ernest-pascal/docview/155583797/se-2?accountid=3611.