Ernest Pascal (January 11, 1896 – November 4, 1966) was an English-born American screenwriter, author, playwright, and poet. Originally an author, he became involved in the film industry when his novels began to be optioned into films during the silent era of film, although his career was mostly during the

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. In addition, he penned several

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plays as well. He married the daughter of famed cartoonist

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, Barbara, and they had one daughter prior to Barbara's death from complications from surgery in 1939. In 1947, Pascal was hired by

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to write a story based on the

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of 1804. However,

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procured the rights to the script, but when production was delayed, it was eventually permanently shelved after

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produced their 1955 film based on the same event entitled, ''

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''.

Filmography

(Per

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database) * ''

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'' (1923) *'' The Savage'' (1926) *''Man-Made Women'' (1928) *''

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'' (1929) *''El último de los Vargas'' (1930) *'' Last of the Duanes'' (1930) *'' The Age for Love'' (1931) *'' Born to Love'' (1931) *''Fair Warning'' (1931) *''Husband's Holiday'' (1931) *'' The Spy'' (1931) *''The King's Vacation'' (1933) *''As the Earth Turns'' (1934) *''

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'' (1934) *''

The White Parade ''The White Parade'' is a 1934 film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Loretta Young and John Boles. It was written by Rian James, Jesse Lasky Jr., Sonya Levien and Ernest Pascal, from the novel by Rian James. Dedicated to "the memory of ...

'' (1934) *'' Helldorado'' (1934) *''The Human Side'' (1934) *''Here's to Romance'' (1935) *''

Under the Pampas Moon ''Under the Pampas Moon'', also known as ''The Gaucho'', is a 1935 American Western film directed by James Tinling and starring Warner Baxter and Ketti Gallian. Baxter plays an Argentine gaucho. Rita Hayworth also had an early role in the film. ...

'' (1935) *''

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'' (1937) *''

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'' (1937) *''Love Under Fire'' (1937) *''

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'' (1938) *''

The Hound of the Baskervilles ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'' is the third of the four crime novels by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in ''The Strand Magazine'' from August 1901 to April 1902, it is set i ...

'' (1939) *''

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'' (1939) *'' The Blue Bird'' (1940) *''

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'' (1943) *''

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'' (1943) *''

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'' (1944) *''

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'' (1946) *'' Night in Paradise'' (1946)

References

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