Scope and Contents
Biographical / Historical
Conditions Governing Access
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Conditions Governing Use
Preferred Citation
Processing Information
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Ernest Pascal papers
Creator:
Pascal, Ernest, 1896-1966
Identifier/Call Number: 2404
Physical Description:
6.75 Linear Feet
6 boxes
Date (bulk): 1900s-1950s
Abstract: This collection consists of the scripts of Ernest Pascal (1986-1966), as well as his book collection. Pascal was an American
screenwriter, author, and playwright.
Language of Material:
English.
Container: 1
Container: 2a
Container: 2b
Container: 3
Container: 4
Container: 5
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the scripts of Ernest Pascal (1986-1966), as well as his book collection. Pascal was an American
screenwriter, author, and playwright.
Biographical / Historical
Ernest Pascal (1896-1966) was an American screenwriter, author, and playwright. He wrote novels that were turned into films,
leading him to write screenplays for film. Some of his notable films inlcude, "The Hound of the Baskervilles" (1939) based
on the Sherlock Holmes novel, "The King's Vacation" (1933), and "Jack London" (1943). His father-in-law was American cartoonist
George Herriman, creator of Krazy Kat.
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library
at cin@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical items
and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder no. or item name], Ernest Pascal collection, Collection no. 2404, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Screenwriters -- United States -- Archival resources
Screenplays
Authors -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Plays (performing arts compositions)
Pascal, Ernest, 1896-1966 -- Archives