Milestones, Feb. 18, 1952

Divorced. Joe Pasternak, 50, Hungarian-born movie producer (Three Smart Girls, The Great Caruso); by onetime Movie Starlet Dorothy Hallenbeck (Dorothy Darrell), 31, who charged extreme mental cruelty, e.g., he criticized her before her friends; after ten years of marriage, three children; in Burbank, Calif.

Died. Philip G. Epstein, 42, who, with his twin brother Julius, made up one of Hollywood's top scenarist teams, chiefly as adapters of plays (The Man Who Came to Dinner), novels (Chicken Every Sunday) and short stories (My Foolish Heart), Oscar winners in 1943 for their screenplay of Casablanca; of cancer; in Los Angeles.

Died. Wilbur ("Fats") Henry, 52,...

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