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Algernon Polan Banks

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Algernon Polan Banks

Birth
Norfolk, Norfolk City, Virginia, USA
Death
3 May 1984 (aged 77)
Lexington, Lexington County, South Carolina, USA
Burial
Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
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20C - 19.
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"COLUMBIA, S.C. - Algernon Polan Banks, brother of Mrs. Gladys Davidson of Newport News and Mrs. Charles Spear of Tabb, died Thursday [May 3, 1984] in the Manor Care Nursing Home, Lexington, S.C. Born in Norfolk, he was the author of "Black Ivory" and the screen play "The Great Lie" which starred Bette Davis and Mary Astor. Additional survivors include a sister, and a brother. A funeral was held Sunday in Hebrew Benevolent Cemetery, Columbia. Dunbar Funeral Home, Columbia, is in charge."

Daily Press [Newport News, VA], March 6, 1984, page 26.
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1. First wife Amalie Baruch was the niece of financier Bernard Baruch.

2. During World War II Captain Banks served as chief of the War Department's stage and screen section.
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"COLUMBIA, S.C. - Algernon Polan Banks, brother of Mrs. Gladys Davidson of Newport News and Mrs. Charles Spear of Tabb, died Thursday [May 3, 1984] in the Manor Care Nursing Home, Lexington, S.C. Born in Norfolk, he was the author of "Black Ivory" and the screen play "The Great Lie" which starred Bette Davis and Mary Astor. Additional survivors include a sister, and a brother. A funeral was held Sunday in Hebrew Benevolent Cemetery, Columbia. Dunbar Funeral Home, Columbia, is in charge."

Daily Press [Newport News, VA], March 6, 1984, page 26.
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1. First wife Amalie Baruch was the niece of financier Bernard Baruch.

2. During World War II Captain Banks served as chief of the War Department's stage and screen section.
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