pascal is best remembered as one of the big hungarian movie producers, like the famous alexander korda. he was the only producer ever to have major movie deals with seven separate countries on three continents: hungary, italy, germany, china, india, england, and the us. he was also the only man to ever convince george bernard shaw to adjust his scripts to the new medium of cinema, gaining concessions from shaw that no other man could. pascal even invented the famous line for pygmalion, later appearing in the theatrical and movie versions of "my fair lady," "the rain in spain stays mainly in the plain" and shaw, by now publicly referring to pascal as a "genius," wrote the line into the script. he was one of the most extravagant men of his time, named in 1938 as one of the world's most famous men by "time" magazine along with adolf hitler. he is less known for his deep interest in the spiritual and his boundless enthusiasm for art as a direct and honest route to god. he is even less known for his lifelong devotion to spiritual master meher baba. his life is well documented in the beautifully written biography by his wife valerie, "the disciple and his devil," published by mcgraw-hill in 1970 and republished by iuniverse in 1984. after pascal's death, valerie married the famous publisher and philanthropist george t. delacorte jr. and spent the rest of her life supporting charitable foundations under the name valerie delacorte.