A SCREEN ROMANCE

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 31, 6 August 1934, Page 10

A SCREEN ROMANCE

FILM MAGNATE AND RISING ' ■ ; .;■; STAR/.'. ''■ ' '.

(Received August 6, 3 p.m.)

,*■ LONDON, August '5.

Nice reports'that a romance 'recently begun in'London re'sulted'iii the engagement of the Tasmahian Miss Merle Oberon, aged 23, to ■Mr,' Joseph M. Schonck,*sl, the president-of the United Artists and former, husband, of Norma Talmadge. Both parties are now at Monte Carlo. •■ ': -. ■' .:. ' \ ■•'. '

From Monte Carlo it is reported that Miss Oberon and,Mr; Schenck attended a gala dinner at the Casino on:Sunday night. Mr. Schenck, interviewed, said that it was quite correct he was engaged to Miss Oberon. > Merle,-however, said that sho was not.engaged:and this was confirmed by her father, who is also, at Monte Carlo. . . .■■'.'■■

. .Mr. Schenck igoes to. New lo.rk di Wednesday, when MissObpron returns to London to'film, "The Scarlet Pimpernel." She is under contract for. four roars, but the contract contains no.marriage clause.

The "Daily Telegraph's" Monte Carlo correspondent; says that theengagement is most probable, but it will not be announced officially before Mr. Schenck returns to England, in October.

There is much interest in film'^circles

in England over a "Daily Express" telegram from New York: "The American friends of Mr. Joseph Schenek, the film magnate, are expecting any moment the announcement of his engagement to Miss Merle Oberon. She was a member of a house party Mr. Schenek attended at Monte Carlo. ■.".■'■ ■

"It is expected • that the marriage will take placo in Europe. It is surmised that Mr. Schenek will/buildMiss Oboron into a star, as he did his former wife Norma Talmadge."