Merle Oberon Luminous Original Noir 1946 Portrait Movie Press Photo Still Glamor

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WELCOME TO CHASING THE MOON ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLESThanks for checking out one of our spectacular pieces! We have a huge inventory of period collectables and rare vintage glamour from Hollywood's Golden Era. From portrait and still photography - think Clarence Bull, Bruno Bernard, George Hurrell just to name a few! From pin-up's, original prints from Gil Elvgren, Zoe Mozert, Rolf Armstrong and many others showcasing the unbelievable glamour of screen sirens such as Marilyn Monroe, Dorothy Lamour, Ava Gardner, Rita Hayworth and many more!We have a variety of items that span the 1900's - 1960's encompassing the Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Arts and Crafts and Mid- Century periods. Photography, pulp magazine, illustration art, pin-up prints, decorative collectibles, ephemera are our favorites.As always, we strive to be accurate but don't hesitate to contact us with questions.UP FOR AUCTIONYou are bidding on a 1946 vintage and original press photo still of a lovely Merle Oberon for her role in Universal-International Picture's film noir, "Temptation". Oberon's luminous beauty is captured in this fine example of Hollywood Golden Era glamor and photogrpahy.Merle Oberon(19 February 1911 - 23 November 1979)was a British actress. She began her film career in British films as Anne Boleyn in "The Private Life of Henry VIII" (1933). After her success in "The Scarlet Pimpernel" (1934), she travelled to the United States to make films for Samuel Goldwyn. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in "The Dark Angel" (1935). She soon followed this with her most renowned performance in "Wuthering Heights" (1939).She was born in India and was educated in that country until the age of 17, when she left for London. Alexander Korda discovered her in the tea line at the movie studio. He changed her name and cast her as Anne Boleyn in "The Private Life of Henry VIII" (1933), the first British picture to be nominated for an Academy Award as Best Picture.Merle began her career in British films with mostly forgettable roles or bit parts. She appeared in an uncredited role in "Alf's Button" (1930), a pattern that would unfortunately repeat itself regularly over the next three years. However, movie moguls eventually saw an an untapped talent in their midst and began grooming Merle for something bigger. Finally she landed a part with substance: the role of Ysobel d'Aunay in "Men of Tomorrow" (1932). Hollywood beckoned and she left to try her hand in US films. American movie executives already had some idea of her talent because her film "Vagabond Violinist" (1934) was a success in that country. With her 1935 nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actress, Merle became a star in both Britain and the US. Her work in that film resulted in offers for more quality pictures, and she appeared in several well received films, such as "These Three" (1936), "Over the Moon" (1939) and "The Divorce of Lady X" (1938). Her most critically acclaimed performance--hailed by some critics as "masterful"--was as Cathy Linton in "Wuthering Heights" (1939). The 1940s proved to be a very busy decade for her, as she appeared in no less than 15 films. After her role in "Berlin Express" (1948) she would not be seen on the screen again until four years later, as Elizabeth Rockwell in "Pardon My French" (1951). She was off the screen again for more than a year, returning in "Desire" (1954). Unfortunately, she began appearing in fewer and fewer films over the ensuing years. There were no films for her in 1955, only one in 1956 and then none until "Of Love and Desire" (1963). In between she did appear on television as host of the TV series "Assignment Foreign Legion" (1956). Her final film was "Interval" (1973). Throughout her adult life, in order to conceal her Indian heritage she maintained the fiction that she was born in Tasmania, Australia; she concocted a story that all her school records had been destroyed in a fire, which meant it could be neither proven nor disproven... read more

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