Milestones, Aug. 10, 1931

Engaged. Roscoe Conkling ("Fatty") Arbuckle, 44, cinema's oldtime fat funnyman, now director of comedies under the name of "William Goodrich" for Educational Films Corp.; and Addie McPhail, 24, cinemactress. Funnyman Arbuckle left the screen ten years ago after being acquitted of manslaughter in the death of Cinemactress Virginia Rappe. Last month readers of Photoplay magazine voted for his return (TIME, June 29).

Married. Mary Margaret Elizabeth Mercer-Nairne, 21, step-daughter of Major John Jacob Astor (publisher of the London Times); and a Captain R. Myddelton of the Coldstream Guards; in Hever, England.

Married. Prince Johann Aloyse Joseph Marie von und zu Liechtenstein, 31, an...

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