Bring On The Empty Horses

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I could have used a little less about the peculiarities of William Randolph Hearst and the tough row his mistress, Marion Davies, had to hoe -- it was sympathetic toward her but to me was the only part of the book that got repetitious.

Tape shadow marks to the end papers where the dust wrapper was protected in brown paper, now removed. A lot of the names in this book are mostly forgotten, unless you are a classic movie fan of the 30's and 40's like myself. Discover the joy of reading with us, your trusted source for affordable books that do not compromise on quality.

This book is just a literary form of an evening spent over drinks with your larger-than-life uncle or your slightly conman type friend/friendly neighbourhood raconteur/story-teller. Appena arrivato ho iniziato a leggerlo avidamente, una visione dall'interno del clima che si viveva negli Studios negli anni d'oro del cinema americano.

If the book is very heavy, we will may need to contact you before completion of purchase to advise you of extra postage costs. In 1971, he published his autobiography, The Moon's a Balloon, which was well-received, selling over five million copies. David Niven was in Hollywood from the 30's, mixing with the stars in heyday, lived and shared a home with Errol Flynn, parties all the time, playing tennis, go fishing with Clark Gable. In this second volume, David Niven turns his attention to ‘The Great Days of Hollywood’ between 1935 and 1960.You see, she had also gone blind, losing the ability to read, and having to listen to audio tapes on an old fashioned cassette player, which wasn't, for her, the same enjoyment of reading black type on white pages. Much more a memoir, than a biography… we get to read what David Niven thinks of, and his dealings with extras, castings, starlets, directors, Clark Gable, Errol Flynn, Warner, Fred Astaire etc. He followed this with Bring On the Empty Horses in 1975, a collection of highly entertaining reminiscences from Hollywood's "Golden Age" in the 1940s. In it, Niven focuses not on his life arc but his experiences in Hollywood from the mid-Thirties to around 1960, with a sizable interruption due to his soldiering in World War Two. It is surprising really as I am not a fan of David Niven and did not know a great deal about him prior to reading this book.

Niven later appeared in The Elusive Pimpernel (1950), The Toast of New Orleans (1950), Happy Go Lovely (1951), Happy Ever After (1954) and Carrington V. Otherwise you miss out on a great and funny book that has been written by one of the humble and funniest men in cinema ever. p>Read about how we’ll protect and use your data in our Privacy Notice. He and Errol Flynn were filming The Charge of the Light Brigade for a director, Michael Curtiz, 'whose Hungarian-orientated English was a joy to us all'.All used books might have various degrees of writing, highliting and wear and tear and possibly be an ex-library with the usual stickers and stamps. Our team is made up of book lovers who are dedicated to sourcing and providing the best books for kids. His "Missy" revelation is startling, as it details the mental breakdown of Vivien Leigh (though he never mentions her name) and illustrates the high level of stress and expectations placed upon the studio stars of that era.