Discover the joy of reading with us, your trusted source for affordable books that do not compromise on quality. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. 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. This is David Niven's follow-up to The Moon's a Balloon and is a series of wonderful stories (with a few heartbreaking ones)about the culture of Hollywood between 1935 and 1960. A big name-dropping bitch of a book written with a wit as sharp as a dagger - and more than one famous personality gets it right between the shoulder blades .

These were times of legendary film stars and despotic producers, of tycoons, of oddballs, and of classic movies. He subsequently appeared in another 30 films, including The Guns of Navarone (1961) The Pink Panther (1963), Murder by Death (1976), Death on the Nile (1978), and The Sea Wolves (1980).

There's a discipline missing in the first book, although the familiar, more casual voice of the first book does reappear as the book progresses, so I don't know how much is Niven?

Tape shadow marks to the end papers where the dust wrapper was protected in brown paper, now removed. C. (1955) before scoring a big success as Phileas Fogg in Michael Todd's production of Around the World in 80 Days (1956). Actor David Niven's volume of autobiography (after "The Moon's A Balloon"), well-written and entertaining. And some guy who went by Mike Romanoff, opened a popular restaurant, and pretended to be a nephew-prince of Tsar Nicholas II. He depicts the heartbreaks, the dreams and eccentricities of various characters and manages to cast a very human eye on their stories.If the condition is critical to your decision to purchase, then please contact us and we will let you know our view of its condition. Trading Address (Warehouse) Unit E, Vulcan Business Complex, Vulcan Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 3EB. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. We hear an amusing story about Edward Goulding's funeral complete with the worst pallbearer casting in history. Hollywood at its best and at its worst - the movers and the skakers all captured in this fascinating look at 'Tinsel Town' .