Niven Book Reveals a Debonair Witty Life in Memoir
The Moon's Balloon by David Niven discloses a bold urban panorama from Churchill to Jackie Kennedy, with sharp humor and candid sex life anecdotes. It traces wartime service, Broadway misfires, personal tragedy, and a resilient comeback, presenting Niven as a witty, vulnerable star who namedrops with stylish ease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
David Niven
E.e. Cummings
England
America
Winston Churchill
Tony Curtis
Niven
Stout
Butler
Nessie
Piccadilly
Churchill
New York
el Morocco
John F. Kennedy
Jackie Kennedy
Mareriage
Putnam
Coppola recalls headaches during Godfather shoot
Francis Ford Coppola, director of The Godfather, calls making the Mafia drama the worst experience of his life. He recounts constant bickering, threats to be fired, and lack of status to control backers amid 120 locations and 77 days of filming as the film nears completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Francis Ford Coppela
Mario Puzo
Coppola
Patton
Marlon Braudo
Don Vito Corleone
Soviet pans Hitchcock film in Daily Gazette review
The Liternature Gazette reviewers Chernyshov and Pronin condemn Alfred Hitchcock as anti humanistic and ban his work in the Soviet Union. They argue his « black comedies » mask psychological sadism and fear tactics appealing to Western audiences and claim his films offer a misleading sense of danger to society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
West
Alfred Hitchcock
Slandex Socialism and Progress
Literaturnaye Gazeta
Literary Gazette
Harry
Hitchcock
A. Chernyshov
V. Pronin
Chernyshov
Pronin
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Iig
Gloria Swanson
Nina
Miss Swanson
Swanson
Walter Kerr
Ronald Colmans
Douglas Fairbanks
Joan Crawford
Rex Harrisons
Clark Gable
Lauren Becall
Humphrey Bogart
JSC
Rollas
SAM Peckapats
Waitiler
TA Hasaa Cinema
Wong Beach Nited Artists
Santa Ana United Artists
Long Beagh Lakewood
Bosta Mesa Harbor
Westminster Cinema West
Disneyland
Lincoln
Joe Campanella
Steve Forrest
Cesar Romero
Washington
Carmen Dragon
MR. Lincoln
Severinsen
Brass
Iseirr
Godfather
SAT. Sun. Mon
Long Beach
San Diego
Fray.& Santa FE
Civic Light
Pera
Alan JY Lerner
MAN of
Dick Johnson
Jordan Theatre
Hiss
Leanna Nelson
Sat
Liberty & Mutual
St. Long Beach
Anna
Cee Rao
ORK
Billy Jack
Tom Laughlin
Delores Taylor
Gale
Crist
New
Mapraine
KKK
Etek
Jackie Buzzard
PUP & Taco
Rochelle's
Lakewood Blvd
Muranee
Srlpgan
Lion Country
Zambezi
Lion Country Safar
Shail
Leann
Moulton Parkway
Laguna Hills
Orange County
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