European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                In r he had spent Ihrck years in the army i restlessness go the Boner of him and Lis society connections he made his Way 10 Ca and Hollywood pile what Nivon wrote in his books Toad was not Alt wine and Palm Trees. There arge British contingent of actors in place they found Young Nivon charming enough at right parties they also realized there were 5 Many British parti to go around Aid Colman was the King of leading men in Ite gory he sort of roles for which he 10 to Unger Nivon would have been a natural. L Goldwyn signed Niven to a $10d-a-Weet Sar contract that was part of a seven year be. Alter All no one had yet seen any proof 1c Young englishman could act. Goldwyn the Itu Duboss that he was proceeded to loan out to other studios or parts in their is. Of the recurring themes of the other Side Moon is Nolven s obsession with Money As it started with these first years with pin but in any Case Niven spent the rest of a taking virtually any picture he was Dlf he Felt that he needed Money while Nolven s career was shaky at Best his Mil allowed him a place in the top Echelon Haywood s pecking order. He carried on a it Liaison with Merle Oberon referred 10 in Teon is 3 balloon As a great big  n was one of the biggest stars in town and in notes that Nivon was smart enough to be de with a woman who was making a lot of Yand going to the Best Hollywood parties contacts and deals were made in Alsand deals aside Niven s pc world War were nothing to write Home about. The. Lion was Raffles a remake of the gentleman in role Colman had played 10 years earlier.  the War thai he met his first wife Mie Hollo. Primmie died six years later in Ood after taking a fall Down the cellar Steps Home of Tyrone Power. Morley shows with Ler views and reminiscences that Niven carried n Many friends noted that he was never the David Niven made bit name with films our in the 1970s he found1 a new career a a Irest so Fang air Hor Trish his Hollywood memoirs the Moon is i and bring on the empty horses same after the Accident. Her death left him with a loneliness thai he Rich to euro by seducing his fair share of women among Hern Rila 1-Myworih. Morley makes in excellent Case thai pcs pile ills marriage to swedish Model Hjordis terse Matfen in 1940, Niven never recovered from the loss of Primmie. He also found himself Wilh to you Nuj ions a Large mortgage and a career thai seemed stuck in Neutral. He continued making movies based on Money owed instead of career credits. Along the Way to did manage to act in a few movies that were worthy of admiration separate tables in which he starred with his Good Friend Deborah Kerr brought him an Academy award. Around the world in eighty  gave him the main role in the biggest extravaganza the Lim world had Ever seen and the Only film Mike Todd was Ever to produce. But More and More the aging Nivon Felt apart from the Golden Days of Hollywood and moved his family to live in Europe in 1960. His marriage to terse Mcdent was never Calm and he continued various relationships with women throughout his life. When he died in 1983 Al age 73 of Lou Gehrig s disease he was known As much for his books As for his screen presence. He died with Only his full time nurse at his Side his last words had been of Primmie. Morley has painted a moving portrait of David Niven As a Man the world never really knew despite the smiles and pathos of his screen roles. Left open is Why Morley did not interview Fred Astaire who figured so prominently in both of Niven s books and As Morley writes was one of the actor s closest Hollywood friends. Nor does the author i pain How a Man so capable of caring dying of a muscle disease he welcomed Robert Wagner and his daughters so Switzerland to Comfort them Over the loss of Natalie Wood could be so haled by among others Rex Harrison. The Orfirer Side of the Moon is published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson in Britain and by Harper and Row in the United states. 1m6 it Lei Magazine