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28 apr 2005 · He was one of Britain's best known actors and, in later years, a bestselling author - his autobiography, The Moon's A Balloon which was first published in 1971, sold over 5 million copies worldwide. Often remembered for playing the archetypal English gentleman, he made ninety films during a career that stretched over forty years.
- David Niven
However, it is his accounts of working and partying with the legends of the silver screen - from Lawrence Oliver and Vivien Leigh to Elizabeth Taylor, Noel Coward and dozens of others - that turn this memoir into an outright masterpiece.An intimate, gossipy, warm and above all charming account of life inside Hollywood's dream factory, The Moon is a Balloon is a classic to be read and enjoyed ...
1 gen 1971 · Audio CD. 3 Used from $16.79. Digital. Hamish Hamilton, 1971. Hardcover with dustjacket, 1st British edition. One of the bestselling memoirs of all time, David Niven's The Moon's a Balloon is an account of one of the most remarkable lives Hollywood has ever seen. Beginning with the tragic early loss of his aristocratic father, then regaling us ...
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- David Niven
1 gen 1983 · The second is called "Bring on the Empty Horses", also available on Amazon. That volume is more centered on Niven's experiences in Hollywood during his film career. The Moon's A Balloon details Niven's life as a child in upper crust England, attending military schools, his voyage to California and origins in motion pictures.
- David Niven
27 ott 1994 · Synopsis. As delightfully debonair and exquisitely polished as the inimitable actor himself, Niven’s memoir is packed with vibrant anecdotes and tall tales about the glitterati of classic era Hollywood. Mixing early tragedy with raucous, ribald humour and an unquenchable zest for the good life, The Moon’s a Balloon is a triumph of silver ...
