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Original Title: Bring on the Empty Horses
ISBN: 0440008247 (ISBN13: 9780440008248)
Edition Language: English
Characters: David Niven
Setting: California(United States)
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Bring on the Empty Horses Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 352 pages
Rating: 4.1 | 2643 Users | 127 Reviews

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Title:Bring on the Empty Horses
Author:David Niven
Book Format:Mass Market Paperback
Book Edition:First Edition
Pages:Pages: 352 pages
Published:1976 by Dell (first published 1975)
Categories:Biography. Nonfiction. Autobiography. Memoir. Culture. Film. Humor

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This is the follow-up to David Niven's first memoir (The Moon's a Balloon), but this book is centered on the stories of Niven's friends and co-stars and directors. In other words, it's a wonderful recollection of the Golden Age of Hollywood but told in a gentlemanly fashion. Niven was part of the Hollywood Raj, that group of ex-pat Englishmen who played cricket at the park off Sunset Boulevard and ate roast beef on Sundays, regardless of the California heat. There are hundreds of books about the cinema during the studio system, but somehow Mr. Niven's tales are the best. The crash of falling Selznicks was frequently heard around midnight in Hollywood high society. His zingers are classy, not the TMZ trash currently expounded. You can tell he holds back or changes some details to be fair to his subjects, but the reading is still fun. 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. I rarely read a book more than once, but I couldn't resist picking this up again when the sun was blazing, the pool was calling, and I had just finished a long walk past some of the glorious desert abodes of the folks who had faces back then. Book Season = Summer (find some shade)

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Absolutely the best recounting of OLD HOLLYWOOD and it's brightest stars! I picked this up at a library book sale with no expectations and now I feel so lucky that I did! I'm excited to read the other 2 books he penned. His style is so witty and fun and he has great memories of so many of my favorite film stars of all time!

This isn't really a memoir, so much as a collection of stories about anything and everything from David Niven's years in Hollywood, specifically during the '30s and '40s. He manages to strike a great balance between dishing out gossip and staying respectful of people who were clearly important to him. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone looking for funny anecdotes, touching stories, and interesting characters from the Golden Age of Hollywood - it's a great read.

I liked it, it was gossipy and fun. Who knew David Niven was so present during the Golden Age, I thought as I was reading it; turns out he inserted himself into many other people's stories to 'protect their privacy', which somewhat lessens the resonance of a memoir. But this isn't really a memoir, anyway, it's more of a bunch of fairly disconnected Hollywood anecdotes, some quite compelling. But they did feel rather disconnected, especially the segments at the end that went for just a few pages

An entertaining and intelligent (if occasionally dated) depiction of glamorous old Hollywood, told by a participant. Niven's tales are full of compassion, humour, and self-effacing modesty, sprinkled here and there with sly winks and grins. Good holiday reading.



This is the follow-up to David Niven's first memoir (The Moon's a Balloon), but this book is centered on the stories of Niven's friends and co-stars and directors. In other words, it's a wonderful recollection of the Golden Age of Hollywood but told in a gentlemanly fashion. Niven was part of the Hollywood Raj, that group of ex-pat Englishmen who played cricket at the park off Sunset Boulevard and ate roast beef on Sundays, regardless of the California heat. There are hundreds of books about the

This autobiography read likes a desription of the classic Hollywood of the 30's to the 50's and is informative but most of all it is fun to read. This is one of those books you have to read if you are a fan of old Hollywood. 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.