Now showing: USS Slater May 19, 2009
It had a cameo in "The Guns of Navarone," a 1961 movie starring Gregory Peck, David Niven and Anthony Quinn. It has also been featured in a couple of History Channel documentaries. (Albany Times Union)
The Films of Michael Powell Apr 15, 2009
Cast: David Niven, Kim Hunter, Roger Livesey, Marius Goring, Raymond Massey; James Mason, Helen Mirren ... "A Matter of Life and Death" (originally titled "Stairway to Heaven" in America) tells of a downed English Royal Air Force captain (David Niven) who is accidentally lost by an angel of death (Marius Goring). (Variety)
At home in Green Valley, Bob Millar looks over black-and-white photos of theater fronts he created back in the 1940s for Warner Bros. in Milwaukee. Photo by KAREN WALENGA | GREEN VALLEY NEWS Mar 18, 2009
It was 1949, and American audiences were heading to movie theaters to see John Wayne in Sands of Iwo Jima, Jane Wyman and David Niven in Kiss in the Dark and Maureen O Hara and Vincent Price in Bagdad. The latter billed as an exciting adventure in the city of 1001 thrills, filmed in breathtaking Technicolor was a favorite of Bob Millar s. Not for the story line, necessarily, but for the huge, distinctive theater fronts he was able to create. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Keeping Up With Keillor Feb 22, 2009
"Rosalind Russell hosted one year, and David Niven co-hosted during the famous year of the streaker," he says, referring to the 1974 show that featured a sprint across the stage by a naked man. Osborne expects Jackman to bring some Broadway-style pizzazz to the proceedings. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Tears, jeers and cross-dressing: Oscar night drama in store Feb 21, 2009
" Sometimes, the choice of awards recipients can stoke controversy. The decision to grant director Elia Kazan a lifetime achievement award in 1999 divided the glitterati, with dozens of stars refusing to rise or applaud, in protest at the filmmaker's decision to co-operate with the authorities during the 1950s communist witch-hunts. Politics aside, Oscars night has been littered with memorable one-offs. In 1974, a naked man invaded the stage as actor David Niven was hosting the show, prompting... (Sydney Morning Herald)
The heist at Harry's Feb 8, 2009
The robbers may not have been as suave as celluloid jewels thieves with the charm of David Niven a k a the debonair phantom bandit, Sir Charles Litton but the meticulous planning, swift execution and creative style raised suspicion that the Harry Winston heist was the handiwork of a loose global network of battle-hardened, ex-soldiers and their relatives from the former Yugoslavia. Today in Fashion & Style. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
MAY BLOSSOMS IN MARCH MAG Feb 8, 2009
Sunday, February 08, 2009 Last Update: 07:45 AM EST. Last updated: 3:08 amFebruary 8, 2009 Posted: 2:30 amFebruary 8, 2009. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Right at the End Apr 1, 2008
I heard that once, before I had begun to ski at Gstaad, David Niven had told Buckley that Marc Chagall was coming, admired Buckley s spy novels, and would like to see him ... Kitty and Ken Galbraith; David Niven; Taki Theodoracopulos, a glamorous millionaire, a great skier and good enough tennis player to have played at Wimbledon; an actor who was playing James Bond in a movie; Swifty Lazar the agent and Arthur Schlesinger, neither of whom skied ... David Niven was one of the pleasantest people... (The American Conservative)
Reflections on the Oscars Mar 17, 2008
Thats why so often a person who wins an Academy Award -- even people as talented as Yul Brynner, Simone Signoret, Ernest Borgnine, Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Martin Balsam, Donna Reed, Gloria Grahame, Dorothy Malone, David Niven, Frank Sinatra and Jimmy Cagney -- not only never win another Oscar, they never again even get nominated ... Thats why so often a person who wins an Academy Award -- even people as talented as Yul Brynner, Simone Signoret, Ernest Borgnine, Ginger Rogers, Ray... (Townhall.com)
Breakthrough in the study of motor neurone disease Feb 29, 2008
Those who have been affected include the actor David Niven, the football manager Don Revie and the cosmologist Stephen Hawking, who has defied statistics by living with the disease for more than 35 years. The researchers discovered mutations in a particular gene that can trigger destruction of the body's "motor" nerves, which send instructions from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles. (Independent)
A stand-up scoundrel Feb 27, 2008
"Scoundrels" was written by the team of librettist Jeffrey Lane and composer-lyricist David Yazbek (see article at right), and based on the popular 1988 film starring Steve Martin and Michael Caine -- which in turn was based on the 1964 film "Bedtime Story," starring Marlon Brando and David Niven. 1. (Albany Times Union)
Coen Brothers are big winners with 'No Country for Old Men' Feb 25, 2008
Like a birthday celebrant who enjoys looking through old photo albums, Oscar took note of his 80th with a clips package that paid tribute to John Wayne, Fred Astaire, Katharine Hepburn, Christopher Reeve, George Burns, Jane Fonda accepting the Oscar for her ailing father, Henry, and the streaker who famously jogged behind David Niven. And, in the album version of the big glasses and bad hair days, a snippet of the Snow White-Rob Lowe duet. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Coens' No Country sweeps Oscars Feb 25, 2008
Organisers celebrated "Oscar's birthday" with film montages celebrating past winners and memorable Oscar moments - including the streaker who ran behind David Niven during 1974's ceremony. However, this year's understated show was unlikely to provide many clips for future compilations. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Oscar Lore: A Trivia Test Feb 23, 2008
Oscar Lore: Take A Trivia Test. Think You Know Your Academy Awards Lore. (CBS News)
The Oscars: Why do we watch? Feb 23, 2008
1974: Streaker Robert Opal bares all on camera, prompting a timeless quip from David Niven: The only laugh that man will probably ever get is for stripping and showing off his shortcomings. 1991: Jack Palance, an Oscar winner for City Slickers, does push-ups onstage. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
A LOOK AT FILMS YOU OTTO KNOW Jan 3, 2008
It's being shown on a double bill with "The Moon Is Blue" (1953) starring William Holden and David Niven, a now-tame sex comedy that pushed the envelope by including such previously verboten terms as "virgin" and "seduction.". The sprawling political drama "Advise and Consent" (1962), starring Henry Fonda as a presidential nominee, includes a senator who is blackmailed for a homosexual affair and even features the first-ever depiction of a gay bar in an American film. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Not much for 'Legend' to live up to Dec 14, 2007
Star's standout trait: Price will always be right up there with Don Ameche, David Niven and the early Chaplin as one of the definitive "mustache" actors. Protagonist's love life: Price's character grieves the loss of his wife and daughter, but still. (USA Today -- Life)
Turner Classic Movies Honors Legendary American Director John Ford With Two-Day Ford at Fox Prime-Time Festival Nov 30, 2007
George Sanders, David Niven and Loretta Young star. Tuesday, Dec. 11 8 p.m. How Green Was My Valley (1941) - This moving drama about Welsh coal miners earned Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Donald Crisp), Best Screenplay and Best Art Direction. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
'1984' will be broadcast from Orpheum Nov 23, 2007
KWIT-KOJI will broadcast the 1949 radio adaptation of George Orwell's classic novel, "1984." The radio adaptation was written by Milton Wayne and starred actor David Niven. The story, which coined the phrase, "Big Brother is watching you!" portrays the world of the future in which the government controls the thoughts, words and deeds of its citizens. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Study Shows Antibiotic Harms ALS Patients Nov 2, 2007
Jacob Javits and the actor David Niven. About 30,000 Americans have the disease at any given time, according to the ALS Association. (Health-Finder)
Deborah Kerr, First Lady of Hollywood Oct 21, 2007
I often wondered why Hollywood seemed to think it was coincidence that so many of Deborah Kerr's male co-stars and directors won awards (Sinatra, Donna Reed, Yul Brynner, David Niven, etc. She not only held her own with all of them, she could possibly have outperformed several. (Times Online)
Obituary: Deborah Kerr Oct 19, 2007
She worked steadily, averaging one film a year, with directors of stature and often opposite chums such as David Niven, Robert Mitchum and Cary Grant ... Only her old friend David Niven emerged with modest credit from this fiasco ... After this she sank without trace in a Frank Sinatra vehicle, Marriage on the Rocks (1965), and then made a trio of films opposite friend and Swiss-based neighbour David Niven. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
Turner Classic Movies to Honor Six-Time Oscar(R) Nominee Deborah Kerr Oct 19, 2007
And at 10:15 p.m., she plays a spinster who is completely dominated by her mother while staying at an English seaside resort in Separate Tables (1958), with Lancaster and Oscar winners David Niven and Wendy Hiller. ADVERTISEMENT. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Discovery Offers Hope Of Halting ALS Progression Oct 8, 2007
Famous people who have succumbed to the disease include actor David Niven, footballers Don Revie and Willie Maddren, and baseball player Lou Gehrig. Professor Stephen Hawking is exceptional; he has survived with the disease for more than 35 years. (Science Daily)
Prince pulls out of the Royal Film Performance Sep 25, 2007
The Royal Film Performance first took place in 1946 when A Matter of Life and Death, starring David Niven, was chosen. It has been held every year since, apart from 1958, with Prince Charles and the Queen alternating their attendance in recent years. (Times Online)
DVD watch: Know what I mean, Verne? Sep 18, 2007
Up, up and away: David Niven and Robert Newton in Around the World in Eighty Days. Conversation guidelines: USA TODAY welcomes your thoughts, stories and information related to this article. (USA Today -- Life)
New York to host Princess Grace exhibit Sep 15, 2007
"Grace Kelly was a great friend of my father's from her days as an actress in Hollywood to her reign as Princess of Monaco," said James G. Niven, vice chairman of Sotheby's and son of actor David Niven. "She took me under her wing when we lived in France, and I was lucky to be invited to palace events as a young man and experience the world she inhabited firsthand.". (USA Today -- Travel)
Jane Wyman; ex-wife of Reagan won Oscar for 'Johnny Belinda' Sep 11, 2007
hoped to capitalize on her popularity in comedies with David Niven ("A Kiss in the Dark") and Dennis Morgan ("The Lady Takes a Sailor"), but both were poorly received. After appearing in "Magnificent Obsession" and "All That Heaven Allows" - both weepy dramas of the mid-1950s with Rock Hudson - she largely disappeared from the screen. (Boston Globe)
Princess Grace lingers in memory Sep 11, 2007
The son of actor David Niven, he knew Grace when he was growing up. Tributes to Grace include. (USA Today -- Life)
Mad about streaking Aug 17, 2007
British character actor David Niven was making the presentation when, behind him on stage appeared Robert Opel, flashing a two-finger V sign and little else. Niven, known for his suave English manners, did not miss a beat. (iAfrica.com)
The week's best films on TV Jul 23, 2007
RAF airman David Niven bales out of his blazing bomber and survives, but headless Marius Goring, a fatality of the French Revolution, is unimpressed: he is dispatched from heaven to tell the flier he should not have missed his date with death. This is one of Pttiest, funniest and most involving fantasies. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
* First impressions count Jul 20, 2007
"Big, isn't it?" We cut from the macro to the micro, eavesdropping on the snatched conversation between imperiled airman David Niven and US radio operator Kim Hunter on the ground. Powell and Pressburger's genius was to make the intimate exchange of these two strangers seem just as vast, potent and mysterious as the heavens above them. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Grace, Princess of Monaco: Celebrating a Remarkable Life on the 25th Anniversary of Her Passing Jul 19, 2007
"Sotheby's is honored to host Grace, Princess of Monaco: A Tribute to the Life and Legacy of Grace Kelly in New York this October," said James G. Niven, Vice Chairman of Sotheby's and son of legendary actor David Niven. "Grace Kelly was a great friend of my father's from her days as an actress in Hollywood to her reign as Princess of Monaco. She took me under her wing when we lived in France, and I was lucky to be invited to Palace events as a young man and experience the world she inhabited... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Grace Kelly memorabilia in NY Jul 19, 2007
Thursday, July 19, 2007. Grace Kelly dresses, memorabilia to go on show in New York Posted: 19 July 2007 0411 hrs. (Channelnewsasia.com)
Double Agents Jul 3, 2007
Special to the News Journal Want to go. WHAT: W.E.B. Griffin book signing. (Pensacola News Journal)
Pink Panther 2 has new director Jun 12, 2007
The Pink Panther franchise started in 1964 with The Pink Panther, co-written and directed by Blake Edwards and starring Peter Sellers as the bumbling French detective, Inspector Clouseau, along with David Niven and Robert Wagner. In the years that followed, Blake Edwards' original idea and characters would continue to crank out more Pink Panther films, including The Return of the Pink Panther, The Pink Panther Strikes Again, Revenge of the Pink Panther, Trail of the Pink Panther, Curse of the... (Actress Archives)
Santa Maria Inn steeped in Central Coast history May 28, 2007
Anne Baxter, Jack Benny, Gary Cooper, Bing Crosby, Bette Davis, Doris Day, Clark Gable, Cary Grant, Alan Ladd, David Niven, Kim Novak, Gregory Peck, Jimmy Stewart and John Wayne added their names to the growing list of nearly 100 famous guests. Today, doors in the old portion of the hotel are adorned with stars and the names of the celebrities believed to have stayed inside those very rooms. (Santa Maria Times)
Into the afterlife May 7, 2007
Filmed in jewel-like Technicolor and in black and white, this 1946 fantasy - starring the dashing David Niven and unknown American starlet Kim Hunter - shot a brilliant flare into the drab postwar atmosphere. It is not, as Rice points out, really a war film - those mainly came in the 1950s, when the horror had subsided. (Guardian Unlimited)
Final day of library's book sale is today May 1, 2007
While most people carried their books in bags, David Niven pulled his book bounty in a plastic crate with wheels. "I've learned from the past to come prepared," Niven said. (Lumberton The Robesonian, NC)
Hugh Grant, a tub of baked beans and a photographer Apr 30, 2007
Though he has walked through the shadow of some ticklish scandals , Hugh Grant has always kept his cool. A conviction for lewd conduct in a public place with a very talkative prostitute and endless tabloid scrutiny of his relationships with Liz Hurley and Jemima Khan failed to blow the frosting off the top. (Times Online)
Good, Clean Fun Apr 29, 2007
Reuniting the Tony-nominated creative team behind the Broadway musical adaptation of "The Full Monty" -- composer-lyricist David Yazbek, director Jack O'Brien and choreographer Jerry Mitchell -- "Scoundrels" is based on the popular 1988 film of the same name starring Steve Martin and Michael Caine, itself based on an earlier movie, 1964's "Bedtime Story," with Marlon Brando and David Niven. Jeffrey Lane's book for the musical follows the 1988 version particularly closely. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Granger tells of bisexual past Apr 13, 2007
The Cooper estate overflowed with the town's elite: Greer Garson, Ronald Colman, Jimmy Stewart, David Niven, Ray Milland, James Mason, Deborah Kerr, Myrna Loy and many others. "Clark Gable arrived late, and it was an entrance to remember," Granger writes. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
1) Cricket World Cup: England v Bangladesh Apr 12, 2007
While I sit lost in misty-eyed fury, memories of great men of the Empire like Roger Moore, David Niven and Hugh Grant, running through my mind the over is suddenly over. 16th over: England 51-2 (Vaughan 17 Pietersen 1) Rasel fizzes a cutter past KP's outside edge. (Guardian Unlimited)
Will Ferrell's Glory Mar 31, 2007
Ferrell might be the fellow who ran naked across the stage at the 1974 Oscar ceremony, inspiring this ad lib by David Niven: "Isn't it fascinating to think that probably the only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping off and showing his shortcomings.". For the Oscar streaker, a moment of notoriety and humiliation. (Time.com)
New DVDs: Happy Feet, Happyness Mar 27, 2007
The Dawn Patrol stars Flynn and David Niven as World War I pilots battling the Germans. Dive Bomber features Flynn and Fred MacMurray in a tale of early flight research to help fighter pilots withstand the rigors of air combat. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Cloak & Swagger Mar 17, 2007
(Though maybe not quite so much as in the 1967 version of Casino Royale, a loopy Bond spoof that featured go-go girls, Burt Bacharach tunes and a trio of actors David Niven, Peter Sellers and Woody Allen as incarnations of 007. . (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Bonding over Bond Mar 14, 2007
"Well, I stumbled as I was going to shake hands with Daniel Craig so 007 caught me right in his arms. I told him he was the best James Bond yet but I modestly added that my father had also played the same role in the original version of 'Casino Royale.' Craig said -- 'And your father would have been David Niven? Well, you know the original 'Casino Royale' is quite a cult movie.'" Jamie agreed and went on to sit nearby with Angelica Huston. They reminisced as well about the first movie version of... (Variety)
Nellie Bly: Much more than a global traveler Mar 11, 2007
And in 1956, actor David Niven (as Phileas Fogg) did it again this time on the motion picture screen. But in 1889 a real-life female newspaper reporter, Nellie Bly, accomplished what neither the fictive Phileas Fogg nor his movie impersonator, had achieved: she went around the world in only 72 days. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
A STARK REMINDER IN H'WOOD Mar 11, 2007
"Craig said, 'And your father would have been David Niven? Well, you know the original "Casino Royale" is quite a cult movie.' " Jamie agreed and went on to sit nearby with Anjelica Huston. They reminisced as well about the first movie version of "Casino Royale," because her father, the late John Huston, also appeared therein with David Niven. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Connery Equals Bond Mar 8, 2007
The technique called prototyping combined photographs of Stewart Granger, Richard Burton, David Niven, Patrick McGoohan, James Mason, Rex Harrison and Cary Grant to create the face of Fleming's fictional character. "We have used face merging technology to create the image of Bond that Ian Fleming had in mind when he wrote his books," Wiseman said. (Fox News)
Mike O'Connell Feb 28, 2007
O'Connell's inspirations include "intense actor dudes," such as David Niven, Richard Burton, Orson Welles and James Mason. "I always think it's very funny when someone speaks boldly," he says. (Variety)
Rescuers of the lost Oscars Feb 25, 2007
David Niven, Separate Tables (1958) - Debonair scenery chewing didn't cut it against Paul Newman (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), Spencer Tracy (The Old Man and the Sea) and the vote-splitting tandem of Sidney Poitier and Tony Curtis (The Defiant Ones). Lee Marvin, Cat Ballou (1965) - Even Marvin confessed on stage that a hungover horse deserved half his statuette. (St. Petersburg Times)
Challengesfor Oscar hosts Feb 24, 2007
When the 1974 show was famously disrupted by a streaker dashing across the stage, co-host David Niven quickly remarked that probably the only laugh that man will ever get is for stripping and showing his shortcomings. . (MSNBC -- News)
Oscars always provide unexpected drama Feb 23, 2007
In 1974 a naked man invaded the stage as actor David Niven was hosting the show, prompting him to quip: ``The only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping. and showing his shortcomings. (The Age, Australia -- Entertainment)
Oscar dramas| Feb 23, 2007
" Sometimes, who the awards are given to can stoke controversy. The decision to grant director Elia Kazan a lifetime achievement award in 1999 divided the glitterati, with dozens of stars refusing to rise or applaud, in protest at the filmmaker's decision to co-operate with the authorities during the 1950s communist witch-hunts. Politics aside, Oscars night has been littered with memorable one-offs. Take off the clothes In 1974 a naked man invaded the stage as actor David Niven was hosting the... (iAfrica.com)
LITERARY MAN TO BE MISSED Feb 20, 2007
Start with the enemies, dear boy, and you'll get a bet ter book," advised Noel Coward to the critic Sheridan Morley, who was about to help him with his autobiography. The prolific Mr. Morley died in London last week at age 65. He had written or edited more than 30 books, including ones on Audrey Hepburn, Marlene Dietrich, Elizabeth Taylor, James Mason, David Niven, John Gielgud and Noel Coward, to name only a few. Mr. Morley, the son of famous actor Robert Morley and grandson of actress Gladys... (New York Post -- Gossip)
National Theater unveils premeires Feb 19, 2007
Tristan Sturrock, Lyndsey Marshall and Douglas Hodge play the roles created by David Niven, Kim Hunter and Roger Livesey, respectively, in the romantic fantasy. Howard Davies will direct Maxim Gorky's dark 1902 comedy "Philistines" in a new version by Andrew Upton, co-director (with his wife Cate Blanchett) of the Sydney Theater Company. (Variety)
Ralph Fiennes To Star At National Theatre Feb 16, 2007
May brings "A Matter of Life and Death," an adaptation of the 1946 film about a wartime pilot played on screen by David Niven who is shot down and must go on trial for his life after a celestial mix-up. Later in the year, rising star Anne-Marie Duff ("The Virgin Queen" and the TV series "Shameless") will star as Joan of Arc in a production of George Bernard Shaw's "Saint Joan," directed by Marianne Elliott. (CBS News)
Theatre adapts classic Niven film Feb 16, 2007
The 1946 film starred David Niven ... The 1946 movie starred David Niven and tells the story of a pilot who endures a heavenly trial for his life after he mistakenly survives a plane crash. (BBC News)
NORM: Jordan, Hilton to host big bashes Feb 13, 2007
The longer the evening went for the son of film icon David Niven, the saltier his language and the grumpier he got. Fred Glusman's birthday surprise. (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Nevada News)
All about Oscar Jan 26, 2007
Oscar has its lighter moments: David Niven commenting on a streaker's "shortcomings", Roberto Benigni exuberantly walking over the audience to his trophy and Rob Lowe dancing with Disney's Snow White. Oscar has many genuine moving scenes, including Halle Berry's acceptance speech as the first black woman to win a leading actress Oscar for Monster's Ball in 2002; Kirk Douglas, after a stroke, courageously presenting his speech in 1995; and, also in 1995, when the woman who saved Anne Frank's... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Valerie Grove: Last Night's TV Jan 2, 2007
Mark Gatiss played Ratty as a lovely debonair David Niven toff; Bob Hoskins as Badger was gruff and gravelly and worldly-wise. And the scenery. (Times Online)
