dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman) (07/29/83)
...it was just announce on the news (radio, not net) that David Niven has died. Dave Sherman Toronto
ucbesvax.turner@ucbcad.UUCP (08/01/83)
#R:utcsrgv:-184900:ucbesvax:6100005:000:365 ucbesvax!turner Jul 31 23:50:00 1983 ...and what a sad thing that is, too. Pretty soon, we won't have any more actors who read widely, write well, and think for themselves. David Niven is one of my all-time heroes (he played Phileas Fogg to a T in "Around the World in 80 Days", to mention just one of his brilliant and faithful performances). In Mourning Michael Turner ucbvax!ucbesvax.turner
oz@rlgvax.UUCP (THE GREAT AND POWERFUL OZ) (08/03/83)
This is perhaps an improper place to mourn a person, but I too shall miss David Niven. His classic style (he really only knew how to play David Niven, but he did it SO well). He brought life to films like CASINO ROYALE, the original PINK PANTHER, and was a great character in films like THE BISHOP'S WIFE or MURDER BY DEATH. He was witty, calm and always VERY Brittish. He shall be missed. OZ seimso!rlgvax!oz
aaronf@bronze.UUCP (Aaron Friend) (08/03/83)
I will also miss David Niven. For those who have not yet read his
book 'The Moon Is A Baloon', I recommend that they do. It is his
autobiography and contains some of the best humor I have ever read.
Aaronucbesvax.turner@ucbcad.UUCP (08/05/83)
#R:rlgvax:-94800:ucbesvax:6100006:000:361 ucbesvax!turner Aug 4 05:23:00 1983 Re: Casino Royale & David Niven ...he had a truly great throw-away line in that flick: at one point they're either setting or defusing a bomb (can't remember) and Niven says "Careful with that--it's lysergic acid--very explosive..." At the time the movie was made, LSD was not yet illegal, at least not in California. Michael Turner ucbvax!ucbesvax.turner
ucbesvax.turner@ucbcad.UUCP (08/05/83)
#R:rlgvax:-94800:ucbesvax:6100007:000:467 ucbesvax!turner Aug 4 05:30:00 1983 Re: David Niven & The Bishop's Wife Sorry to go on like this...my father was a stunt man of sorts in this film, standing in for Cary Grant in the skating scene (they put some sort of Cary-mask on him, 'cuz he really doesn't look much like Grant). His comment on Niven was, simply, that he was David Niven, and what more could you say? Well, so he isn't the most articulate man in the world. No More on this, I Promise, Michael Turner ucbvax!ucbesvax.turner