David Niven  :  2 Volumes of AutobiographyHollywood movie star David Niven published two volumes of autobiography, recording the highlights of a long and eventful showbusiness career stretching from the 1930s to the 1970s.1972 : The Moon's a Balloon1975 : Bring on the Empty HorsesThe Moon's A Balloon is a best-selling memoir by British actor David Niven (1910-1983). Published in 1971, it details his early life. He followed it with a sequel, Bring on the Empty Horses, in 1975.One of the bestselling memoirs of all time, 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 with tales of school, army and wartime hi-jinx, Niven shows how, even as an unknown young man, he knew how to live the good life.But it's his astonishing stories of life in Hollywood, and his accounts of working and partying with the legends of the silver screen -- Lawrence Oliver, Vivien Leigh, Cary Grant, Elizabeth Taylor, James Stewart, Lauren Bacall, Marlene Dietrich, Noel Coward and dozens of others, while making some of the most acclaimed films of the 20th Century -- which turn Niven's memoir into an outright masterpiece.An intimate, gossipy, heartfelt and above all charming account of life inside Hollywood's dream factory, The Moon's A Balloon is a classic to be read and enjoyed time and again...Historical Note --It is possible that David Niven's two volumes of autobiography, although highly entertaining, may not be quite what they appear to be. On the face of it, it seems unlikely that so many peculiar and amusing incidents should have happened by chance to one man!It is now thought some of the Hollywood anecdotes which he recounts, although basically true, actually happened to other people he had known (some of whom may have been grateful to remain annonymous!), whilst other incidents, although based upon actual events, have been exaggerated in order to make the book more entertaining. It is possible some of the stories or incidents included may even be entirely fictional!These books were written to be best sellers -- part of an established trend of Hollywood kiss-and-tell memoirs of the time -- and were never intended as a serious history of the golden age of tinseltown.Copyright Expired Publication The 25 year period of publisher's copyright under the UK's Copyright Acts 1956 to 1988 has expired for all items included in this collection: · Copyright Act 1956, s.15(2) :   www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1956/74/section/15 · Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, s.15 :   www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/15