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Hollywood was awash with stars jumping into bed. But as DAVID NIVEN reveals in the latest extract from his glorious memoirs, the suavest British actor of all chased women with abandon...

DAVID NIVEN

"You can count on Errol Flynn, he'll always let you down." - David Niven James David Graham Niven was born on 1 March 1910 in Belgrave Mansions, London and was given the second name David because he w

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David Niven died 29 July 1983. A service attended by 1200, at St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, on 27 Oct 1983. included Prince Michael of Kent, Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, Sir John Mills,Richard Attenborough, Trevor Howard, David Frost, Joanna Lumley, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., and Laurence Olivier. A huge wreath was delivered from the porters at Heathrow Airport. The card said 'To the finest gentleman who ever walked through these halls. He made a porter feel like a king."

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David Niven and his glorious legacy. "You are not just here to fill space or be a background character in someone else's movie."

In the post-war years of the 1950s, Italy saw an explosion in international film production, and as stars flocked to Rome—followed by models, playboys, and monarchs—the city was transformed. A small band of press photographers—or 'paparazzi'—were the very first to document this 'Hollywood on the Tiber' phenomenon, and prominent among their number was Elio Sorci, who pursued and captured candid images of celebrities. Brigitte Bardot filming in Fiesole, Tuscany, 1962. Dodo’ D’Hambourg, Rome…