Screen Icons: David Niven

Set of five films starring David Niven. In the historical drama, 'Bonnie Prince Charlie' (1948), Niven plays the titular pretender to the throne. The film follows his ill-fated attempt to overthrow the Hanoverians, the famous defeat at Culloden, and his subsequent escape to France aided by Flora MacDonald (Margaret Leighton). In 'The Love Lottery' (1954), Niven plays Rex Allerton, a celebrity who agrees to be the star prize in a lottery where the winner gets to spend a week in his company. Sensing the daftness of the whole enterprise, Rex promises publicly to marry the winner - and that's where besotted fan, Sally (Peggy Cummins), enters the proceedings. 'Happy Ever After' (1954) tells the tale of the caddish Jasper O'Leary (Niven), who inherits a hunting estate in Ireland following the death of his uncle. He soon arouses the ire of all the villagers, with the exception of the scheming Serena McGluskey (Yvonne De Carlo). The villagers use the occassion of 'O'Leary Night', when the ghost of the first O'Leary walks the halls, to try and create enough confusion and mayhem to send Jasper packing. 'Eternally Yours' (1939) is a comedy drama starring Loretta Young as Anita, a woman who is swept off her feet by magician Arturo (Niven). Pretty soon the two get married and Anita becomes Arturo's stage assistant on a world tour. But Anita becomes annoyed by Arturo's flirtations and his death-defying stunts give her nightmares. Finally, when she's had enough, she disappears for real. The Edinburgh Festival provides a colourful background for the lively musical comedy, 'Happy Go Lovely' (1951). When penniless dancer Janet Jones (Vera-Ellen) emerges from a limousine at the festival, she's mistaken for the girlfriend of the car's millionaire owner - when in fact, she'd only hitched a ride with the driver. Suddenly Broadway director John Frost (Cesar Romero) wants her in his next musical in order to get financing from this 'millionaire boyfriend'. Soon Janet is romanced by B.G. Bruno (Niven), the limo's real millionaire owner.

Director: Anthony Kimmins
Director: Charles Crichton
Director: Mario Zampi
Director: Tay Garnett
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Producer: Edward Black
Producer: Monja Danischewsky
Producer: Mario Zampi
Producer: Tay Garnett
Producer: Marcel Hellman
Writer: Clemence Dane
Writer: Charles Neilson-Terry
Writer: Zelma Bramley Moore
Writer: Harry Kurnitz
Writer: Monja Danischewsky
Writer: Jack Davies
Writer: Michael Pertwee
Writer: L.A.G. Strong
Writer: Gene Towne
Writer: C. Graham Baker
Writer: Friedrich Dammann
Writer: Val Guest
Writer: Herbert Rosenfield
Music: Ian Whyte
Music: Benjamin Frankel
Music: Stanley Black
Music: Werner Janssen
Music: Mischa Spoliansky
Actor: David Niven
Actor: Margaret Leighton
Actor: Peggy Cummins
Actor: Anne Vernon
Actor: Yvonne De Carlo
Actor: Barry Fitzgerald
Actor: Loretta Young
Actor: Hugh Herbert
Actor: Vera-Ellen
Actor: Cesar Romero