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Title	:	The Moon's a Balloon
Author	:	David Niven
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 327 pages
Published	:	October 27th 1994 by Penguin (first published 1971)
Categories	:	Biography. Nonfiction. Autobiography. Memoir. Humor. Biography Memoir

The Moon's a Balloon

David Niven

Paperback | Pages: 327 pages

Rating: 4.16 | 5170 Users | 261 Reviews

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One of the bestselling memoirs of all time, David Niven's 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 is 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 last century - which turn David 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 is a Balloon is a classic to be read and enjoyed time and again..

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Original Title:	The Moon's a Balloon
ISBN:	0140239243 (ISBN13: 9780140239249)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	David Niven

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David Niven's friend Roger Moore wrote that he told splendid stories,but he also embellished them.I had earlier read his other book,Bring on the Empty Horses,and found it immensely enjoyable.The Moon's a Balloon is the story of his life,which saw him serve in the army,become a bootlegger,work as a movie extra,fight in World War II and become a major international movie star.It has its share of laughs,but also highlights the hardships of Niven's life.The saddest part is the death of his first

A self deprecating recount of a life lived to the brim.

Quintessentially English, Niven was a Hollywood star in the time when an English accent and formal manners were in vogue. Successful as he was, as soon as war against Germany was declared, he returned to Britain to fight as a soldier for six years. One of Niven's most famous lines, illustrating just how he could appeal to an audience was delivered when he was presenting the Oscars in 1974 and a naked man ran across the stage behind him, "Isn't it fascinating to think, that probably the only

David Niven is not just an actor who writes, he is an actor with something to say who says it well-in written form. The combination of all 3 qualities is not so easily found. He is, as is said, witty, urbane, and sophisticated; he has moved in exciting, glamorous circles; he has known tragedy and he has witnessed it in others lives and he has been present for it all. His gift to us is his ability to articulate memory and insight. What a surprise it was to me: I opened the door of this book

I love David Niven. I read Bring on the Empty Horses a long time ago and he cracked me up then, so I was excited to read his autobiography. His pre-Hollywood life is pretty fascinating, especially his army friends. I did enjoy all the name-dropping, especially from his first days in Hollywood, but he started losing me after his Oscar win, and the last few pages just felt strange. I guess it's what he was living through at the time, but the transition from the classic film era to his brushes with

A most enjoyable autobiographical read which clearly conveys the delightfully charming, mischievous, colorful, and witty, antics, experiences, and life, of one of Britain's best-known and much-loved actors - the archetypal English gentleman, David Niven; from his childhood in London where he was born in 1910, through the wartime years as a commissioned officer with the Highland Light Infantry, and his acceptance in the US as an accomplished actor during Hollywood's 'heydays', initially in the

I read this book nearly fifty years ago and again about twenty years ago. As one who almost never can find the humour or cause for side-splitting laughter in books that are supposed to be funny, I can cite "The Moon's a Balloon" as a book that made me truly laugh.