David Niven Bring on the empty horses

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Here is Niven at his best.

He and Errol Flynn were filming The Charge of the Light Brigade for a director, Michael Curtiz, 'whose Hungarian-orientated English was a joy to us all'.

High on the rostrum he decided the moment had come to order the arrival on the scene of a hundred riderless chargers.

Okay, he yelled into a megaphone, Bring on the empty horses! ' BRING ON THE EMPTY HORSES is the second part of David Niven's internationally bestselling autobiography, following the superbly entertaining THE MOON'S A BALLOON.

Both books were highly acclaimed by the critics and remain as wonderful reminders of a much-loved actor who epitomised, for many, the essential British gent, even when surrounded by the stars of Hollywood.