David Niven's Hopeless Polo Adventure | The Dick Cavett Show

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  • čas přidán 3. 03. 2022
  • David Niven describes his hopeless polo experience in which he rode a bitting horse and how he was unable to arrest a German general at the end of WWII.
    Date aired - May 4th 1972 - David Niven and Joan Hackett
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    Dick Cavett has been nominated for eleven Emmy awards (the most recent in 2012 for the HBO special, Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again), and won three. Spanning five decades, Dick Cavett’s television career has defined excellence in the interview format. He started at ABC in 1968, and also enjoyed success on PBS, USA, and CNBC.
    His most recent television successes were the September 2014 PBS special, Dick Cavett’s Watergate, followed April 2015 by Dick Cavett’s Vietnam. He has appeared in movies, tv specials, tv commercials, and several Broadway plays. He starred in an off-Broadway production ofHellman v. McCarthy in 2014 and reprised the role at Theatre 40 in LA February 2015.
    Cavett has published four books beginning with Cavett (1974) and Eye on Cavett (1983), co-authored with Christopher Porterfield. His two recent books -- Talk Show: Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and Off-Screen Secrets (2010) and Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic moments, and Assorted Hijinks(October 2014) are both collections of his online opinion column, written for The New York Times since 2007. Additionally, he has written for The New Yorker, TV Guide, Vanity Fair, and elsewhere.
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Komentáře • 25

  • @TheDickCavettShow
    @TheDickCavettShow  Před 2 lety +6

    What's your favourite David Niven movie?

    • @linengray
      @linengray Před 2 lety +4

      It is a toss between the Bishop's Wife and Casino Royale.

    • @edcampion3998
      @edcampion3998 Před 2 lety +2

      Guns of navarone

  • @MrVideovibes
    @MrVideovibes Před 2 lety +71

    David Niven was a treasure and much missed. Unaware he was gravely ill, I wrote a letter to him in the last year of his life and he graciously sent me a letter in return. I treasure that letter and still have it nearly 40 years on.

  • @MrGranfield
    @MrGranfield Před 2 lety +41

    When Niven died the largest wreath was from the porters at London’s Heathrow Airport along with a card that said “To the finest gentleman who ever walked through these halls. He made a porter feel like a king”.

  • @pauldurkee4764
    @pauldurkee4764 Před 2 lety +20

    Not only a star, but a classy gentleman.

  • @JMacque
    @JMacque Před 2 lety +9

    A true gentleman.

  • @paulbradford8240
    @paulbradford8240 Před 2 lety +4

    What a fantastic War story.

  • @stewartmcneill2262
    @stewartmcneill2262 Před 2 lety +11

    A perfect example of true gent just love him

  • @Luzanne.
    @Luzanne. Před 2 lety +18

    Niven’s memoirs, “The Moon’s a Balloon” and its sequel “All the Empty Horses”, are excellent. If I could attach images of the 40+ autobiographies/memoirs/diaries/letters in my library, I would to show that I have read every one that I know of in existence. Of all the men who published, Niven’s stand out as the best along with Nöel Coward’s letters. Five stars!

    • @schmittyhanrahan8126
      @schmittyhanrahan8126 Před 2 lety +3

      Bring on the Empty Horses is a fascinating but accurate inside view of Hollywood few could write; as he was well liked by most all actors and would have been on very familiar terms with most stars: Gable, Garbo, Bogart, Bacall, Flynn, the mogul Hearst and on and on- a must read.

    • @deb7518
      @deb7518 Před 7 měsíci

      I totally agree, on both counts. I'd round it out to three, though; Anthony Quinn's autobiography, 'One Man Tango' is wonderful.

  • @Fatherofheroesandheroines

    A truly English gentleman

  • @calcecini
    @calcecini Před 2 lety +6

    Thanks for this, Niven was wonderful. Would there be any chance of showing some of Cavett’s interview with Burt Lancaster some day?

  • @margeryfranko1850
    @margeryfranko1850 Před rokem +1

    I like David Niven 💜

  • @stequis
    @stequis Před 2 lety +2

    sometime soon a CA in one of the two largest countries in Europe need to watch 6:07 and follow Mr Nivens lead.

  • @Gannooch
    @Gannooch Před 2 lety +3

    I do have nothing against the other celebs that were on this show but is this channel ever going to show the Dick Cavett shows where he interviews Jackie Gleason or Art Carney? How about any Honeymooners actors that were part of the main cast? These are rarities much like all the other Dick Cavett interviews

  • @NGMonocrom
    @NGMonocrom Před 2 lety +5

    This video should have been shorter and concentrated on that German General story.
    Makes you wonder who was that general whom he graciously let go on his way.

  • @caseyjones0113
    @caseyjones0113 Před 2 lety +1

    ❤️

  • @richardburnett-_
    @richardburnett-_ Před 2 lety +3

    Echoes in Europa

  • @Ckom-Tunes
    @Ckom-Tunes Před 2 lety +8

    Who the f**k can tell a proper polo story today?! Totally a lost art!

  • @larryscott3982
    @larryscott3982 Před 4 měsíci

    Odd, he’s not a Sir. No KBE or CBE.
    How many times was David Niven on Dick Cavett?

  • @jemmajames6719
    @jemmajames6719 Před 2 lety +4

    His alcoholic wife was a horrible woman to him apparently.