The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-31
Yours Will
Loretta Young And David
Niven Are Co-Stars Of
Romantic Film

Few men have arrived in Holly
wood with more pomp (and less
money! than did David Niven, CO.
star with Loretta Young in "Eter-
nally Yours" the comedy romance
opening at the Carolina theatre to-
morrow.
Nothing less than His Majesty's
cruiser Norfolk" of the British
navy, on a training cruise, brought
the future screen star into Los
Angeles harbor. While the Nor
folk answered the salute guns of
the American fleets flagship and
crews of both nations manned the
rail, Niven locked on with a grin
and without the price of a lunch
in his pockets, impatient to get
ashore and find out what adven-
ture awaited him in this new land.
Not long before this, Niven had
resigned a commission in the Brit
ish army and started out to con-
quer the world single-handed. His
wandering brought him a job in a
Chinese laundr. and trouble with
something military" in Cuba. Ar
irving in San Francisco from the
latter place, his remaining funds
got him as far as Santa Barbara
where he visited with a friend and
caught his breath. While there the
British cruiser put in and in the
manner of a observation-disclosures,
he accepted the officers invitation
of "a lift" into Los Angeles har.
bor!s
After the arrival formalities,
Niven assured the "Norfolk's' Off
GERS that he had ample funds and
hosts of friends in the city, said
his goodbye" aid vent ashore.
He admits that he stood on the
dock at San Pedro and cast many
a longing look at the Norfolk"
before he started toward Holly
wood. Not only was he broke, but
the "hosts' of friends he had men
toned consisted of but two people.
One of these, a famous actor, failed
to remember him. The other, Ed
mund Goulding, a famous director
did remember him and arranged
tests, obtained ~'training'' parts and
a good break in Charge of the
Light Brigade" Finally Niven was
featured in Dawn PATROL. a role
in which he was so outstanding
that stardom was assured.
When Walter Wanger was look.
ing for an actor to co-star with
Loretta Young in Externally Yours
Niven was his first choice. Not
only did Niven possess the winning
smile, the romantic nature and
he quick wit the part required,
but he had The gracious, natural
masculine charm the role of 1.-THE
Great Arturo demanded. Miss
Young and Director Tay Garrett
enthusiastically agreed with the
producer. The marked success of
Niven's role ir bachelor Mother"
opposite Ginger Rogers, further
proved that the man who had
finished second in many previous
screen romances had earned the
right to the title of 1895 most
romantic male screen personality.
Externally Yours not only pro-
vides the ~personable Niven with
his finest-romantic role to date
but it gives him more arresting
and entertaining things to do than
perhaps any other film play in
several years. From being the fas-
cinating matinee idol who fasci-
mated a bishops granddaughter, to
his thrilling parachute jump from
a plane $4,000 feet over the New
York Worlds Fair, Niven, as Ar
turo, is a busy, increasingly col
orful personality, his every gesture
an act of sympathetic appeal.
Today the handsome young x
soldier, who came to Hollywood on
a battleship finds himself n OF
the most sought after actors in
cinemaland, a real life romance
quickly rumored every time he es-
corts a girl to a party.
By force of magnetic personality
David Niven has won his enviable
place in the Hollywood spotlight.
Well trained in self discipline, and
fortified with a remarkable sense of
humor, he is not likely to let his
hard-earned success tilt his head.
Niven the star is really in the
ascendant. J