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Ostensibly, Thornton Niven Wilder was in Europe to finish a new play and to work on a book of essays. But as usual he was finding it impossible not to be obliging. The three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author (The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Our Town, The Skin of Our Teeth) was not acting like an orthodox author. In his 55 years, he rarely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: An Obliging Man | 1/12/1953 | See Source »

...imaginary friend called George: "I must go now as I am up for a fight with a boy named Saul who called me a freak and announced his intention of making a dessert for pigs of me if I did not take off my hat before him . . . Lovingly, Thornton Niven Wilder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: An Obliging Man | 1/12/1953 | See Source »

Would you risk certain death at the hands of the Nazi's to rescue a pregnant cow? Would you toss away fame and fortune to set up a national park in the jungles of East Africa? Well, maybe you wouldn't, but knobby-kneed David Niven and unknown John Steel take care of those two little things in this week's double bill at the Exeter...

Author: By Malcolm D. Rivkin, | Title: Island Rescue and Ivory Hunters | 9/26/1952 | See Source »

...confused with a statue in the Louvre, this Venus is a cow. The hero, David Niven, sheds his kilts to bring the captive back to England (because she is a rare breed and important to the war effort). On the way over, by submarine naturally, he picks up pert Glynis Johns, who is one of the Island's rulers masquerading as an army cook, as well as the oddest expeditionary force in movie history. On the way back Venus has a calf and David and Glynis discover true love. But it's in between the going over and the coming...

Author: By Malcolm D. Rivkin, | Title: Island Rescue and Ivory Hunters | 9/26/1952 | See Source »

...Santa Monica, Cinemactress Teresa (Something to Live For) Wright, 32, decided she had had enough "grievous mental suffering," filed divorce papers against Novelist-Scriptwriter Niven (Duel in the Sun) Busch, 49, and asked for custody of their two children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Sep. 15, 1952 | 9/15/1952 | See Source »

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