What Niven recalls is what he saw, smelled and tasted....Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., furtively revealed to him his fear of growing old. George Sanders confided in 1937 that at age 65 he would commit suicide, which he did. Greta Garbo swam naked in his pool. Ronald Colman speeded to his side in a launch and narrowly rescued him from a shark. Clark Gable gave the young Niven his fish catch to clean. Fred Astaire ripped off a wild routine in his living room. Tyrone Power dressed as Santa Claus for his children. Scott Fizgerald was numblingly grateful when Niven offered him the use of his refrigerator for his Coca-Colas. The book teams with such portraits.