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Has anyone ever been heard to say, "Let's go see the new . . .

 

. . . David Niven . . .




. . . movie?"

Obviously, not in the last four decades, but in the four before . . . did anyone see a film because Niven was in it?

Probably not. 

John Wayne?  Yes, people certainly said, "Let's go see the new John Wayne movie."  Cary Grant, Sean Connery, even Jerry Lewis . . . those actors had cachet.  Niven didn't.  Was he any less talented or charming or evocative?  No.  But he just didn't have it. And nobody knows why . . . he just didn't.

Same with GP.  They just don't have cachet.  And nobody truly knows why. 






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