Bring on the empty horses

There are 2 chapters in the book that relate to a an actress called "missie". I'm almost certain that actress is "Fay Wray".

Sophia wrote:

There are 2 chapters in the book that relate to a an actress called "missie". I'm almost certain that actress is "Fay Wray".

Why do you think it is Fay Wray?

could it be Lana Turner

I Believe it is Vivian Leigh.

I think one is Lana Turner, and the long story about Missie having a nervous breakdown and David having to stay with her is about Vivien Leigh

i just recently re read the book and sorry to say i am now really curious about who missie was i think on reading above that it could be vivian leigh, poor woman, i feel like a papparattie (sic)
just thinking about it.

It's a compilation of Lana Turner and Vivien Leigh. Niven was a true gentleman, and close with both, and he changed some identifying characteristics, but both women's breakdown stories have appeared in other publications. Although most reports say this is all Vivien Leigh, it is mostly about Lana Turner, with some details of the actual weekend long breakdown coming from an episode Niven had with Leigh.
This comes from my father who was part of that social circle back in the day.

Julia's answer seems most accurate to me. "Our Little Girl - Pt I" sounds like all Lana (with some identifying characteristics altered), but the weekend breakdown section of "Pt II" sounds like Vivien Leigh's freak-out.

I always admired David Niven. I read "The Moon is a Baloon" and "Bring the Empty Horses" many years ago. I enjoyed them very much. I have partially reread the "The Moon ...". I haven´t read other biographies. Some comments in the web say he was no angel. I suppose that he might have not been an angel from an outside Hollywood perspective.

The "womanizer and heavy drinker " how bad was it ?