NIVEN DAVID: (1910-1983) British actor, Academy Award winner. Vintage signed and inscribed 10 x 8 photograph depicting Niven standing in a three-quarter length pose in costume as Lawrence Jameson, holding a bottle of champagne in one hand, in a scene from the American comedy film Bedtime Story (1964) in which Niven starred opposite Marlon Brando. Signed by the actor in blue fountain pen ink across a largely clear area of the image. VG

Bedtime Story formed the basis of two more recent remakes, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) with Steve Martin and Michael Caine, and The Hustle (2019) starring Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson.