'Bonnie Prince Charlie was one of those huge florid extravaganzas that reek of disaster from the start,' star David Niven admitted. Halfway through the nine-month shoot, Niven cabled producer Sam Goldwyn: 'I HAVE NOW WORKED EVERY DAY FOR FIVE MONTHS ON THIS PICTURE AND NOBODY CAN TELL ME HOW THE STORY ENDS STOP ADVISE'. Goldwyn couldn't help: according to Niven's biographer Sheridan Morley, he thought the movie was called 'Charlie Bonnie' and was 'apparently under the mistaken impression that it was to be the story of a lovable Scots terrier'
- Alex von Tunzelmann, Reel History: The World According to the Movies, London, 2015, p.141
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