A star’s son has pictures of vintage celebrities as children
Article excerpted from Newsweek (October 1976)
Like a lot of restaurateurs, David Niven Jr. has adorned the walls of his London eatery, Drones, with pictures of his famous friends.
But in Niven’s gallery, some friends are stark naked, some are riding tricycles, others are in costume — and all are under 12.
There are Fred Astaire and Leslie Caron, long before he swept her off her feet in “Daddy Longlegs.” There is the little, big-eyed, Natalie Wood. There is the debonair Edwardian Cary Grant, accompanied by an adoring and shapely chair.
“I remembered Sardi’s collection of caricatures,” says the Drones’ owner, whose own father’s picture is featured among the babes on the wood. “So I decided to have a collection of baby pictures.”
A young Natalie Wood
Actor Cary Grant as a toddler/preschooler
David Niven’s baby picture
Fred Astaire as a child dancer
Actress Lesley Caron on a tricycle
Baby James Dean
Baby Elvis Presley with his parents
Baby Deborah Kerr
Baby Jamie Lee Curtis (1959)
Seen here with her mom, Psycho actress Janet Leigh, and older sister Kelly
Baby Carrie Fisher with her parents (1957)
Here with her parents, Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, on the cover of Modern Screen magazine
Baby Gene Kelly around 1913
Young James Caan
Baby Debbie Reynolds
Baby Robert Redford
Baby Ryan O’Neal
Baby Debra Paget
Baby Shaun Cassidy
Baby Tom Selleck
Young Elliot Gould
Young Gene Hackman
Baby Jerry Lewis
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