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This was a tragedy that would sadly put an end to the days of star-studded partying at the home of Tyrone Power. For years, a select few would meet at his house usually on a Sunday to drink and play games.
In this group were J. Watson Webb, Cesar Romero, Rex Harrison (shortly after his own scandal with the death of Carol Landis) Oleg Cassini, Gene Tierney and David Niven and his twenty-eight year old wife, Primula Rollo.
On the afternoon of May 21, , the group had enjoyed a barbecue and during the evening some of them started playing a game of hide-and-seek known as “Sardines”.
Primmie, was opening doors in search of the hidersin this game
She had just moved to the USA from Britain, where she had been living with her husband David Niven and their two small sons
David Niven had made the film &#;A Matter of Life and Death&#; in England and then looking to Hollywood, he renewed his association with Samuel Goldwyn. He had gone over to Hollywood and acquired an older rambling mansion The Pink House which was next door to Douglas Fairbanks. After Primmie and the boys joined him they all settled well into the California lifestyle with film star friends.
This party at Tyrone Power&#;s house, I have since read, was a welcoming one for Primmie
This was her f • 18th February marked the centenary of Primmie&#;s birth. She died aged only 28 on 21st May because of a silly accident that has always made her untimely passing seem so much sadder. Eighteen months after his wife&#;s tragic death, on the set of &#;Bonnie Prince Charlie&#;, David Niven confronted a stubborn Swedish model who was refusing to vacate his canvas chair. They were married six weeks later. However, according to almost everyone who knew David, he never recovered from losing Primmie. &#;He never said to me that he considered her the perfect wife and mother,&#; Hjördis told Woman magazine in , &#;but I suspect he thought she was. Compared with her I felt so inadequate. I couldn&#;t cook [neither could Primmie, according to her dad], and I didn&#;t know anything about children. I wasn&#;t even very interested in dressing myself up smartly, and I&#;m most untidy. I&#;m sure he couldn&#;t help contrasting her and all her wonderful gifts with me. At least, I felt he must.&#; We&#;ve looked at Hjördis&#; pre-Niven years in some detail, so I think it&#;s fitting (and interesting) to look at Primmie&#;s. She certainly packed a lot into her life. Miss Primula Rollo She was born Primula Susan Rollo, the only daughter of well-to-do divorce lawyer William Rollo and Lad