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Due to his role in Mutiny on the Bounty, he came to the attention of independent film producer Samuel Goldwyn, who signed him to a contract and established his career.

Niven appeared in 19 films in the next four years.

He had supporting roles in several major films: Rose-Marie ( 1936 ), Dodsworth ( 1936 ), The Charge of the Light Brigade ( 1936 ), The Prisoner of Zenda ( 1937 ); and leading roles in The Dawn Patrol ( 1938 ), Three Blind Mice ( 1938 ), and Wuthering Heights ( 1939 ), playing opposite such stars as Errol Flynn, Loretta Young and Laurence Olivier.

In 1939, he co-starred with Ginger Rogers in the RKO comedy Bachelor Mother, and starred as the eponymous gentleman safe-cracker in Raffles.