A Tribute to Ava Gardner
A mural of Ava Gardner was proposed at the very first planning meeting for the Ava 100 Centennial Celebration over a year ago and has been in the works ever since. Our first order of business was to…
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‘Absolutely Splendid:’ Ava Gardner in The Night of the Iguana
One of Ava Gardner’s most acclaimed performances was as Maxine Faulk, the widowed proprietor of a small coastal hotel in The Night of the Iguana . Adapted from the play by Tennessee Williams and…
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Latest Museum News
The Ava Gardner Museum staff and board of directors are in a state of excitement as we celebrate Ava’s centennial birthday this year and next. Our “Ava 100” committee is in full swing planning special…
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The Great Sinner
The Great Sinner was released on June 29, 1949. The film starred a large ensemble cast including Ava Gardner, Gregory Peck, Melvyn Douglas, Walter Huston, Ethel Barrymore, Frank Morgan, and Agnes…
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Ava Gardner in the Town That Didn’t Stare
Early in the morning on Friday, March 10, my daughter, Ava Malissa Silver, and I boarded a train from the Victoria Station in London headed to East Grinstead, home of the Queen Victoria Hospital…
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Second Release of the Award-Winning Ava Gardner Select Bourbon Whiskey
The Ava Gardner™ Trust has once again partnered with Seven Jars Distillery, a craft distillery and winery based in Charlotte, North Carolina, to produce a second edition of the award-winning Ava…
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A Great Day in London
Saturday, March 12 was a beautiful, sunny day in London and very exciting for me and my daughter, Ava Malissa. We were in London to see the play, Ava: The Secret Conversations, with Elizabeth McGovern…
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A ‘More Serious Film:’ Ava Gardner’s Role in Bhowani Junction
Set amidst India’s fight for independence from the British, Bhowani Junction (1956) stars Ava Gardner as Victoria Jones, an Anglo-Indian woman whose questions of identity and choice in romantic…
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‘Greatest and most beloved friends:’ Dirk Bogarde & Ava Gardner
Ava Gardner and Dirk Bogarde first met on the set of their film The Angel Wore Red in 1959. While both actors personally considered the movie itself a disappointment, the production had a silver…
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Following in the Footsteps of Ava Gardner (Miss G)
The Ava Gardner Museum is excited to welcome back Nina Khan for her second guest blog post. Nina lived next door to Ava Gardner’s secretary, Jack Fixa, in Bayswater in London during the late 1960s and…
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