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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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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Ava Gardner Museum's 2021 Holiday Gift Guide
The holiday season is upon us once again with Thanksgiving only a few days away and then 32 days till Christmas! As we start to return to gatherings with our friends and family, let the Museum help…
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Ava: The Secret Conversations
“There is something in [Ava Gardner’s] character that goes beyond physical beauty: an unselfconscious combination of humour, intelligence, warmth, and humility that the camera was able to capture, and…
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Based on a True Story: Ava Gardner’s Performances in Biopic Films
During the course of her five-decade career, Ava Gardner starred in a variety of genres, working in projects as diverse as historical epics, supernatural films, political thrillers, disaster movies…
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Playing Ava: Actors Who’ve Portrayed Ava On Screen
While no major biopic film about Ava Gardner’s life has been made yet, Ava Gardner has been depicted in films and television series by several different actresses over the years. Each portrayal has…
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Ava Gardner and Roddy McDowall: Loyal Friends
During a 1942 war bond rally at Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles a 13-year-old British child actor named Roddy McDowall first met a 19-year-old, up-and-coming MGM contract-player named Ava…
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Award-Winning Ava Gardner Select Bourbon Whiskey
*August 2021 Update* The Ava Gardner Select Bourbon Whiskey is available in ABC Stores in North Carolina, directly from Seven Jars Distillery or online here. As of August 2021, only a few hundred…
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Celebrity Visitors to the Ava Gardner Museum
The first incarnation of the Ava Gardner Museum opened in the summer of 1981. Operating as a seasonal attraction, the Museum was housed in a building where Ava once lived in the rural community of…
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