At Maria Vargas’ funeral, several people recall who she was and the impact she had on them. Read More »
Tag Archives: Ava Gardner
Lone Star (1952) Vincent Sherman, Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Broderick Crawford
Rip-roaring big star, big budget semi-historical story about cattle baron Devereaux Burke Read More »
Regina Roma (1983) Jean-Yves Prate, Ava Gardner, Anthony Quinn, Ray Sharkey
An aging couple search for peace and family harmony when their only son returns home after a long absence with his fiancee. Read More »
The Ballad of Tam Lin (1970) Roddy McDowall, Ava Gardner, Ian McShane, Richard Wattis
Based on the ancient Scottish ballad “Tam Lin” (one of its many titles), the plot concerns an aging Read More »
On the Beach (1959) Stanley Kramer, Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire
In 1964, atomic war wipes out humanity in the northern hemisphere; one American submarine finds temporary Read More »
The Bribe (1949) Robert Z. Leonard, Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Charles Laughton
In pursuit of stolen aircraft engines on a Central American island, federal agent Rigby meets chief Read More »
The Night of the Iguana AKA De nacht van de leguaan (1964) John Huston, Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, Deborah Kerr
The Rev. T. Lawrence Shannon has been living in Mexico for two years Read More »
The Sentinel (1977) Michael Winner, Cristina Raines, Ava Gardner, Chris Sarandon
A fashion model moves into a house inhabited (on the top floor) by a blind priest. Read More »
Singapore (1947) John Brahm, Fred MacMurray, Ava Gardner, Roland Culver
After the war, Matt Gordon returns to Singapore to retrieve a fortune in smuggled pearls. Read More »
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972) John Huston, Paul Newman, Ava Gardner, Roy Jenson
A no account outlaw establishes his own particular brand of law and order and builds a town on the edges of civilization in this farcical western. Read More »
Show Boat (1951) George Sidney, Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel
The “Cotton Blossom”, owned by the Hawk family, is the show boat where everyone comes for great musical entertainment down south. Read More »
The Naked Maja (1958) Henry Koster, Ava Gardner, Anthony Franciosa, Amedeo Nazzari, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance
Love takes precedence over art and politics as Spanish painter Goya pines for an aloof duchess. Read More »
The Sun Also Rises (1957) Henry King, Tyrone Power, Ava Gardner, Errol Flynn, Drama
Paris in the 1920s. The American journalist Jake and his friends spend the time at cafés. Read More »
Earthquake (1974) Mark Robson, Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, Action, Drama, Thriller
Construction Engineer Stuart Graff is estranged from his jealously possessive wife, Remy, and has an affair with Denise Marshall, the widow of a co-worker. Read More »
My Forbidden Past (1951) Robert Stevenson, Robert Mitchum, Ava Gardner, Melvyn Douglas, Drama, Romance
Barbara Beaurevel lives with her aunt and cousin in New Orleans in the late 1800’s. In love with Mark Lucas, a research doctor at Tulane University Read More »