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February 27, 2004
Ava Gardner + Spain = Bliss
In one of my many tour books there is a listing for a restaurant where an "always tipsy Ava Gardner" hung out. I can tell you that is one place that I want to check out. I love that - an "always tipsy Ava Gardner." Is there any actress in the history of film more beautiful? Or more animal? One look from her and you'd either melt or catch on fire. She fell in love with Spain and it is easy to see why. Look at some of her love interests - Mickey ROONEY? Artie Shaw and Frank Sinatra - OK, so they were famous and at the top of their game in those days but I picture Ava rolling around with Johnny Weissmuller or Burt Lancaster (or both of them). Frank Sinatra, when he was with Ava, was this wiry, little Italian. She looked like she would squish him. Then she had a thing with George C. Scott. Great actor, but why? So she goes off to Spain and chills with matadors and flamenco dancers (quite a few of them, I have heard.) Can you blame her? Remember that scene in Night of the Iguana where she is getting all trippy with those two Mexican boys on the beach? Spain was the country that could take Ava's intense fabulousness and sexuality. I can't WAIT to go to that restaurant.
Posted by Shannon at February 27, 2004 11:06 PM
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