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Word: ava (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Appearing on a radio program in Madrid with a British chemistry professor, visiting Cinemactress Ava Gardner was caught scriptless for once. "Professor," Ava began brightly, "tell me about science." Replied the elderly professor: "Miss Gardner, perhaps you might tell me something about love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, May 1, 1950 | 5/1/1950 | See Source »

When Cinemactress Ava Gardner stepped from a plane at a Madrid airport, she played a supporting role to a fellow passenger: a timid-looking young man in a brown suit, yellow tie and outsized sun glasses. Ignoring the movie queen, a score of waiting dignitaries and cameramen rushed forward to greet ex-King Peter of Yugoslavia, who had arrived to pay his respects to Francisco Franco...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: The Personal Approach | 4/24/1950 | See Source »

...married life has become most unhappy and almost unbearable," announced Mrs. Nancy Sinatra in Hollywood as she locked the door on Crooner Frank Sinatra. Meanwhile, Frankie was reported keeping company with currently unmarried Cinemactress Ava Gardner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Arrivals & Departures | 2/27/1950 | See Source »

Tyrone Power, Howard Duff and Montgomery Clift were chosen overwhelmingly as the three sexiest men in the world by 150 women movie extras, polled in Hollywood. The three sexiest women in the world: Ava Gardner, Jane Russell and Lana Turner. The biggest upsets: Errol Flynn and Ingrid Bergman got only one vote each...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Feb. 13, 1950 | 2/13/1950 | See Source »

East Side, West Side (MGM) is a humorless, slightly awed look at Manhattan's gossip-column set as it might be presented to daytime radio fans. The picture makes a showcase for the specialties of its four glittering stars: Ava Gardner's blissfully pneumatic figure, James Mason's decadent inflections, some high-toned suffering by Barbara Stanwyck and the impulsive histrionics of Van Heflin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Jan. 30, 1950 | 1/30/1950 | See Source »

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