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Cinemactress Ava Gardner, who has been avoiding the public since her latest spat with husband Frank Sinatra (during which Crooner Sinatra reportedly called in the police to help in getting Ava out of their Palm Springs house), briefly reappeared. Dropping over to the famed handprinted-footprinted pavement in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, Ava delicately planted a sandaled foot in a block of wet cement, thereby establishing herself solidly for posterity as a certified movie queen...
Crooner Frank Sinatra confessed that he and his bride Ava Gardner had had a mild rift-just something "that might happen between a man and a wife"-but there was no reason for reporters to suspect a divorce. A few days later, Frankie flew home to Hollywood, discovered that Ava and Lana Turner (see above) had taken off together for Mexico...
...hung with gardenias. The bar, long enough to accommodate 150 people, was manned by seven bartenders; 17 violinists, with the help of two regular-size orchestras, supplied the music. Among the all-star list of well-behaved, moderate-drinking guests: the Jack Bennys, the Gary Coopers, the Danny Kayes, Ava Gardner, Judy Garland, Lana Turner, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Spike Jones, Joan Crawford...
...consideration of a new rifle and an assured income from Uncle Leo G. Carroll. Next comes Paris, which gives Director Henry King a chance to create an evocative scene of a hot jazz concert of the 1920s, featuring the alto sax of Benny Carter. Here, Peck finds liquid-eyed Ava Gardner who admits to sometimes "posing in the altogether" and is forced to whisper such sentiments as "Will you be kind to me? I think I'm a little afraid of you." Finally, there is blonde Countess Hildegarde Neff who swims, sculpts and is described as frigid, even though...
...acting honors are easily captured by a herd of hippopotami plunging like dolphins in an African river, and by a Hollywood hyena whose night prowling about the camp has a superbly eerie quality. Among the Hollywood cast, Ava Gardner is surprisingly effective in the early scenes in Paris. Screen Writer Casey Robinson describes the script as "one-third Hemingway, one-third Zanuck and one-third myself"-a dilution of talent that probably accounts for the pat, happy ending, the atmosphere of whining self-pity, and the resolute backing away from any issues except sugar-coated love...