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...Does Ava Gardner...
...called the Tarr studios, introducing himself as a "Metro talent scout," and asked for the girl's name & address. Her name, he heard, was Ava Gardner, and she lived down in North Carolina. Disappointed that he could not meet her, Duhan told Tarr to send some pictures over. Tarr sent 60. Metro bigwigs saw them...
...months later, Mickey Rooney and Ava Gardner were married (over Metro Mogul Louis B. Mayer's massive opposition). The studio sent a pressagent along on the honeymoon. "When you came down to breakfast, he was there," Ava recalls bitterly. "When you had your dinner, he was there. When you went to bed, he was damn near there." It was enough to make any husband jumpy. "On our wedding night," says Ava, "Mickey was so nervous. He kept writing letters to people and walking up and down...
Enter Frankie. The Gardner legend flourished-and so did her box-office value. Just 19 months ago Ava ran into Frank Sinatra at a party in Palm Springs (they had met for the first time years before). Ava and Frankie left the party together and, in high good humor, rode along the main street of nearby Indio, firing a revolver out of the automobile window...
...Reno nightclub to make some money toward his forthcoming divorce (Cracked one Hollywood wit:"He's earning while he's yearning"). Ava stayed at nearby Lake Tahoe and came to hear him sing. Sinatra meekly told the press: "I think you can safely say that Miss Gardner and I will be married...