Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies
Jun 09 2017
•1h 51m
•Documentary
A barefoot contessa, a screwed-up princess, an exquisite drunk, a bawdy aristocrat, a nightmare for puritanical America and the moguls of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Ava Gardner never stopped loving those she loved. She turned women green and made men sweat. And rejected with all her force the bulwark of normality.
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Ava Gardner
Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra
Self (archive footage)
Mickey Rooney
Self (archive footage)
Artie Shaw
Self (archive footage)
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