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Ava: My Story

Ava Gardner
3.96/5 (2014 ratings)
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Hardcover Edition of Ava Gardner's own story with no hold barred. Like a novel but Ava really lived it.

In this chatty autobiography, Gardner tells of her upbringing in a poor but proud Southern family, her sudden success in early-'40s Hollywood--mainly because of her beauty--and rails against MGM, which played up her cheesecake potential. She neatly sums up the problems in each of her three short marriages: Mickey Rooney was a blatant womanizer; Artie Shaw was cool and overbearing; Frank Sinatra (the two were the loves of each other's lives) was as jealous as she, leading to drunken marathon fights. Gardner also sketches a creepy portrait of Howard Hughes, who for years stopped at no machination in an unsuccessful attempt to bed and marry her. A shy woman who used drink to feel comfortable socially, Gardner seems very likable, down-home, spontaneous and sadly derogatory toward her intelligence, acting abilities--and even her beauty. Of the seven included "eulogies" from friends and colleagues, Stephen Birmingham's best captures the joy and tragedy of Gardner's life.
Format:
Pages:
pages
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Publisher:
Bantam
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Language:
eng
ISBN10:
0553071343
ISBN13:
9780553071344
kindle Asin:
0553071343

Ava: My Story

Ava Gardner
3.96/5 (2014 ratings)
Read Download
Hardcover Edition of Ava Gardner's own story with no hold barred. Like a novel but Ava really lived it.

In this chatty autobiography, Gardner tells of her upbringing in a poor but proud Southern family, her sudden success in early-'40s Hollywood--mainly because of her beauty--and rails against MGM, which played up her cheesecake potential. She neatly sums up the problems in each of her three short marriages: Mickey Rooney was a blatant womanizer; Artie Shaw was cool and overbearing; Frank Sinatra (the two were the loves of each other's lives) was as jealous as she, leading to drunken marathon fights. Gardner also sketches a creepy portrait of Howard Hughes, who for years stopped at no machination in an unsuccessful attempt to bed and marry her. A shy woman who used drink to feel comfortable socially, Gardner seems very likable, down-home, spontaneous and sadly derogatory toward her intelligence, acting abilities--and even her beauty. Of the seven included "eulogies" from friends and colleagues, Stephen Birmingham's best captures the joy and tragedy of Gardner's life.
Format:
Pages:
pages
Publication:
Publisher:
Bantam
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
0553071343
ISBN13:
9780553071344
kindle Asin:
0553071343

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