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Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies

Ava Gardner: Life Is Bigger Than the Movies

2017•51m•5.8/10
Documentary

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5.8/10(3)

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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France 5

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Ava Gardner

Ava Gardner

Self (archive footage)

Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra

Self (archive footage)

Mickey Rooney

Mickey Rooney

Self (archive footage)

Artie Shaw

Artie Shaw

Self (archive footage)

Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway

Self (archive footage)

John Huston

John Huston

Self (archive footage)

Nicole Calfan

Nicole Calfan

Self

MIchael Garady

Self

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