Gardner was just 18 when her photo caught the eye of MGM execs, landing her a contract and a string of bit parts. Known more for her beauty than her acting, Gardner had already married (and divorced) Mickey Rooney and Artie Shaw by the time she made her first splash as a leading lady, opposite Burt Lancaster in 1946's The Killers.
After notable performances in films such as Show Boat and The Barefoot Contessa -- and a failed marriage to Frank Sinatra -- Gardner moved to Europe, where she would spend the rest of her life. Two of her finest roles came in George Cukor's Bhowani Junction (1956) and The Night of the Iguana (1964).
AddThe Night of the IguanaWorking as a tour guide in Mexico, the defrocked alcoholic Rev. Shannon (Richard Burton) steers a group of visiting American teachers to Maxine Faulk's (Ava Gardner) rundown hotel, where he soon becomes entangled in relationships with three very different women. Based on the Tennessee Williams play,... Read More
Add AllThe KillersErnest Hemingway's short story "The Killers" was turned into two memorable films that bookended the high period of the noir genre. Disc 1 contains the original 1946 Robert Siodmak version starring Burt Lancaster as "the Swede," an aging boxer who's brought in for an underground job. To view the 1964... Read More
AddOn the BeachIn this 1959 doomsday classic, a U.S. submarine led by Capt. Dwight Towers (Gregory Peck) surfaces near Melbourne, where the passengers learn that nuclear war has wiped out most of humanity. And it won't be long before radiation kills the Australians as well. The tense drama features standout... Read More
Add55 Days at PekingThis all-star epic takes place in Peking during the infamous Boxer Rebellion of 1900. Chinese nationals, angry at the presence of foreigners on their soil, have attacked a group of embassies. Major Matt Lewis (Charlton Heston) and his soldiers arrive to help the group trapped in the embassy compound... Read More
AddThe Barefoot ContessaMovie director Harry Dawes (Humphrey Bogart), in a sequence of flashbacks, ponders the life of ravishing Tinseltown star Maria Vargas (Ava Gardner). A flamenco dancer at a two-bit cabaret when a trio of showbiz VIPs discovers her, Maria finds fame, fortune and love in the blink of an eye. It appears... Read More
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