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Beautiful Ava Gardner, who has never known the joy of real happiness, seems at last to have won it 'the hard way
By Alyce Canfield
ONE NIGHT two years ago, a beautiful girl sat ringside at Ciro's. The occasion was the Press Photographers' Costume Ball, and the atmosphere was gala.
Everywhere, people were in two's. There were happy smiles, stolen kisses. The air was charged with romance, with high voltage. But the beautiful girl sat remote and alone.
She was dressed as Cleopatra, and there was something about her exotic beauty that whipped your imagination. Here, you thought, was a girl who had everything: beauty, friends, a career, money, fame — everything. Yet, she was the loneliest girl in that room.
Ava Gardner is so naturally beautiful that she takes your breath away. Her complexion's of the angels. Her eyes not
Left: Ava with Howard Keel and Robert Sterling indulge in betweenthescenes harmony.
only have a provocative slant, but a steady, disturbing glance that is guaranteed to send up any man's blood pressure. Her hair is thick, naturally curly. Her teeth are white and even, and her figure is strictly poetic. She also has glamour. The over-all combination is disastrous — for the men she has known, and for herself.
As with all great legendary beauties, Ava has long been the target of newshounds. She makes news. She goes shopping at the May Company, and even this is news. She goes alone to a neighborhood movie, and it makes Hedda Hop
per's column. She doesn't have to romance in Spain to hit the headlines. If she has orange juice for breakfast, her fans are interested.
When you couple the native curiosity of her public with a girl who, likes to be frank and to live openly, you have a situation where heartbreak is bound to follow. Today, Ava Gardner is just about the unhappiest girl in Hollywood. She must often wish she could revert to Before Hollywood years when her life was comparatively simple.
Ava doesn't believe in herself. She is shy. uncertain of her charm. She doesn't think she is intelligent, although, conversely, she thinks she is smarter than some of the (Please turn to page 51)
Frank Sinatra should restore Ava's self-confidence. He's sacrificed so much to get her.
Below: Ava and Howard Keel in "Show Boat." Clamour has meant unrest, unhappiness for Ava.