Screenland (Nov 1950-Oct 1951)

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People were going to love Ava, no matter what. So convinced of this were MGM executives that they gave Ava the prize acting plum of the year. She was cast opposite Clark Gable in "Lone Star." Now that Nancy Sinatra has bowed to Frankie's pleas for a divorce despite their religion, it will not be long before Ava Gardner will be Mrs. Frank Sinatra. They can be together. Ava's self-confidence will be completely restored because she will know how much Frank sacrificed to get her. She will remember the fabulous Beverly Hills home Frank gave to Nancy as part of the settlement, the $200,000 Nancy also received, the material security Frank gave his family in order to assure his future with Ava. She will remember that Frank gave up his movie career because of her, that his record sales dropped when their romance became known, that many thousands of his formerly loyal fans deserted him. Most of all, she will know that Frank — who is a sentimental and devoted father — gave up his children to be with the woman he loved. This will cement even further the bond that has been built between Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner. It should make life complete for her — a man of her own, a wonderful love come true. But, the unfortunate part is that Ava is too sensitive to be totally immune to the price that has been paid for her happiness. Not long ago, Ava told a friend, "Why do people criticize me? I am not the only woman who has fallen in love with a man before he was legally free. Every day, particularly in Hollywood, you hear remarks such as, 'So-and-so will marry as soon as his (or her) divorce is final.' No one makes a bis; issue out of it. Why do they make an issue out of it with me?" The answer, of course, is that Ava is glamourous, and glamour has a price. A girl whose every move is news, whose slightest interest is snatched up by the gossip columnists, will certainly be written and speculated about when a singer takes a wife. Perhaps with Frankie, she'll find enough joy to erase unkind memories. A loving and loyal public hopes so. I'll personally always wish her happiness ahead. But, I'll always remember another beautiful woman who sat remote and alone that same night at the Press Photographers' Ball. True, she was with a friend of long standing, but she had not had a heart interest for a long while. She had been divorced three times and heartbroken as many times more. Her name is Joan Crawford, Ava. She's sixteen years older than you are. At forty-two, she's as glamourous as you, and very lonely. It's something to think about. The Woman I Love Continued from page 25 Now she doesn't worry about straight lines; she doesn't use 'em! But her paintings are great. And you can tell what they are. No silly abstractions, which aren't for me. She does still lifes, portraits, landscapes and without standing on your head you can recognize her subjects. Furthermore, she has sold them! I dare to sound off on the subject of painting because I used to do fairly well at it myself, although I was better in mechanical drawing. But I can't hold a paint-brush to Dinah. I started a "Home On The Range" type of thing filled with buffalo and horses and assorted wild life a year ago which I still have not finished; Dinah has completed several dozen canvases in that time, most of them very good, too. She's also a whiz with a camera and if you think about it you'll realize how few really good women photographers there are. Dinah specializes on a Rolleiflex and I'd stack many of her shots against those of professional lensmen. She's also a great tennis player. I like the game, too, but I'm not in her league. Dinah reached the finals in the mixed doubles tournament at Palm Springs last Winter. But best of all, she's a wonderful mother and wife. There's nothing Dinah wouldn't do for our three-and-a-half-yearold Melissa Ann — whom we call Missy — or for me or for her family. I really feel Dinah was meant to be a family girl and that her singing was more or less accidental. But what a lucky accident for me, for I'm sure we would not have met if Dinah hadn't started singing. I've heard Dinah tell the story many times, so I don't think she will object if I put down in the record the tale of our meeting and courtship. According to Dinah it was back in 1942 that she first saw me on the screen. She was by then well established as a radio and recording star and was playing at the Steel Pier in Atlantic City with Milton Berle. The dressing rooms were so small that it was more pleasant, according to Dinah, to go out in the auditorium and watch the movies which were run between stage shows than to stay backstage. A certain horse opera named "The Cowboy And The Blonde," featuring a certain gent from Montana named George Montgomery, was the feature during the ShoreBerle bill. Dinah says she saw it about fifty times and decided, bless her heart, "I must meet that Montgomery." 52