by Lee Server
“Birth Certificate: Ava Lavinia Gardner.” North Carolina State Board of Health, Dec. 24,1922.
“Bullfighter in London with Odes to Ava.” Morning Herald (Australia), June 3, 1950.
“Bullfighter Is Jilted.” Daily Graphic, May 24, 1950.
“Bull-Fighter Mario Is Jilted.” Evening Standard, May 24, 1950.
“Bullfighter Rival of Sinatra Quite Sure of Ava’s Love.” Los Angeles Times, May 13, 1950.
“Bull-fighter Says It in Verse.” Manchester News Chronicle, June 3, 1950.
“But What About Frankie?” Los Angeles Examiner, Sept. 8, 1952.
“Chicote.” ElMundo, Mar. 16, 2003.
“Cinema.” Time, Apr. 6, 1959.
“D.A. Undecided on Shaw-Winsor Marriage Action.” Hollywood Citizen-News, n.d., circa 1946.
“Decree.” Los Angeles Times, Oct. 24, 1946.
“Did the Barkeep Dream About Ava?” Celebrities Answer to the Scandal Magazines, July 1957.
“Dire Drama on the Death of the World.” Life, Nov. 30, 1959.
“Dominguin, 69, Bullfighter in Hemingway Chronicle, Dies.” New York Times, obituary, May 9, 1996.
“Duke Meets Stars.” Los Angeles Times, Dec. 11, 1951.
“Earthquake.” MGM Pressbook.
“East Side, West Side.” Daily Variety, Dec. 13, 1949.
“Enter Ava—So Quietly.” Daily Express, Nov. 11, 1962.
“Every Kiss Carved His Name on Another Bullet.” The Killers advertisement. New York Times, Aug. 25, 1946,
“Excerpts Morning Newspapers ‘Bhowani Junction…” Strickling, MGM Publicity Dept., May 25, 1956. Margaret Herrick Library.
“Fat and 54—It’s Ava Gardner.” National Enquirer, Mar. 9, 1976.
“Film Actress Ava Gardner Spends Four Days Here.” Smithfield Herald, Sept. 29, 1959.
“Flamenco, Flamenco!” Leicester Mail (England), May 15, 1950.
“For Better or For Worse?” Hollywood Yearbook, 1952.
“Frank Misses Gentle Ava’s Pink Sunset.” Daily Mirror, Jan. 30, 1990.
“Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner.” People: The Greatest Love Stories of the Century, Feb. 12, 1996.
“Frank Sinatra Glum as Spain Visit Ends.” Stockton Record (CA), May 15, 1950.
“Frankie And Ava Merge Sniffles.” Los Angeles Daily News, Dec. 29, 1953.
“Frankie and Ava to Return, Denies ‘Quickie’ Divorce Plan.” Los Angeles Herald Express, Aug. 3, 1951.
“Frankie and Ava: Desperate, Dramatic and Doomed?” Hollywood Romances, Aug. 1951.
“Frankie Came in…and Out Went the Bullfighter.” Daily Herald (England), May 15, 1950.
“Frankie Changes His Tune; Hunts Crosby in Paris.” Wilmington Press-Journal (DE), May 18, 1950.
“Frankie Denies Mario Gave Him Bull’s Rush.” Brooklyn Eagle, May 22, 1950.
“Frankie Giving Ava Necklace.” Redding Record-Searchlight (CA), May 15, 1950.
“Frankie Takes Home Gift for Wife Nancy.” Oxford Mail (England), May 23, 1950.
“Frankie The Voice Is Looking Upset.” Daily Herald, July 8, 1950.
“Frankie, Ava in Hide-away Honeymoon at Miami Beach.” Los Angeles Daily News, Nov. 8, 1951.
“Gable Kissed Her.” Los Angeles Times, Aug. 24, 1947.
“Gardner ‘Knots’ debut.” Hollywood Reporter, Jan. 15, 1985.
“Gardner Never Found Eden.” Los Angeles Herald Examiner, Dec. 19, 1982.
“Gardner Recuping At St. John’s.” Variety, Jan. 13, 1988.
“Gardner’s Biography Arrives.” Hollywood Reporter, Oct. 4, 1990.
“Gerrard 2504…” Cinema, Mar. 29, 1950.
“Ghosts on Loose Slimsy Material.” Hollywood Reporter, June 9, 1943.
“Ghosts on the Loose.” Daily Variety, June 9, 1943.
“Green Gardner.” People, Oct. 20, 1980.
“Grouchy Sinatra Meets Ava Gardner in Spain.” Los Angeles Times, May 12, 1950.
“Hail! Hail, Ava’s Gang’s All There.” Los Angeles Daily News, June 10, 1954.
“Happily Ever After?” Modern Screen, Dec. 1951.
“Harlow Wanted.” Yorkshire Evening Post, May 27, 1950.
“Haunted.” Photoplay, Oct. 1959.
“Hearth & Home.” Time, circa 1950.
“Hearts & Flowers.” Time, Aug. 13, 1951.
“Hen-Party Phone Drive Versus Ava Gardner as ‘Runaway’ Heroine.” Variety, Sept. 28, 1960.
“Here Comes Mario.” London Star, June 2, 1950.
“Hollywood Stars Snub Ava’s Funeral.” Evening Standard, Jan. 30, 1990.
“How Ava Gardner Fooled Hollywood.” Photoplay, Oct. 1951.
“How to Win Friends with Ava and Frankie.” Movie Time, June 1952.
“Huston’s Gospel.” Newsweek, Oct. 3, 1966.
“In the Priest of Love…” Hollywood Reporter, Mar. 4, 1980.
“Intimate Diary of Ava Gardner.” Filmland, Dec. 1953.
“It’s Lies, Says Ava: Mario Here Next Week.” Manchester Daily Dispatch (England), May 26, 1950.
“Italian Press Say Walter Next for Ava.” Hollywood Citizen-News, Jan. 3, 1957.
“Italian Stage Actor Asks Ava’s Hand.” Hollywood Citizen-News, Dec. 28, 1956.
“J.M. (Jack) Gardner.” Los Angeles Times, Jan. 19, 1981.
“J.M. Gardner.” Variety, Jan. 20, 1981.
“James Mason Gives England Away.” Sun (Australia), June 7, 1950.
“James Mason Has Plans.” Morning Herald (Australia), June 1, 1950.
“James Mason to His Ship Visitors—KEEP OUT.” Daily Express, Apr. 21, 1950.
“Joe Smith, American.” Daily Variety Jan. 7, 1942.
“Johnston Girl Gets 7 Year Movie Contract.” Smithfield Herald, July 25, 1941.
“Just for Variety.” Variety, Jan. 26, 1990.
“Just Married.” Los Angeles Examiner, Oct. 18, 1945.
“Kid Glove Killer.” Daily Variety, Mar. 11, 1942.
“Knot Young Anymore.” People, June 10, 1985.
“L. Dominguin; Famed Spanish Bullfighter.” Los Angeles Times, Obituary, May 9, 1996.
“Lead Role in Film Scripture.” New York Daily News, July 7, 1964.
“Life Article Planned on Johnston Natives.” N.p., Mar. 25, 1949.
“Loren Charged with Illegally Exporting Art.” Los Angeles Times, Apr. 15, 1978.
“Lovely Ava Gardner.” Los Angeles Examiner, c. 1946.
“Machine-made Film Star.” Autocar, Aug. 11, 1950.
“Magic That’s Forever Ava!” Daily Mail, Feb. 18, 1985.
“Magnificent Jewelry.” Sotheby’s Catalog, New York, Oct. 25-26, 1989.
“Maisie Goes to Reno.” Daily Variety, Aug. 11, 1944.
“Maisie Goes to Reno.” Hollywood Reporter, Aug. 11, 1944.
“Male Call.” Newsweek, July 5, 1965.
“Mario Flies Here with Ode for Ava.” Daily Express, June 3, 1950.
“Mario Has New Hat for Ava.” Glasgow Citizen, June 2, 1950.
“Mario Terms Dancer’s Beef Publicity Stunt.” New York Daily News, May 24, 1950.
“Mario’s Acting Left No Time to Show Poems.” Daily Graphic, June 6, 1950.
“Mason Says ‘No,’ Slams the Door.” Evening News, Apr. 21, 1950.
“Matador Mario Has Poem for Ava—’But She Doesn’t Love Me.’ “ Daily Herald (England), June 3, 1950.
“Meat, 2 Veg for Ava And Mario.” Daily Mail, June 6, 1950.
“Mellow actress Ava Gardner…” Daily Mail, Feb. 28, 1980.
“Mexican Divorce Asked by Ava.” Los Angeles Examiner, June 15, 1957.
“Mickey Rooney and Young Actress, Ava Gardner, to Be Married Soon.” Los Angeles Examiner, Dec. 10, 1941.
“Mickey Rooney Eager Beaver.” Look, May 13, 1947.
“Mickey Rooney Visits Bride in Hospital.” Los Angeles Times, Feb. 19, 1942.
“Mickey Rooney Wed in Village.” Los Angeles Times, Jan. 11, 1942.
“Milestones.” Time, Feb. 5, 1990.
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��Mogambo.” MGM Pressbook.
“Morning Report.” Los Angeles Times, Nov. 23, 1990.
“Mrs. Mickey Rooney to Leave Hospital.” Los Angeles Examiner, Feb. 19, 1942.
“Mrs. Shaw Sues Artie for Divorce.” Los Angeles Daily News, Aug. 16, 1946.
“Navy Enacts Hoax on Ava-Sub Used in Underhand Trick.” Los Angeles Examiner, May 6, 1952.
“New Light on Ava.” Life, April 12, 1954.
“Newsmakers.” Philadelphia Inquirer, Jan. 30, 1990.
“No Ole for Ava.” Modern Screen, Mar. 1954.
“No romance in Sagaro.” Daily Graphic, May 16, 1950.
“Notes on Ava Gardner.” Samuel Bronston/Allied Artists Studios, Apr. 29, 1963. Margaret Herrick Library.
“Nothing Between Us, Says Ava.” Daily Herald (England), May 26, 1950.
“Nothing to Say.” News Review, May 18, 1950.
“Old Wife’s Tale.” Newsweek, May 2, 1966.
“Once a Star, Always a Star!” Clayton Star, Apr. 29, 1986.
“One Minute Interview With Ava Gardner.” 20th Century—Fox Press Dept., circa 1952.
“One More Time.” Los Angeles Herald Examiner, July 7, 1988.
“Oriental War on Plains of Spain.” New York Times, 1962.
“Pandora Unit in Spain For 5 Weeks.” Cinema, Apr. 19, 1950.
“People.” Time, Mar. 11, 1985.
“Pillow Talkers.” Los Angeles Herald Examiner, Mar. 7, 1983.
“Ponti Guilty, Miss Loren Acquitted in Money Shift.” Los Angeles Times, Jan. 24, 1979.
“Pretty Ava Gardner In Limelight as Mickey Rooney’s ‘Latest’ Girl Friend.” Smithfield Herald, Oct. 3, 1941.
“Publicity-shy Star Meets the Press.” AVCO Embassy Pictures Publicity Dept., 1979.
“Red-Headed Film Star…” N.p., circa May 1950.
“Relaxed.” News Chronicle, May 16, 1956.
“Remembering the poet and the actress…“ Classic Images, Apr. 1986.
“Representative Jack Gardner Dies.” Smithfield Herald, Jan. 16, 1981.
“Rift.” Los Angeles Examiner, Aug. 16, 1946.
“Save Her, It’s Ava!” This Week, Oct. 16, 1956.
“Sayings of the Week.” Weekly Scotsman, Mar. 30, 1950.
“Says Sinatra: ‘Romance? No, I Like Spain.’ “ Evening Standard, May 18, 1950.
“Scherzo di carnevale.” La Domenica Del Corriere, Feb. 22, 1959.
“Shades of Ava Gardner!” New York Daily News, May 20, 1963.
“Shelley, Ava Brawl Denied.” Los Angeles Mirror, Aug. 26, 1958.
“Sick Bay.” Los Angeles Herald Examiner, Oct. 28, 1986.
“Simon Lagarcia Puts Barefoot Ava on Ice.” Los Angeles Daily News, Sept. 9, 1954.
“Sinatra and ‘Angel’ Ava Vacationing in Mexico City.” Los Angeles Daily News, Aug. 2, 1951.
“Sinatra and Ava Celebrate to Wee Hours.” Los Angeles Times, Dec. 27, 1953.
“Sinatra and Ava Stroll Barefoot on Frigid Beach.” Los Angeles Times, Nov. 9, 1951.
“Sinatra Attacks Music Czar.” Daily Express, Sept. 29, 1956.
“Sinatra Booed When Ava Fails to Appear at Show in Naples.” Los Angeles Times, May 16, 1953.
“Sinatra Departs, Ava Blows Kisses to Bullfighter.” Hollywood Citizen-News, May 17, 1950.
“Sinatra in Sulks, Toreador Phones, Ava Plays Field.” Humboldt Standard (England), May 16, 1950.
“Sinatra Leaving Field to His Rival.” San Francisco News, May 16, 1950.
“Sinatra Leaving Spain, Ava for Visit to Paris.” Hollywood Citizen-News, May 16, 1950.
“Sinatra Missing From Bedside of Stricken Ex Ava.” Star Weekly, n.d., circa 1988.
“Sinatra Reunion Plan News to Her, Ava Says.” Los Angeles Times, Nov. 20, 1953.
“Sinatra Shocked by Noel Coward First Night Scene.” News Chronicle (England), July 8, 1950.
“Sinatra Tosses a Pooh at ‘Rival.’ “ New York Journal-American, May 22, 1950.
“Sinatra, Ava Get Marriage License.” Los Angeles Times, Nov. 3, 1951.
“Sinatra-Ava Boudoir Row Story Buzzes.” Clipping, Constance McCormick Collection, USC, Oct. 21, 1952.
“Singapore.” Universal-International Publicity Dept. 1947, Universal Collection, USC.
“So-Sad Ava Steps Out to a Party.” Daily Express, Nov. 17, 1982.
“Spain Suits Sinatra.” London Star, May 15, 1950.
“Spanish Flame Spurns Sinatra’s Love Rival.” New York World-Telegram and Sun, May 23,1950.
“Speaking of Pictures.” Life, Oct. 18, 1954.
“Squared-circle Sidelight.” Hollywood-Citizen News, Sept. 19, 1946.
“Star on the Horizon.” Smithfield Herald, July 25, 1941.
“Studio Says Ava Still to Shed Frankie.” Hollywood Citizen-News, Nov. 24, 1953.
“Studio Work Under Way on ‘Pandora.’ “ Cinema, June 28, 1950.
“Telling Ava’s Fortune.” This Week, Nov. 16, 1958.
“The $1,000,000 Voice.” Manchester Daily Dispatch (England), July 3, 1950.
“The Best Performance by a Celebrity.” Soap Opera Digest, Jan. 14, 1986.
“The Blue Bird of Detente.” Vogue, Nov. 1975.
“The Hucksters.” Daily Variety, June 26, 1947.
“The Killers.” Daily Variety, Aug. 7, 1946.
“The Killers…Ava Gardner.” Universal Studio Publicity, May 31, 1946, Universal Collection, USC.
“The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean.” Pressbook.
“The Man Who Wouldn’t Look at Ava Gardner.” Look, Oct. 6, 1953.
“The Naked Maja.” MGM Pressbook.
“The Real Ava Gardner—Uncensored.” Vue, Sept. 1955.
“The Screen Was Silver in Her Day.” Time, Mar. 11, 1985.
“The Story Behind the Photos.” Parade, Nov. 16, 1996.
“The Truth About Ava’s Rough Romance.” Modern Screen, n.d., circa 1966.
“The Woman Who Took Mia’s Place.” Modern Screen, Aug. 1968.
“There comes a time…“ Newsweek, July 3, 1972.
“They’d Rather Fight Than Smooch.” N.p., circa 1966.
“Thieves Take $16,800 of Sinatras’ Jewelry.” Los Angeles Times, Dec. 11, 1951.
“Three Faces of Ava.” Smithfield Herald, Jan. 30, 1990.
“Throat—Not Heart—Trouble.” Northern Daily Telegraph (England), May 16, 1950.
“Tooter Artie Shaw Toots Sour Legal Note in Wedding.” Los Angeles Daily News, Oct. 30, 1946.
“Tragedy of Lidice Poorly Re-enacted.” Hollywood Reporter, June 9, 1943.
“Travels in Spain.” Derby Evening Telegraph, May 26, 1950.
“Wave from American film actress…” Bournemouth Echo (England), Apr. 18, 1950.
“Welcome Ava!” Film World 1, no. 6, 1950.
“What Ava Gardner Wants from Marriage.” Screen Guide, Dec. 1951.
“What Bob Ruark Wrote About Ava’s Home Town.” Smithfield Herald, Nov. 17, 1953.
“What I like about London…“ Newsweek, Nov. 1, 1976.
“What Makes Ava Run?” Movieland, Apr. 1955.
“Where did 27-year-old Hollywood star go…” Daily Mail, Mar. 27, 1950.
“Wife Divorces Artie Shaw as ‘Utterly Selfish.’ “ Los Angeles Examiner, Oct. 24, 1946.
“Will Career Trouble Kill the Sinatra-Gardner Marriage?” Movie Land, Feb. 1953.
“Will Sinatras Luck Last?” Screen Guide, Nov. 1951.
“Wilson Girl in Movies.” Raleigh News and Observer, July 24, 1941.
“With Omar Sharif.” Time, Dec. 8, 2003.
“Zinnemann, Cast, Chertok Show Class.” Hollywood Reporter, Mar. 11, 1942. 24, 1950.
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Brady, Thomas F. “New Hollywood Enterprise.” New York Times, Jan. 9, 1949.
———. “Gable’s Back (Again) and Metro’s Got Him in ‘The Hucksters.’ “ New York Times, Jan. 19, 1947.
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Cannon, Doris. “Barefooted Ava Drops In.” Smithfield Herald, May 16, 1978.
———. “Big Sister Dynamic Force Behind Film Star’s Career.” Smithfield Herald, July 24, 1987.