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———. “Who was Ava Gardner?” Smithfield Herald, Jan. 30, 1990.
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Davidson, Bill. “Stormy Love with Ava.” Daily Herald, June 8, 1957.
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Frank, Stanley. “Hollywood’s Fabulous Brat.” Saturday Evening Post, Dec. 6, 1947.
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———. “Beaten Up—By the Cops He Hated.” Daily Sketch, Aug. 18, 1956.
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Friedman, Favius. “Future Indefinite?” Screen Stars, n.d., circa 1957, Constance McCormick Collection, USC.
Gardner, Ava. “Ava Gardner Admits Love Has Let Me Down.” The People, Mar. 16, 1958.
———. “Ava Gardner on the Snares of Stardom.” The People, Mar. 30, 1958.
———. “Confessions of an ex-Playgirl.” Modern Screen, n.d., circa 1949, Constance McCormick Collection, USC.
———. “Honeymoon with Ava Gardner.” N.p. Mar. 23, 1958.
———. “Subbing for Hollywood Columnist; Ava Writes of Women in Africa.” Smithfield Herald, Sept. 17, 1954.
———. “Take My Word for It.” Modern Screen, Feb. 1954.
———. “The Role I liked Best.” Saturday Evening Post, Oct. 23, 1948.
———. Letter to Clara Whitley. June 1936. Heritage Center File, Smithfield, NC.
———. Letter to George Cukor, Aug. 16, 1958. Margaret Herrick Library.
Gibbons, Ed. “Ava Gardner—Beauty and the Bullfighters.” Climax, Apr. 1961.
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Graham, Sheilah. “Busy Britisher.” Hollywood Citizen-News, Mar. 27, 1970.
———. “Hollywood’s Best Known Mystery.” Modern Screen, Apr. 1949.
Grant, Jack D. “Gable, Deborah Kerr Commanding Team.” Hollywood Reporter, June 26, 1947.
———.. “The Killers.” Hollywood Reporter, Aug. 7, 1946.
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———. “What Happened to the Girl Who Had Everything.” Cosmopolitan, Nov. 1962.
———. “Will Ava Gardner Steal Burton from Liz?” Confidential, Nov. 1963.
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———. “Ava on Come Back Trail.” Los Angeles Herald Examiner, Mar. 17, 1975.
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Hirshberg, Jack. “Amador de Los Rios No. 6.” Jack Hirshberg Collection, Margaret Herrick Library.
Holman, Gordon. “Sinatra Talks—But Not of Ava.” Evening Standard, July 3, 1950.
Holt, Paul. “This Gardner’s Good.” Picturegoer, Feb. 7, 1953.
Hopper, Hedda. “A New Ava Rises from Filmy Past.” Los Angeles Times, n.d., circa 1951.
———. “Ava Gardner Notes.” Hedda Hopper Collection, Margaret Herrick Library.
———. “Ava Gardner to Do Film for Bronston.” June 11, 1962.
———. “Ava Will Meet Attorney; May Ask Sinatra Divorce.” Los Angeles Times, Oct. 28, 1953.
———. “Ava’s Life is Frantic Hunt for Happiness.” Los Angeles Times, Aug. 18, 1957.
———. “Ava’s Unpredictable Future Is Still More Unpredictable.” Los Angeles Times, n.d., circa 1952, USC.
———. “Culture, Not Love, Her Aim Now, Says Ava Gardner.” Los Angeles Times, Aug. 24, 1947.
———. “Frank Talks Back.” New York Daily News, May 25, 1950.
———. “Mickey Rooney’s Wife to File Second Action for Divorce.” Los Angeles Times, Ayr. 30, 1943.
———. “Metro Lets Ava Gardner Have Choice of 3 Films.” Chicago Tribune, Aug. 5, 1960.
———. “Torchy Ava Gardner Croons ‘Where’s the Right Man?’ Tune.” Los Angeles Times, May 15, 1949.
———. “Why Can’t Ava Stay Married?” Chicago Tribune Magazine, Aug. 18, 1957.
———. “Why Nancy Sinatra Agreed to Divorce Frank.” Hedda Hopper Collection, Margaret Herrick Library.
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Hoyle, Bernadette. “Ava Returns Here to Visit Relatives.” Smithfield Herald, Jan. 7,1949.
Hudgins, Morgan. “Bivouac on the Trail of ‘Mogambo’ in Africa.” New York Times, Dec. 1952.
———. “Logistics of a Bivouac on the Liffey River.” New York Times, 1953.
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Huston, John, and Anthony Veiller. “The Killers.” Draft script pages, John Huston Collection, Margaret Herrick Library.
Hyams, Joe. “Ava Gardner: In Search of Love.” Look, Dec. 11, 1956.
———. “My Men.” The People, Dec. 16, 1956.
———. “That Old Devil Jealousy.” The People, Oct. 23, 1956.
———. “The Private Hell of Ava Gardner.” Look, Nov. 27, 1956.
———. “The Private Hell of Ava Gardner.” The People, Dec. 9, 1956.
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James, Antony. “Ava’s Secret Pact with Liz.” Whisper, Jan. 1964.
Jamison, Barbara Berch. “You Can’t See the Jungle For the Stars.” New York Times, 1952.
Johnson, Erskine. Column. Los Angeles Daily News, Dec. 19, 1951.
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La Barre, Harriet. “Ava in Pakistan.” Cosmopolitan, March 1956.
Lane, Lydia. “Ava Gardner Confides Glamour Tricks in Caring for Lips and Tired
Eyes.” Los Angeles Times, July 29, 1951.
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Lawrenson, Helen. “Shooting ‘The Sun’ With Ava.” Esquire, Oct. 1957.
———. “The Nightmare of the Iguana.” Show, Jan. 1964.
Layng, Rosemary. “Honey Chile.” Modern Screen, 1947, Constance McCormick Collection, USC.
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———. “Ava Gardner Flies Here.” Daily Express. Mar. 27, 1950.
———. “Ava to Divorce Sinatra.” Daily Express, Oct. 30, 1953.
———. “Ava, a True Goddess.” Daily Mail, Jan. 26, 1990.
———. “Mario Flies Here with 18 Poems for Ava.” Daily Express, June 1950.
———. “Mario Goes Bull-Fighting—Sinatra Stays with Ava.” Daily Express, May 15, 1950.
———. “Spotlight.” Daily Express, May 17, 1950.
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MacPherson, Virginia. “Ava in Best Film.” Los Angeles Herald Express, Feb. 13, 1951.
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Mann, Roderick. “A Few Rotten Hands, But Game’s Rarely Dull.” Los Angeles Herald Examiner, Mar. 24, 1968.
———. “Ava Finds Beauty Can Be a Drawback.” Sunday Express, Mar. 10, 1968.
———. “Ava Flourishes in Her Own Way.” Los Angeles Times, July 6, 1975.
———. “Ave Ava: A Maverick’s Homecoming.” Los Angeles Times, Feb. 17, 1985.
———. “Films, Privacy and Ava Gardner.” Los Angeles Times, April 20, 1978.
———. “How Fame Can Help—By Ava.” Sunday Express, Sept. 28, 1969.
———. “How the Leader Ruled the Rebels of the Clan.” Sunday Express, Mar. 28, 1971.
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———. “Ava Gets Down to Business on Set.” Los Angeles Herald Examiner, May 20, 1974.
———. “Sad Visit for Ava Gardner.” Los Angeles Herald Examiner, Sept. 1, 1976.
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Maxwell, Elsa. “The Gardner-Sinatra Jigsaw.” Photoplay, July 1951.
McBride, Joseph. “Ava Gardner Dies of Pneumonia.” Variety, Jan. 26, 1990.
———. “Screen Beauty Ava Gardner Dead.” Variety, Jan. 31, 1990.
McClay, Booker. “Earthquake.” American Cinematographer, Nov. 1974.
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McKenna, Kristine. “Altered Chords.” Los Angeles Weekly, Nov. 12, 1999.
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———. “Ava Refutes Rumors on Marriage Break.” Hollywood Citizen-News, Nov. 14, 1953.
———. “No Chance of Patching It Up with Sinatra, Ava Reveals.” Los Angeles Daily News, Nov. 21, 1953.
Mosley, Leonard. “Ava Saw a Way to Stardom.” Daily Express, Nov. 25, 1949.
———. “Ava Tames Them All.” Daily Express, Oct. 30, 1953.
———. “Bhowani Junction.” Daily Express, Aug. 30, 1956.
———. “I Hate to Be Cruel to Ava.” Daily Express, May 7, 1963.
Muir, Florabel. “Ava and Frankie.” Photoplay, n.d., circa 1953, Constance McCormick Collection, USC.
———. “The Truth About Dope in Hollywood.” Photoplay, Dec. 1948.
Murphy, Nicola. “Selling Fruits of Gardner’s life.” Times (London), June 12, 1990.
Musel, Robert. “Without Frankie.” Motion Picture, Jan. 1954.
Nash, Roy. “Life and Love—By Ava Gardner.” Star, Jan. 6, 1955.
Nepean, Edith. “Round the British Studios.” Picture Show, Aug. 26, 1950.
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O’Neill, Enid. “Gardner the Rebel.” Picturegoer, Aug. 26, 1950.
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———. “Ava Gardner: The Woman Who Could Have Had Everything.” Family Weekly, Feb. 28,1965.
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———. “Ava Denies Retirement.” May 15, 1950.
———. “Ava Gardner Undergoes Emergency Operation.” Los Angeles Examiner, May 25, 1952.
———.”Ava Pauses in Vegas to See Sinatra, But Nancy Is Visiting Him.” Los Angeles Examiner, Feb. 7, 1961.
———. “Ava’s Plan to Marry ‘Surprise.’ “ Los Angeles Examiner, Dec. 28, 1956.
———. “Ava…” Los Angeles Herald Examiner, June 28, 1963.
———. “On my desk…” Los Angeles Examiner, Jan. 25, 1958.
———. “Retakes Delay Rooney Nuptials.” Los Angeles Examiner, Jan. 7, 1942.
———. “Schary Picks Ava Gardner for Remake of ‘Painted Veil.’ “ Los Angeles Examiner, Apr. 18, 1955.
———. “Surgery Undergone by Ava.” Los Angeles Herald Examiner, Jan. 20, 1963.
———. “In Hollywood with Ava Gardner.” Los Angeles Examiner, n.d.
———. “Sinatra-Ava Make-Up Real.” Los Angeles Examiner, Oct. 30, 1952.
———. “There has been so much talk about Ava Gardner’s beautiful face…“ Los Angeles Examiner, Jan. 10, 1958.
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Pegler, Westbrook. “Pegler Says: Frankie and Ava Do London!” Los Angeles Examiner, Dec. 20, 1951.
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Pinsky, Mark. “Where Ava Grew Up.” Los Angeles Times, Nov. 3, 1986.
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