She was fire dressed as a woman — Ava Gardner, the wild heartbeat of old Hollywood. With eyes that dared and a voice that could melt steel, she didn’t follow the rules; she rewrote them. Born to light up the silver screen, she carried danger and desire in equal measure. Every role, every glance, every word — pure magnetism. Men wanted her, women admired her, but Ava belonged to no one. She was her own storm — fierce, untamed, unforgettable. From The Barefoot Contessa to Mogambo, she turned cinem

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Ava Gardner and Humphrey Bogart star in Joseph L. Mankiewicz's THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA, screening 11/16 in 35mm. Co-presented by The Academy and hosted by Karina Longworth who will be signing copies of her new book Seduction: Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes’s Hollywood. http://ow.ly/psNd30mcma2 | Metrograph