Ava Gardner Articles

Burt Lancaster on TCM: THE LEOPARD, SCORPIO, THE KILLERS I haven’t watched Michael Winner’s Scorpio (1973), an unflattering portrayal of US foreign policy and the CIA that reunited Lancaster with his The Leopard co-star Alain Delon. As per the TCM synopsis, "a CIA hit man [Lancaster] is stalked by a former partner [Delon] when the agency turns on him." A Man for All Seasons‘ Best [...]

Ava Gardner, Richard Burton in John Huston’s The Night of the Iguana Ava Gardner’s Star of the Month tribute on Turner Classic Movies wraps up tonight. The best bets are John Huston’s The Night of the Iguana and John Frankenheimer’s Seven Days in May, both released in 1964. The former is one of Tennessee Williams‘ overheated melodramas, but it’s also one of Williams’ most touching [...]

Ava Gardner, The Naked Maja Ava Gardner returns to Turner Classic Movies this evening. TCM’s Star of the Month will remain on TV all the way to late afternoon Friday. The movies themselves may not be exactly great, but Gardner’s presence should be more than enough to make them worth at least a look. Henry Koster’s The Naked Maja (1958) has Anthony Franciosa as Spanish [...]

Ava Gardner as a disguised version of Rita Hayworth in Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s The Barefoot Contessa Ava Gardner is back on Turner Classic Movies on Thursday evening (well into Friday morning), with four releases from the 1950s followed by the "Find Ava" section — seven titles from the ’40s in which Gardner had bit roles. The two highlights of the evening are John Ford’s Mogambo [...]