“Make it good…make it big…give it class.” – Louis B. Mayer, Co-Founder and Head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The Hollywood studio system began in the 1910s and controlled most of the motion picture business

“I’ll make you two promises: a very good steak, medium rare, and the truth, which is very rare.”

– Ava Gardner as Eleanor Holbrook in Seven Days in May (1964) –

Seven Days in May is a Cold War-era

“I remember my father so well. He was tall and lean with soft black hair. A cleft in his chin and the green eyes I inherited. But there was a sparkle in those eyes and a smile on his lips. He

While some might think of Ava Gardner solely in terms of her career as an actress, music was always a big part of her life. As an avid fan, particularly of jazz, she amassed a large personal record