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Tag: Burt Lancaster

Politics on Film Blogathon: Ava Gardner’s Role in Seven Days in May

By Beth Nevarez and Lora Stocker on Oct. 22, 2020

“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…

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“Sultry & Sardonic:” Ava as the Femme Fatale in The Killers

By Beth Nevarez and Lora Stocker on Aug. 27, 2020

“People have told me through the years that it was The Killers that set me on the road to stardom, that defined my image as the slinky sexpot in the low-cut dress, leaning against a piano and setting…

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