Ava Gardner Blog /ava-gardner/blog/ Mon, 20 Apr 2026 02:55:37 +0000 Creating a Character: Ava Gardner in The Snows of Kilimanjaro /ava-gardner/blog/post/creating-a-character-ava-gardner-in-the-snows-of-kilimanjaro/ /ava-gardner/blog/post/creating-a-character-ava-gardner-in-the-snows-of-kilimanjaro/#comments /ava-gardner/blog/post/creating-a-character-ava-gardner-in-the-snows-of-kilimanjaro/ Thu, 22 Apr 2021 14:00:00 -0400

“’Kilimanjaro is a snow-covered mountain 19,710 feet high, and is said to be the highest mountain in Africa. Its western summit is called the Masai 'Ngàje Ngài,' the House of God. Close to the western

]]> The Author and the Actress: Ava Gardner’s Friendship with Ernest “Papa” Hemingway /ava-gardner/blog/post/the-author-and-the-actress-ava-gardners-friendship-with-ernest-papa-hemingway/ /ava-gardner/blog/post/the-author-and-the-actress-ava-gardners-friendship-with-ernest-papa-hemingway/#comments /ava-gardner/blog/post/the-author-and-the-actress-ava-gardners-friendship-with-ernest-papa-hemingway/ Thu, 01 Apr 2021 15:00:00 -0400

“The great thing is to last and get your work done and see and hear and learn and understand.”
– Ernest Hemingway –

Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) was one of the most well-known and celebrated authors

]]> “Sultry & Sardonic:” Ava as the Femme Fatale in The Killers /ava-gardner/blog/post/sultry-sardonic-ava-as-the-femme-fatale-in-the-killers/ /ava-gardner/blog/post/sultry-sardonic-ava-as-the-femme-fatale-in-the-killers/#comments /ava-gardner/blog/post/sultry-sardonic-ava-as-the-femme-fatale-in-the-killers/ Thu, 27 Aug 2020 11:00:00 -0400

“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

]]> "The Sun Also Rises" & The Lost Generation of the 1920s /ava-gardner/blog/post/the-sun-also-rises-the-lost-generation-of-the-1920s/ /ava-gardner/blog/post/the-sun-also-rises-the-lost-generation-of-the-1920s/#comments /ava-gardner/blog/post/the-sun-also-rises-the-lost-generation-of-the-1920s/ Tue, 28 Jan 2020 13:00:00 -0500

January 2020 marks 100 years since the start of the “Roaring Twenties” and the start of Prohibition. The decade of the 1920s is well-known as an economically prosperous time period, a time of cultural

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