On the Beach
1959
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Gardner became a lover of businessman and aviator Howard Hughes in the early to mid-1940s, and the relationship lasted into the 1950s. Gardner stated in her autobiography, Ava: My Story , that she was never in love with Hughes, but he was in and out of her life for about 20 years.
May 20, 2023 · Ava Gardner and Howard Hughe's long relationship was marked by epic fights, including one in which she thought she'd killed him.
Jun 3, 2020 · There was her long entanglement with a snooping Howard Hughes, as well as flings with bullfighters, Robert Taylor, Mel Tormé, David Niven, John F. Kennedy, Steve McQueen, an abusive George C....
Aug 3, 2017 · 1943: Ava’s romantic involvement with billionaire Howard Hughes began immediately after her divorce came through. ‘He had to be the first to grab the new girl in town’, she explained.
Nov 17, 2016 · After one argument, Hughes, then 41, dislocated the 24-year-old actress’ jaw with a punch. She then smashed an ashtray over his head, knocking him out.
Jun 14, 2021 · Hughes is said to have punched Gardner, dislocating her jaw, and she thought she had killed him after smashing a glass ashtray over his head. MGM studio boss Louis B. Mayer, who appeared in Mank , kept the altercation hidden from the press, and Hughes recovered, even asking Gardner to marry him.
Apr 2, 2014 · She also became close with playboy Howard Hughes. Although Gardner refused to sleep with Hughes, she remained an object of fascination for the reclusive man for years.
Nov 13, 2018 · Longworth's new book, Seduction: Sex, Lies and Stardom in Howard Hughes's Hollywood, tells a story of big-screen exploitation by focusing on 10 women who had relationships with Hughes.
Aug 2, 2013 · The memoir, titled “ Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations,” gives us insight into some lively social issues of its time: Why Ava tried to kill Howard Hughes with an onyx ashtray; why she...
This virtual exhibit for the Ava Gardner Museum is centered around two artifacts that recently returned to physical exhibit at the Ava Gardner Museum. The virtual exhibit expands more on those artifacts and on the background information of Ava’s relationship with billionaire Howard Hughes.
