tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post159836279442937962..comments2024-03-28T18:32:38.243-04:00Comments on Poseidon's Underworld: Doing a Little GardneringPoseidon3http://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-3154004964328003262013-05-18T21:53:54.339-04:002013-05-18T21:53:54.339-04:00Now, while I think Elizabeth Taylor is the greates...Now, while I think Elizabeth Taylor is the greatest all-round movie star EVER... Ava Gardner was pretty goddamned cool!<br /><br />Imagine if Ava had played Alexandra Del Lago or Mrs. Robinson...shivers!http://ricksrealreel.blogspot.com/https://www.blogger.com/profile/14243899548141583461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-85782937977271052092011-01-16T20:20:46.597-05:002011-01-16T20:20:46.597-05:00I love the way you wrote that Ava "perished&q...I love the way you wrote that Ava "perished" before she got to see the success of her autobiography. The way you word things makes your blog rock!Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803291124585411656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-10361036758095772922011-01-06T22:03:46.131-05:002011-01-06T22:03:46.131-05:00Have you seen On the Beach? She's washed up i...Have you seen On the Beach? She's washed up in that one too, more touchingly than in Earthquake or City on Fire, and the doom is far less spectacular but far more unsettling and sad.Paul in Saint Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977149897846367071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-89491167714111650132010-09-25T03:11:39.780-04:002010-09-25T03:11:39.780-04:00how can i not love a star who had a corgi?how can i not love a star who had a corgi?normadesmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17325110017442011627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-23565959998281581202010-09-23T13:41:05.043-04:002010-09-23T13:41:05.043-04:00I was also going to mention PANDORA which I saw on...I was also going to mention PANDORA which I saw on a cinema screen here in London a few weeks ago - you want to stop the film and just gaze at some of her closeups here, as shot by Jack Cardiff (who also did Barefoot Contessa) - she is just stunning here, also love her in Bhowani Junction and of course Iguana - "complementary run cocoa?" - Pandora is a fabulous treat on dvd - go on, spoil yourself. (I have blogged about it a few times).Michael O'Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17820802843771524920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-26293520964592365502010-09-22T22:02:34.752-04:002010-09-22T22:02:34.752-04:00Adore Miss Ava, and am grateful for this typically...Adore Miss Ava, and am grateful for this typically-illuminating look into an epoch of her career I'm too unfamiliar with (besides the legendary <em>Earthquake</em>, of course).TJBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09180041865489453236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-43967233836877920172010-09-22T10:42:50.934-04:002010-09-22T10:42:50.934-04:00To channel Ava for a second, "Baby, I didn...To channel Ava for a second, "Baby, I didn't touch on Pandora because today I was focusing on her later career." :-) Sometimes with the major stars who had such long careers, I have to break off a piece and work on that. I've heard that PATFD is good and I've never seen it. I'll have to check it out!<br /><br />Thank you for visiting and for your comments!Poseidon3https://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-89454230761352812272010-09-22T10:28:58.686-04:002010-09-22T10:28:58.686-04:00In your thorough and illuminating discussion, you ...In your thorough and illuminating discussion, you did not mention my favorite film of hers, and one that was recently restored for DVD. "Pandora and the Flying Dutchman," also starring James Mason. It is a gem and one of her best.<br /><br />I love your blog, by the way.bryarpatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13965159828420062010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-79022117963348141332010-09-22T10:12:09.073-04:002010-09-22T10:12:09.073-04:00My grandfather owned movie theaters in the '30...My grandfather owned movie theaters in the '30s, '40s and '50s and loved to talk about all the old movie stars. When I was in my teens in the '70s, Gramps told me that, bar none, the most beautiful woman to ever hit the silver screen was Ava Gardner. And I was like, "Who?" Sometimes wisdom comes with age because now I agree with him.Topazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15514508159702613771noreply@blogger.com