Actress Ava Gardner is the featured star of the month for December on Turner Classic Movies, with her top films like The Killers and Night of the Iguana being shown on Thursday nights.
TCM is showing Gardner’s films every Thursday this month, including The Killers (showing on Dec. 1), Night of the Iguana (Dec. 15), 12:15 AM Seven Days in May (Dec. 15), and The Snows of Kilimanjaro (Dec. 29).
Here are the scheduled films for the Ava Gardner tribute.
Dec. 1 – Late 40s Breakout Roles
8:00 PM The Killers (‘46)
10:00 PM The Hucksters (‘47)
12:15 AM The Bribe (‘49)
2:00 AM East Side, West Side (‘49)
Early 40s Supporting Roles
4:00 AM We Were Dancing (‘42)
5:45 AM Ghosts on the Loose (‘43)
Dec. 8 – ‘50s Star
8:00 PM The Barefoot Contessa (‘54)
10:30 PM Mogambo (‘53)
12:45 AM Knights of the Round Table (‘53)
2:45 AM Bhowani Junction (‘56)
More ‘50s
4:45 AM My Forbidden Past (‘51)
6:15 AM Show Boat (‘51)
Dec. 15 – 60’s Siren
8:00 PM The Angel Wore Red (‘60)
10:00 PM The Night of the Iguana (‘64)
Ava and the Armed Forces
12:15 AM Seven Days in May (‘64)
2:30 AM 55 Days at Peking (‘63)
Dec. 22 – Programming is devoted to the TCM Christmas Marathon
Dec. 29 – Gregory and Ava
8:00 PM The Great Sinner (‘49)
10:00 PM On the Beach (‘59)
12:30 AM The Snows of Kilimanjaro (‘52)
More Ava
2:30 AM Ava Gardner, The Gypsy of Hollywood (2017)
3:30 PM The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (‘72)
For more information see: TCM Star of the Month: Ava Gardner
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Ava Gardner 1922 – 1990
Ava Lavinia Gardner (December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990) was an American actress. She first signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1941 and appeared mainly in small roles until she drew critics’ attention in 1946 with her performance in Robert Siodmak’s film noir The Killers. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in John Ford’s Mogambo (1953), and for best actress for both a Golden Globe Award and BAFTA Award for her performance in John Huston’s The Night of the Iguana (1964). She was a part of the Golden Age of Hollywood.
During the 1950s, Gardner established herself as a leading lady and one of the era’s top stars with films like Show Boat, Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (both 1951), The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952), The Barefoot Contessa (1954), Bhowani Junction (1956) and On the Beach (1959). She continued her film career for three more decades, appearing in the films 55 Days at Peking (1963), Seven Days in May (1964), The Bible: In the Beginning … (1966), Mayerling (1968), The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972), Earthquake (1974) and The Cassandra Crossing (1976). And in 1985, she had the major recurring role of Ruth Galveston on the primetime soap opera Knots Landing. She continued to act regularly until 1986, four years before her death in 1990, at the age of 67.
In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Gardner No. 25 on their greatest female screen legends of classic American cinema list.
Read more at Wikipedia.
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