I love these because I love the shape and color of California.
“Ava Gardner was a North Carolina girl -the daughter of poor cotton and tobacco farmers. Scots-Irish, Native American, Southern Baptist. After her brother-in-law, a photographer in NY, displayed her portrait in his shop window on 5th Ave, she was picked up by MGM who loved her despite her Carolina drawl. She romanced Rooney, Artie Shaw, Sinatra, Hemingway, and a matador or two.”
Looks familiar.





