Ava Gardner as a disguised version of Rita Hayworth in Joseph L. Mankiewicz's The Barefoot Contessa Ava Gardner is back on Turner Classic Movies on Thursday evening (well into Friday morning), with four releases from the 1950s followed by the "Find Ava" section — seven titles from the '40s in which Gardner had bit roles. The two highlights of the evening are John Ford's Mogambo (1953) and Joseph L. Mankiewicz's The Barefoot Contessa (1954). Mark Robson's The Little Hut (1957) is a watchable comedy, while George Cukor's Bhowani Junction (1957), a soap-operaish melodrama set in India, is the evening's embarrassment. Both co-star Stewart Granger. Among the Best Actress Oscar nominees of 1953, Deborah Kerr would have been my top pick for her adulterous wife in From Here to Eternity. Gardner would have been the runner-up for her vibrantly sensual performance in the African jungle-set Mogambo, a remake of Victor Fleming...
- 11/11/2010
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
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