Everyone in old Hollywood can probably be connected by whom they dated, married, or slept with. Two of the most desirable lovers of the era were LANA TURNER and AVA GARDNER, both Hollywood superstars who shared a friendship, similar backgrounds, and many romantic partners, including a husband. Join us as we connect the romantic dots through old Hollywood using Lana and Ava’s little black books as our guide.

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Sources:

The Lady, The Legend, The Truth: Lana (1982) by Lana Turner; 

Lana: The Life and Loves of Lana Turner (1995) by Jane Ellen Wayne;

Detour: A Hollywood Story (1988) by Cheryl Crane;

Movie Star & The Mobster: Lana Tuner, Johnny Stompanato and Homicide in the Pink Bedroom (2016) by John William Law;

Ava: My Story (1990) by Ava Gardner;

Ava Gardner: Love is Nothing (2006) by Lee Server;

Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations (2014) by Peter Evans;

Scarlett O’Hara’s Younger Sister: My Lively Life In and Out of Hollywood (1977) by Evelyn Keyes;

The Man Who Seduced Hollywood: The Life and Loves of Greg Bautzer, Tinseltown’s Most Powerful Lawyer (2013) by James Gladstone;

Artie Shaw: The King of Clarinet: His Life and Times (2011) by Tom Nolan;

The Life and Times of Mickey Rooney (2015) by Richard Lertzman;

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