Ava Gardner & Frank Sinatra (1951 - 1957)
They stayed very, very close. Every time I’d be with her, he would call at least once. And she would go up into her bedroom, close the door, and talk for half an hour. The only time I saw them together, she was staying at his suite at the Waldorf Towers. He was looking up an address in the phone book and he couldn’t read it without his glasses, which he didn’t have. And Ava, who had these funny little Ben Franklin-type half-glasses, said, ‘Here, try mine.’ And he put them on and he said, ‘Hey, they work for me! That’s another reason why you and I should get back together.’ Which I thought was kind of cute. -Stephen Birmingham
★ My Classic OTPs (alphabetical order) - 05: Frank Sinatra & Ava Gardner
“Every single day during our relationship, no matter where in the world I was, I´d get a telegram from Frank saying he loved me and missed me. He was a man who was desperate for companionship and love. Can you imagine he always had mine!” ~ Ava Gardner
One time after they were already divorced, she was staying at his suite at the Waldorf Towers. He was looking up an address but couldn´t read the phone book without his glasses, which he didn´t have. Ava gave him her glasses. He put them on and said “Hey they work for me! That´s another reason why you and I should get back together.” When asking why they wouldn´t get back together she answered “We´d be at each others throats in five minutes.” Even though they still loved each other, they were always jealous of each other.
“We drank, we laughed, we talked, and we fell in love. Frank gave me a lift back to our rented house. We did not kiss or make dates, but we knew, and I think it must have frightened both of us. I went in to wake Bappie up, which didn’t appeal to her much, but I had to tell someone how much I liked Frank Sinatra. I just wasn’t prepared to say that what I really meant by like was love.”
-Ava Gardner
