During the 2010 Ava Gardner Festival,  The Night of the Iguana, the only film for which Ava was nominated for a Golden Globe, will be screened at the Public Library of Johnston County and Smithfield during the afternoon of Saturday, October 9th.  All film screenings are free to the public.
The Night of the Iguana (1964)
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During the months leading up to the 2010 Ava Gardner Festival, community residents will be encouraged to read the Tennessee Williams play The Night of the Iguana, the cinematic version in which Ava Gardner starred.  The reading program “Reading Tennessee Williams” will be a partnership with the Public Library of Johnston County and Smithfield and [...]

The first time they met, he chased her around his pool in San Fernando Valley. The second time they met, they became lifelong friends.
John Huston actually played a small part in Ava’s breakout role in The Killers, having adapted the Hemingway short story to the screenplay with Anthony Veiller.  But it was their work on [...]