167. Dunne Profiles Ava Gardner
Done & Dunne
Hemlock Creatives
4.7 • 630 Ratings
🗓️ 3 June 2024
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
We have a sizzling summertime ahead of us, dipping into Dominick Dunne’s juiciest profiles. Our man Nick wasn’t always scribbling furiously in a courtroom, and his Hollywood roots were never far from his mind.
To whit: In 1984, he sat to interview screen goddess Ava Gardner. Alicia weaves his words with Gardner’s own, from the book she published years after, filling in the portrait of this legendary star.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Dun & Dun. I'm Alicia, your hostess on this podcast journey, All Things Dominic Dunn, |
| 0:08.3 | and it is high time to return back to our man Nick and his wonderful writing. |
| 0:14.8 | Dominic Dunn not only covers all the true crimes and trials, he also wrote a number of celebrity profiles during his decades at Vanity Fair. |
| 0:27.0 | Naturally, these pieces are published in Vanity Fair as well as collected into his nonfiction books, |
| 0:35.0 | Fatal Charms, as well as Mansions of Limbo. This month, we are going to take a look |
| 0:41.3 | at Dunn's celebrity profiles. And in so doing, we must have to begin with the lovely Ava Gardner. |
| 0:50.8 | This episode was originally aired on Dun & Done all the way back in 2022. |
| 0:57.6 | It is one of our first episodes and, well, Ava Gardner. |
| 1:02.7 | I do adore her. |
| 1:04.3 | Dominic profiled Ava in the June 1984 issue of Vanity Fair in a piece titled Ava Now. |
| 1:12.0 | This episode is also supplemented with Ava's own writing as well from her biography called |
| 1:19.4 | Ava My Story. Before we begin this old Hollywood tale today, I do have some tremendous thanks |
| 1:26.1 | to give our most recent supporter over at patreon.com |
| 1:29.4 | slash done and done. Huge thanks to Marissa C. I am so grateful for all of our Patreon supporters, |
| 1:36.8 | getting ad-free and early episodes, as well as bonus not done yet episodes as well. Y'all are |
| 1:43.3 | amazing. One other thing before we begin, y'all, I take |
| 1:47.9 | coffee as seriously as I take Ava Gardner. If you are a coffee person, please, please check out |
| 1:54.5 | breakfast at Dominique's. Dominique is a terrific friend of mine and creates custom blends honoring all kinds of legends. |
| 2:04.8 | Ava being one of the best blends, I think. |
| 2:08.3 | For done and done listeners, if you do see something that you'd like to try at breakfast at Dominique's, |
| 2:13.9 | she has set up something special for you. |
| 2:16.2 | You can use the code done. D-U-N-N-E. That's going to get you 10% off. |
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