Gardner Made Sinatra Prove That He Was Getting Separated
Gardner was aware that Sinatra was not always sincere about love. Even if he professed to love her and was leaving his wife for her, how much can you believe a man who has affairs in the first place? Gardner pressed on proof that Sinatra’s marriage was genuinely ending. To accomplish this, they drove to Sinatra’s home, where his wife was. “Nancy, will you please tell Ava that I’ve asked you for a divorce?” Sinatra spoke through the buzzer. It was a ludicrous moment, but it wonderfully foreshadowed their marriage, which would be so deep and passionate that it would make all other marriages look out of date.
Gardner Made Sinatra Prove That He Was Getting Separated
Gardner’s Thing for Married Men
Gardner seems to have a penchant for married men. In addition to Sinatra and Shaw, she co-starred with Fred MacMurray in the film Singapore. This was just before she met Sinatra, and she had no problem being with a married man. However, she had her limits, and when she learned that MacMurray’s wife was ill, she couldn’t take it anymore. There was also Robert Taylor, who married Barbara Stanwyck. Their romance was kept a secret since revealing that Taylor was cheating on Stanwyck would be combustible. Their affair lasted barely a few months because the risk was simply too high. She had another brief affair with Howard Duff just before he married Ida Lupino.
Gardner’s Thing For Married Men