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Article: Debbie Reynolds Loans Costumes to Ava Gardner Museum; Photo Available

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October 27, 2005
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SMITHFIELD, N.C., Oct. 27 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Debbie Reynolds' Hollywood Motion Picture Museum has loaned five costumes and accessories from MGM's spectacular 1951 production of "Show Boat" to the Ava Gardner Museum in Smithfield, N.C.

The five costumes, worn by Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Kathryn Grayson and the dance team of Marge and Gower Champion, are the centerpiece of an exhibit that was unveiled at the Ava Gardner Festival held Oct. 1. The successful festival included an art fair, live jazz, tours of Gardner's birthplace and gravesite and free Ava Gardner movies at the historic Howell Theatre, where a young Ava Gardner watched her first movies starring legends such as Clark Gable. ...

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