Three of the biggest stars from the golden age of Hollywood — Ava Gardner, Gregory Peck and Fred Astaire — filmed On the Beach in Melbourne in early 1959. Crowds of starstruck onlookers ...

Ava was convinced by the other two to hold onto this dream as they traveled through parties, each one revealing different ways people try and sometimes succeed to connect while distanced.

Photo by Ted Richardson -- 1/18/2001 -- Poster of Ava Gardner on display at the Ava Gardner Museum in Smithfield, NC. J 01-25-01, E1, J. Gaston reporter. m DIT FEA 25 ava 4 ric .jpg Gardner ...