Ava Gardner: Smoking Queen
Ava Gardner was, without question, one of the premier film noir smoking queens. Her smoking performance in a movie called The Killers (which also featured a B actor named Ronald Reagan) is one that has to be in the smoking actress hall of fame, black and white hall of fame, and smoking exhale hall of fame.
Even those smoking fans who are not into old movies, like moi, should check out a copy of this on DVD if it is available. Fortunately, this movie is not the only one that Ava Garnder smoked up the screen in. Also see The Barefoot Contessa and Snows of Kilimanjaro.
