Indaba yothando kaFrank Sinatra noAva Gardner

UFrank Sinatra ungomunye wabahlabeleli abadume kakhulu eMelika. Lapho ehlabelela, wonke owesifazane ehholo wacabanga ukuthi le ngoma ayinikezele yona, ngaleso sikhathi uMelika onothando waseNtaliyane wayefuna owesifazane ayezohlala naye ubusuku obulodwa kuphela.
UFrank, njengokuthanda kwakhe kuphela kweqiniso ekuphileni, Ava Gardner, uzuze konke. Washada ngokokuqala ngqa eminyakeni engama-23, futhi ngisho nokuphikisana nonina, ngoba wayefuna indodana yakhe encane ukuba ihlale phansi futhi ihlukane nokuphila ngendlela enobudlova nokukhathazeka, kodwa-ke, umfazi noma indodakazi yokuqala ayishintsha impilo yomuntu omncane nowethembisayo umculi. Ngemva kokuba ethandwa, wayenezihluthulelo zakhe zokuqala zaseMelika, okwathi kancane kancane wakhulela embhedeni.

Ngalesi sikhathi, umkakhe wokuqala waqhubeka, futhi ngezikhathi ezithile wakhulelwa, ngenxa yomkakhe wokuqala eSinatra wazalelwa izingane ezintathu. Isikhathi sidlula futhi uSinatra washeshe wanquma ukuhlukanisa umkakhe wokuqala, ngoba okokuqala nokugcina empilweni yakhe wathandana nenkanyezi i-Ava Gardner.

Kwakuyiveli eyingozi ehlala iminyaka engu-6. Kumele futhi kuqaphele ukuthi u-Ava wathola okungaphezulu kunomyeni wakhe, wahola indlela yokuphila yasemhlabeni futhi lapho esenethuba lokwenza umshado omusha, akaphuthelwa, ngakho yena noFrank bahlukana.

I-brunette yokuqala yaseHollywood, u-Avu Gardner, yabona ekubonisweni kwefilimu, futhi yathandana nezindlebe. Ngalesi sikhathi, ngemuva kwamahlombe akhe amanoveli amaningi, udumo, imali, u-Ava naye wayengumlingisi wekusasa, wayenakho konke. Wayengakaze abhekwe njengomdlali ovelele, kodwa wayenhle futhi wakwazi ukudlala izindima zakhe kahle, kodwa kwakungcono, hhayi okuhle. Phakathi nesikhundla sakhe wayengenalo ukuphakama okukhulu.

Wayengomunye walabo besifazane abangenakucatshangwa njengomama womndeni nomfazi omuhle. Kuyo yonke impilo yakhe, wayenezincwadi eziningi (ezaziwa kakhulu - noWoward Hughes, owamane wambuza amatshe akhe kangangokuthi angavula kalula isitolo sakhe sobucwebe), emishadweni eminingana kodwa akazange abe ngumama. Mhlawumbe kwakunzima u-Ava ngokwakhe, ngoba wakhulela emkhayeni omkhulu wabalimi.

Emasontweni ambalwa emva kokuzijwayeza, baqala ukuchitha isikhathi esiningi ndawonye. Ngokushesha yonke iMelika yafunda ngeveli yabo. U-Ava wonke waba ngu-razluchnitsu no-libertine, futhi umfazi wokuqala weSinatra wayephikisana engafuni ukunikeza isehlukaniso (ngoba wacabanga ukuthi izenzakalo ezijabulisayo zomyeni wakhe aziyingozi nokuthi uzobuyela emndenini). Le noveli yonakalise kokubili uGarnner noSinatra, bonke bafuna ukuba bahlanganyele. Ngemva kwenyanga yokukholisa, umkaSinatra wasayina imibhalo yokuqhafaza, futhi emphakathini lezi zindaba zazihambisana nomphumela wokuqhuma kwebhomu, ngoba ngaphambi kwalokho, uFrank wayebhekwa njengendoda yomndeni oyisibonelo.

UFrank waxoshwa emsebenzini wakhe, okusho ukuthi ngeke kube khona izingoma namafilimu ngokuhlanganyela kwakhe. Ngokushesha wathenga indandatho ngedayimani elikhulu, eqinisweni, ngemali yothando lwakhe lwesikhathi esizayo, ngoba wayenalo eyakhe. Ngokushesha wamenza isipho somphakathi futhi wavuma. U-Ava utshele izintatheli ngomshado wakhe, lezi zinduna zikhetha ama-blondes, futhi zishada ama-brunettes. Ngendlela, kwakuwumshado wakhe wesithathu.

Bashadile, ukuphila kwaqhubeka njengokujwayelekile: ukudla, ukudansa, kumnandi, kodwa kamuva ku-studio lapho uVava esebenza khona ngaphambi kokushada noSinatra, waqaphela ukuthi ukubamba iqhaza kwakhe kumafilimu kusho njalo impumelelo ye-100% kulefilimu, ngakho ukuphathwa kwe-studio kunqume ukuyifilimu amabhayisikobho amaningi. U-Ava, sonke isikhathi esasichitha noFrank, wazama ukubusa konke, futhi wabuyisela emuva, lapho into engazange iyenzele yona, waqala izintuthwane ezincane, naye wathandana naye ngokuqondile. Izindleko zakhe zakhula, kodwa uSinat akakwazanga ukuncintisana no-Elvis Presley kanye namaBeatles, wayengazi lutho.

Izilaleli zabalandeli bakaSinatra zehle, amantombazane athande ezinye izithombe kakade. Ngokushesha waphelelwa izwi lakhe lemilingo le-velvet. UFrank wayelokhu ehamba phambili, futhi u-Ava, ngokuphambene nalokho, wathola ukuthandwa, wabe esenikezwa ukudlala kule ifilimu, kodwa ukudubula kwakumelwe kwenzeke e-Afrika, uSinatra akafuni ukuvumela umkakhe onothando ukuba ahambe kuze kube manje, kodwa u-Ava wahamba ngokudabukisayo ukudubula.

UFrank ngalesi sikhathi uphuza, nsuku zonke wabiza umkakhe, wavuma uthando lwakhe, futhi imizuzu embalwa ebizwa ngokuthi. USinatra waqasha ummangalelwa ukuba abike kuzo zonke izithandani zika-Ava, futhi ngemuva kokuqothulwa komculo wathi ukhathele umshado onjalo futhi waphatha ukwelashwa eSpain ngaphandle komyeni wakhe.

Ukuziphindiselela kwaqala ukuguqula amanoveli abalingiswa abasha baseHollywood, waphulukisa izwi futhi waqala ukucula. ESpain Ava wathambekela othandweni lwezinkunzi, futhi lapho uSinatra embiza ukuba aziqhayise ngokuqopha i-albhamu entsha, wamtshela ukuthi manje unothando olusha, futhi uyaluphonsa.

UFrank ubonisa inkontileka enenzuzo kakhulu, uthola uthando olusha futhi uya efilimu eSpain ngefilimu entsha esivele enothando lwakhe olusha. Ngalesi sikhathi u-Ava wadikibala ngamehlo aseSpain futhi lapho ezwa ngomthandi omusha womyeni wakhe, wacindezeleka, ngoba wavuma ukubuyela kumyeni wakhe, ngoba ngokusemthethweni babengakaze bahlukanise.

Noma kunjalo, nguye owokuqala ukufaka isehlukaniso, ngoba uSinatra wayecele lokhu futhi ngokushesha washada nomdlali wesifazane owayengumncane kunamashumi ambalwa eminyaka. Ngaphambi komshado weSinatra obizwa ngokuthi uGardner futhi wavuma ukuthi ukhona futhi uhlala ethandana naye kuphela, naphezu kokuthi bahlukanisile.

Eminyakeni eyi-80 u-Ava wagula, futhi uSinatra wamnikela ngezigidi eziningana ukuze athole ukwelashwa, kodwa-ke, ngo-1990, u-Ava wafa, uSinatra waya emngcwabeni wakhe, wasinda iminyaka engu-8.