Ava?
Sinatra says at one point: "I knew a broad who collected bullfighters".
shareI'm not sure if this line was a nod to Sinatra's personal life, or if it was just a line from the novel.
shareAccording to IMDb Trivia section this line refers specifically to an affair Ava Gardner had with a matador while she was married to Frank Sinatra. I think she made at least three films with bullfighting sequences in them.
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