People: People, May 22, 1950

Hearth & Home

Crooner Frank Sinatra, separated from his wife, flew to Spain, and presented Cinemactress Ava Gardner with a $10,000 emerald necklace. Meanwhile, one Mario Cabre, 34, a part-time actor, verse-writer and bullfighter who is playing in a picture with Ava, assured reporters that he loved Ava and she loved him, too. He even tossed off some verses to her. Sample:

From your fingers caresses sprout;

Of a kiss -vibrating yet remote

Your lips give rapture . . .

Sleep, my treasure,

On the roses of the kiss which lingers on your lips.

Mario also...

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