Title: Rita Hayworth Subtitle: A Photographic Retrospective By Caren Roberts-Frenzel Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Year: 2001-09-01
Rita Hayworth (1918-1987) was the "goddess of love" of Hollywood in the 1940s. Her smile on the screen and her every move have an irresistible charm that makes fans think about it.
During World War II, Rita Hayworth's huge stills were one of the favorite beautiful photographs of American soldiers, and their popularity was unmatched. However, this "goddess of love" had a difficult and bitter life, and five marriages failed to bring her happiness, leaving most of them with painful memories.
Rita Hayworth and Julie Bishop (left) take an image promotional photo at Fox Pictures in March 1936
[Smart, well-behaved, beautiful and moving, but poisoned by his father]
Rita Hayworth was born on October 17, 1918 in Brooklyn, New York, the most insecure place in New York, inhabited by black and Puerto Ricans. Rita Hayworth was originally named Margarita Carmen Cansino.
Her father was the Spanish-born dancer Eduardo Cancino; her mother, Volga Hovon, was her father's dance partner. Rita Hayworth has been intelligent and well-behaved since childhood, beautiful and moving, but due to the environmental influence of her residence, she has not been well educated.
Promotional photos for the film Paid to Dance (1937), from left to right: Jane Hamilton, Louise Stanley Louise Stanley, Julie Bishop, Rita Hayworth, Barbara Bran Barbara Blane
Rita Hayworth was born with a pair of charming eyes. At a very young age, she knew how to smear her lips like a spark with lipstick, and how to make boys fascinated her.
At the age of 5, Rita Hayworth began to learn folk dance and often starred with her two younger brothers in programs choreographed by her father. She later recalled: "The word I heard the most in all my childhood was 'work, work,' as if I had been born a dance machine." I had no other choice, dancing was my only means of survival. ”
Eduardo Cancino and his wife often perform at Third- and Fourth-Rate Nightclubs in New York and tour nearby towns, earning an income that would feed the family.
Promotional photo for the film The Phantom The Shadow (1937), Charles Quigley (left) and Rita Hayworth
In search of growth, Eduardo Cancino led the family to Los Angeles. In Los Angeles, Rita Hayworth's eyes widened as she saw the extravagance of the big stars on the screen, their priceless jewelry, their rich and delicate dresses, and their flowing money, which made 9-year-old Rita Hayworth envious.
So she practiced hard, hoping to one day stand out like these stars.
Kung Fu pays off, Rita Hayworth's acting skills have improved rapidly, and at the age of 12, she replaced her alcoholic mother and became a full-time actor as her father's dance.
Promotional photo for the film Who Killed Gail Preston? (1938), Robert Paige (right) and Rita Hayworth
Although young, But Rita Hayworth was precocious and looked like a big girl, so his father called himself the dancers Eduardo when he introduced himself to the outside world, and with the passage of time, Rita Hayworth came out of the sky, delicate and charming, and even his father could not help but be moved.
During the years when Rita Hayworth was her dance partner in the name of her father's "wife", Eduardo Cancino beat her several times, sometimes even raping her like a beast.
Her mother desperately wanted to prevent her husband from doing such a harmful thing, but because she was often drunk and smoked, she could not even manage herself, and her husband was extremely rude, so she had to bear the burden of humiliation.
Cover of Life magazine on July 15, 1940, Rita Hayworth
This was the unethical relationship between Rita Hayworth and her father for three years!
Due to the misfortunes of her teenage years, Rita Hayworth's relationship with men was doomed to hardly have a good outcome. Although she was desperately looking forward to sincere love and the protection of men, she had 5 marriages in her life, but each time it ended in failure.
In the spring of 1932, at a dance performance conference, the 13-year-old Hayworth came to prominence as the female lead of the "Swan Lake" dance drama, not wanting to be a hit, attracting wide attention, and was hailed as the most promising dance star in Los Angeles that year.
Stills from the film The Renegade Ranger (1938), George O'Brien (left) and Rita Hayworth
Rita Hayworth's fame has continued to rise, and her dancing style in nightclubs has always attracted many customers, and even Fox Film owner Field Sheehan has become interested in her.
In 1935, Fox adopted Rita Hayworth as its basic cast. At this time, she was only 16 years old, with charming red hair, shaved shoulders and waist, breast and round arms, eyebrows and water, and all kinds of styles.
When she first joined the company, Rita Hayworth only played a supporting role in second-rate films, and her real name was used on the cast list, and the roles were mostly dancers.
Cover of Life Magazine, August 11, 1941, Rita Hayworth
Soon after, Fox merged with 20th Century Corporation, Field Sheehan stepped down, and Rita Hayworth lost her job. For some time after that, she only got a few small companies to play small supporting roles, and gradually became forgotten.
[First husband Edward Judson Marriage time 1937.5.29-1943.5.24]
Just as Rita Hayworth is frustrated, she happens to meet Edward C. Judson, a shrewd car dealer who is slippery and not a good person.
He saw that Rita Hayworth was very beautiful, so he used his own assets to deceive her with clever words.
In 1937, the two married, and this marriage caused a small sensation in Los Angeles, because both sides were interested in extravagance. The trick was also quite effective, and Rita Hayworth's value increased dramatically.
Stills from the film Homicide Bureau (1939), Bruce Cabot (right) and Rita Hayworth
Edward Jarderson was a very skilled businessman who left the car business to focus on Rita Hayworth's face and acting talent.
He even asked his wife to sleep with powerful people, in order to open up the relationship as a step to get involved in the film world.
He changed Rita Hayworth's shiny, exotic black hair to brown, stripped her Oftis Latin style, and molded her into an American, mature woman, and changed Margarita to Rita Hayworth.
Stills from the film Angel Wings England Angels Have Wings (1939), Gary Grant (right) and Rita Hayworth
Edward Judson managed to sign a 7-year contract with Columbia Pictures for his wife and hired a news promoter for her to keep cheering for Rita Hayworth. Under the meticulous planning of Edward Jard, Rita Hayworth's fame continued to rise.
In 1939, she finally got the opportunity to play the second leading actress in the film Fly Angels Have Wings (1939). The film starred Hollywood star Gary Grant (1904-1986), with Rita Hayworth as a cabaret girl, and has a delicate relationship with the pilot played by Gary Grant.
In 1948, Columbia Company owner Harry (right) and Rita Hayworth pose for a group photo in front of Columbia Television
In 1941, Rita Hayworth starred in landmark films such as Blood and Sand (1941) and You'll Never Get Rich (1941), which began to become a hit in Hollywood and established a front-line position.
For much of the 1940s, Rita Hayworth was the sexiest queen of GoodChoviera and certainly the most popular movie star in Columbia, with owner Harry Cohn (1891-1958) personally directing her performances and dominating her career as an attempt to control her private life.
Image of Rita Hayworth in the film Cover Girl (1944).
Rita Hayworth does not want Harry Cowan to dominate, and at this time, her affair continues to fill major newspapers and periodicals across the country, and her feelings are portrayed as a twilight actress.
In 1942, Columbia began filming a biopic about the late 19th-century pop music composer Paul Jassa, My Gal Sal (1942).
During filming, Rita Hayworth and the actor Victor Victor Mature (1913-1999) played a fake and real, as good as glue.
Rita Hayworth and Victor Victor Mature (right) at the premiere of the film The Pride of the Yankees (1942).
By this time she had separated from her husband and wanted to dump him.
But Edward Judson, who is also not a fuel-efficient lamp, said to Rita Hayworth, can you become famous without me? You want to dump me now, it's not that easy!
He also threatened that if she insisted on living, he would destroy her face with stones.
In the end, Rita Hayworth had to resort to a compromise plan, transferring all the property at that time to his name, so that Edward Judson finally signed the divorce papers.
Promotional photo for the film My Gal Sal (1942), Victor Victor Mature (right) and Rita Hayworth
The boss Harry Cowan, after watching Rita Hayworth and Victor Maucher get on well, was very upset and secretly ordered victor Marcher to be banned, resulting in Victor Matcher not filming in the company for 3 years.
[Second husband Orson Wells Marriage date 1943.9.7-1948.12.1]
When she announced her divorce from Edward Judson, she also told people that she would enter the auditorium with Victor Matcher for a wedding. Who knew that Rita Hayworth had a change of heart and had a relationship with orson Welles (1915-1985), a talented man in good vegetable dock.
August 1943, from left to right: Errol Flynn and wife Nora Eddington, Rita Hayworth and Orson Welles
Orson Wells was a Hollywood gentleman at the time, 3 years older than Rita Hayworth, who was a rare "all-rounder" who combined actors, directors, producers and screenwriters.
His 1941 director Civic Kane /Citizen Kane (1941) made him overnight famous and is regarded as one of the most outstanding directors and actors in international cinema.
Although the film all-rounder has prejudices against Rita Hayworth, after meeting her, he can't help but be fascinated by her charm.
Soon he boldly courted Rita Hayworth, who also liked his gentlemanly demeanor and gentle consideration for women, and what Rita Hayworth wanted most was the thoughtfulness of a man.
Rita Hayworth's imagery in the film Slut Jidai/Gilda Gilda (1946) entered the history of cinema
In September 1943, Rita Hayworth and Orson Wells married for a hundred years.
At the wedding, Orson Wells somehow got so nervous that he forgot to take the ring out of the box.
When he was reminded, his hands were shaking, and he could not put the ring on Rita Hayworth's hand for half a day, so that the notary was anxious and shouted for him to grab the other's hand.
When Orson Wells had finished doing what the notary had said, Rita Hayworth couldn't help but cry with excitement and hug Orson Wells and kiss him wildly.
January 1945 Movie magazine cover: Rita Hayworth holding her daughter Belika Jr
The newlyweds made their home in a luxurious home on South Camelina Road in Los Angeles, with a swimming pool, gardens and everything they needed, perfectly worthy of Rita Hayworth's big star status.
In the first or second years after marriage, the two stars were still relatively happy, but later found that their thoughts and concepts were not the same, and there were great differences in psychology and physiology.
But Orson Wells was doting on Rita Hayworth and had little interference with her out-of-town socializing. As a result, Rita Hayworth always wore what was considered the sexiest and most revealing outfit of her time, for photojournalists to photograph.
During World War II, Rita Hayworth took a photo in the cockpit of an American B-25 bomber
In those photos, she has an open chest, a bare back, open lips and jade arms, and beautiful long legs. Photographs of him in a swimsuit can also be seen everywhere.
During World War II, Rita Hayworth, in her early 20s, went to various battlefields with the Legion of Labor to perform consolation, her costumes were novel and revealing, her dancing skills were exquisite, and her style was wild, making the American soldiers in the audience stare at the eyes and salivate, and became her admirer.
Cut-and-pasted photos of the sexy queen of the movie can be seen everywhere the U.S. military was stationed at the time. Even more surprising is that even the atomic bomb dropped by the United States on Hiroshima in Nagasaki, Japan, has a jade photograph of her attached.
In September 1945, Rita Hayworth and Orson Welles played in their backyard
At the end of 1944, Rita Hayworth and Orson Wells's daughter Belica Jr. were born. After becoming a mother, she did not appear on the screen for a long time.
In 1946, Columbia launched the love song and dance blockbuster "Slut Jidai/ Gilda Gilda" (1946), and Rita Hayworth was invited to star, and she did her best to portray a beautiful and kind girl.
In the play, Rita Hayworth waves the long black gloves on her hand while singing a mesmerizing soul-destroying song. Gilda's songs, dances, laughs and moves made the audience extremely captivated. This film brought Rita Hayworth's acting career to the peak,
Images of Rita Hayworth in the film Miss Shanghai The Lady from Shanghai (1947).
Winthrop Sargeant, a columnist at the well-known American magazine "Life" at that time, after watching the movie, wrote a special article and called Rita Hayworth "the great American goddess of love" in the article, and at this point, the reputation of "Goddess of Love" resounded all over the world.
Although the career is very hot, the marriage has hit a rock. Rita Hayworth loved her husband, but she didn't know him very well. Orson Wells was a politically reluctant man, and always hoped that Rita Hayworth would help him in his political career.
On the set of the film Miss Shanghai The Lady from Shanghai (1947), Rita Hayworth and Orson Welles (right) were separated
Rita Hayworth was sometimes forced to attend fundraising and political lectures with him, which made Rita Hayworth very resistant to such a "façade" life, so Orson Welles also understood that he was unlikely to stay with Rita Hayworth for a long time.
He began to become emotionally estranged from his wife in life, and had an affair with Judy Garland (1922-1969) and other actresses, and even died late at night, so Rita Hayworth had to separate from him.
In 1947, they finally broke up. The divorce was then completed at the end of 1948.
Rita Hayworth and Marlene Dietrich (right)
Still, Rita Hayworth believes that the happiest time of her life was the one she had traveled with Orson Wells. Orson Wells later became guilty, regretting that he had not been able to save Rita Hayworth.
[The third husband Prince Ali Khan Marriage date 1949.5.27 - 1953.1.26]
In 1946, the United Nations was formally established, and India sent Prince Ali Khan, the son of Koga Khan, who had tens of thousands of believers, to New York as the country's first ambassador to the United Nations.
The mercurial and profligate prince's "diplomacy" in the United States is not the United Nations in New York, but hollywood in Los Angeles, and he has been fooling around with beautiful movie stars all day long, and he is particularly obsessed with rita Hayworth, the world-renowned "goddess of love".
In May 1949, Prince Prince Ali Khan (right) and Rita Hayworth were married, and Rita Hayworth was supposed to be the only female star to cut the wedding cake with a sword
In May 1948, Rita Hayworth made her first trip to Europe, met the playboy, and soon fell in love.
Their love affair was published in various newspapers and magazines, causing an uproar, because Prince Ali Khan was a husband, and what was even more surprising was that the two did not marry but went on a honeymoon trip with great fanfare.
Overnight, 31-year-old Rita Hayworth was transformed from Hollywood movie star to Princess Margaret Khan. It also made Rita Hayworth the first authentic princess in Hollywood.
Prince Ali Khan Prince Prince Aly Khan (left) and Rita Hayworth
In May 1949, Rita Hayworth and her "Prince Charming" were married in a quaint village in France, where Rita Hayworth wore a wide-brimmed straw hat embellished with 120 diamonds and a funky and sexy costume worth $150,000.
After the marriage, the prince and his wife returned to India in great scenery, riding on the back of an elephant and paraded, and were warmly welcomed by ali khan's vassals. This is the sensational lace news after World War II.
Soon after, Rita Hayworth gave birth to another daughter, her name was Yasmin Khan. Prince Ali Khan was very fond of Rita Hayworth and tried to meet all her demands.
Cover of Life Magazine, November 10, 1947, Rita Hayworth
Still, Rita Hayworth feared that Prince Ali Khan would one day leave her, driven by a narrow psyche.
Once, when Prince Ali Khan went to get a haircut, she actually lost her temper at home, saying that Prince Ali Khan had gone to meet women.
Of course, Prince Ali Khan himself is also very popular, surrounded by countless stars, and it is no wonder that Rita Hayworth is a little suspicious.
Rita Hayworth's marriage to Prince Ali Khan lasted only more than two years. In court, they fought over custody of their daughter and quarreled endlessly. In the end, she finally got custody of her daughter.
Location for the film Carmen The Loves of Carmen (1948), Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford
Unfortunately, Prince Ali Khan was killed in a car accident in 1953 shortly after his divorce.
[Fourth husband Dick Heems Marriage date 1953.9.24 - 1955.12.12]
After divorcing Prince Ali Khan, Rita Hayworth, who was not bound by marriage and was rich in money, became a popular object for all kinds of men to chase, at this time a Spanish singer and movie star named Dick Heems (1918-1980) broke into her life, this person divorced several times, but never gave his ex-wives a alimony, is a greedy villain, and his reputation is not very good.
But at this moment, Rita Hayworth needs a man to fill the empty mind, and Dick Hayames can speak kindly and deceive the emotions of the "goddess of love" with three inches of uncorrupted tongue.
In September 1953, Rita Hayworth and Dick Heims Dick Haymes cut a wedding cake, but it was actually a gift from the Sands Hotel
Rita Hayworth wants a new beginning in her life. Yet her wish was only one-sided, just a wish.
During her life with Prince Ali Khan, Rita Hayworth did not make a film.
After returning to Hollywood, she asked Columbia to reinstate her contract, and Harry Cowan granted her request, remembering her past merits.
But after returning to the film world, her former charm is difficult to reproduce.
Harry Cowan's displeasure with her declining reputation and love affair with Dick Hyms, and her pride in her time, made Harry Cowan increasingly resentful of her.
Stills from the film "Army Red Pink Miss Sadie Thompson" (1953), Aldo Ray Aldo Ray (right) and Rita Hayworth
In 1953, Rita Hayworth married Dick Hyams, but the life after the marriage was not comfortable, which may have a lot to do with her careless marriage.
Not only did Dick Hyams want to use her as a cash cow to save her troubled acting career, but he also punched and kicked, viciously cursed, and even more, he deliberately beat her in front of her two daughters, humiliating her.
In 1955, Rita Hayworth, unable to tolerate the atrocities of her fourth husband, coupled with numerous issues such as the economy and dick Hyams' naturalization, filed for divorce and was granted permission.
Rita Hayworth was photographed in her apartment in 1957
At this time, Rita Hayworth was exhausted and her thoughts were gray, and she had to leave the film world to recuperate. The huge trauma left by this marriage made it difficult for her to recover for a long time.
[Fifth husband James Hill Marriage date 1958.2.2 - 1961.9]
In 1957, Rita Hayworth, who had disappeared from the screen for 3 years, made a comeback to play an old woman who was not young and still charming in the movie "Mandarin Duck Spectrum Sequence Tables" (1958), which saved her some reputation and was praised by all sides. But this is only a flash in the pan.
A year later, Rita Hayworth married James Hill (1916–2001), producer of Mandarin Duck Spectrum. Living with James Hill, Rita Hayworth had a good life because the husband was a man who loved family life.
In November 1958, Rita Hayworth and James Hill James Hill (holding the child) headed home
For Rita Hayworth's daughters, Belica and Yasmin Khan, they have a new father. Rita Hayworth has since made The Mighty Came to Cordura (1959), The Story on Page One (1959), And The Happy Thieves (1962), but none of these films have sold well.
Due to a series of failures in her marriage and career, Rita Hayworth was depressed and gradually fell ill with the vice of alcoholism. And its psychology has also changed dramatically. She was often angry and angry.
Once, when James Hill was at home at a social gathering, Rita Hayworth somehow suddenly became hysterical and picked up a large candlestick and threw it at James Hill's head, fortunately he hid in time, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.
Rita Hayworth with her two daughters, Belika (back left) Yasmin Khan (front left), in November 1961
In 1961, Rita Hayworth parted ways with James Hill. Marriage — divorce, remarriage — and divorce again — has become almost a major part of the life of the Goddess of Love.
The relentless trickery of fate caused her to suffer from Premature Aging Encephalopathy in her 40s, and although she made some films during this period, there were no more films that matched her beauty, and she was eclipsed by the twinkling stars.
【The glory years are no longer coming】
In the years that followed, Rita Hayworth despaired and did not want to talk about love and marriage anymore. She lives in her own house in Hollywood, living in seclusion, anesthetizing herself with alcohol, and when she is sober, she often recalls the glory days of the past, the noble princess, the beloved Gilda...
Rita Hayworth in 1972
In 1970, 52-year-old Rita Hayworth became a news figure again, and the "goddess of love" of Hollywood in the past became the nation's well-known elderly alcoholic king and a regular visitor to the police detention center.
Rita Hayworth's last few years were tragic, she struggled to go out and make a few movies, but she couldn't even memorize her lines, and finally had to tearfully bid farewell to the film world that had once made her a big hit and a household name. Due to excessive drinking, she suffered severe brain damage, couldn't remember the way, forgot to date...
In 1981, her youngest daughter, Yasmin Khan, gave up her job to guard her unfortunate mother. Rita Hayworth then stayed in bed until she didn't know everything around her.
Rita Hayworth on the cover of Hollywood magazine
On May 14, 1987, Rita Hayworth died of Alzheimer's illness in New York, and the flame of life of the "Goddess of Love" was extinguished. A generation of beauties has finally left the world that once loved and adored her.
In 1999, Rita Hayworth was named the 19th "Greatest Actress of a Hundred Years" by the American Film Institute.
As she herself said: "No matter how you describe me, please don't write me very sadly." Because this is my life! ”
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