Remember the film "The Shawshank Redemption", the male protagonist used a beautiful poster to cover the tunnel to freedom carved out of the wall?
This woman is none other than a Hollywood star: Rita Hayworth.
Rita was ranked 19th on the American Film Institute's (AFI) list of the "100 Greatest Silverspring of the 20th Century."
But she herself said, "I never thought of myself as a sexy goddess, I was just a comedian who could dance." ”
Born in New York in 1918 as Margarita Carmen Cancino, the Spanish Rita was trained in dance as a Spanish dance family. At that time, the most important role in her life was her dance partner, her father, Eduardo.
The U.S. economy was in the Great Depression, and the dance school run by Eduardo was also in the middle of nowhere. He trained his daughter's dance skills almost fanatically.
At the age of 12, Rita was taken to the casino and nightclub every day in a caravan.
And she performed everywhere during the day, beating her at night was commonplace, and her father would even bully her when he was drunk.
At that time, a "Margarita cocktail" in a Mexican nightclub was said to be named after her performance.
The sound of dice rolling and cupping filled every night of her childhood, and she was like a girl in a fairy tale wearing a red diamond, and could only dance non-stop.
Finally, while performing at a club in Mexico, Rita was caught by Fox and got an audition. In 1935, Hayworth starred in her debut film, Moonlight on the South American Prairie, then under the name Rita Cancino, and later used this name to appear in some Fox films, usually as dancers or as exotic foreigners.
Soon after, Fox merged with twentieth century companies, and Rita was dismissed from the studio for stepping down as her boss stepped down.
The turning point came in 1937, when Hayworth met her first husband, Edward Jonson. The man, 22 years older than her, was a car dealer and an agent for Hayworth.
As a professional businessman, Edward had a very unique vision, and he took the stage name "Rita Hayworth" based on Rita's mother's last name, and made a series of moldings on her.
Although Rita has been losing weight for beauty since she was 15 years old, Edward apparently found that rita's problem was actually that rich South American face.
In the 1940s, when medical technology was still developing, she became a test product for micro-plastic surgery.
At the treatment center in Los Angeles, Edward sat Rita down and followed the long process of de-escalation. A few hours later, Rita's original Spanish fluffy silk was replaced by a red curl, and an authentic American chick was born.
At that time, the hair stylist needed to pull out the hair one by one, and then burn the hair follicles with electricity to change the hairline and forehead angle, and the degree of pain of the operation can be imagined.
Rita's gorgeous, full and vibrant face finally became more vivid and fragrant against the backdrop of her dancing flame-like red hair.
So Edward recommended her to the colombian boss, signed a seven-year contract with Columbia, and hired a full-time public relations reporter for her to increase her exposure and ensure that she did not miss all the important social places in Hollywood. Under such full promotion, Rita was given the opportunity to play the leading actress in some films.
It's just that in order to get rid of her father's control, she fell into the hands of another man like a bird with wings in a hurry.
In the 40s, when the gods of the film world rose, Rita's early years of hard practice, song and dance and intensive performance experience finally turned into her blade and opened her own glorious era.
Rita is so talented that she can start learning dance steps in the morning, study it carefully only at noon, and perform perfectly in the afternoon without making any mistakes
But Rita, who has unlimited scenery on the screen, still has to be at edward's mercy.
The consciousness of escape awakened again, and the desire for true love also stung her. "I married him because of love, but he married me for investment."
Rita files for divorce, but is intimidated by Edward to "bring her to disgrace". However, she was already a box office savior that even the company needed to rely on, and the Colombian film boss decisively took the shot to neutralize him.
For more than 20 years, Rita has finally completely redeemed her freedom from her father and ex-husband.
At that time, she was also the first choice for the producers of "Casablanca", but in the end she did not make the trip.
In 1942, she fell in love with her partner Vido Mathur in "Not a Bad Guy", but at the wedding ceremony the following year, the groom was replaced by the famous Orson Wells, who made the masterpiece "Citizen Kane" at the age of 26, and was called an actor and legendary director by the "Film Manual" to be alongside Shakespeare, Cervantes and Montaigne.
He was called "the love of my life" by Rita.
It is said that the talented man, who had promised never to marry, swore that he would marry this dangerous and sexy object just by seeing Rita from the poster.
After a brutal birth father and first husband, Wells became the light of Rita's life. Finally a man would gently say to her, "Come, read this, and enjoy it slowly." ”
Falling in love with Wells, Rita also fell in love with reading.
Under wells' influence, Rita, who had dropped out of school to earn a living, began studying classical literature and all the books her husband admired. At that time, she was not so much in love with Wells's brilliant talent, but rather in love with herself to make him a better place. "I really wanted to be everything Orson wanted."
During her pregnancy, she chewed up many celebrity biographies and a large number of British epic poems "Ivan He", and also named the heroine of the book "Rebecca" as the daughter of the two who were about to be born.
The reputation of this Hollywood golden boy is too loud, and countless media outlets are competing to report on it. The film company took advantage of the chase and repeatedly launched the private lives of the two as an additional publicity for the film.
In the ascendancy of her career, Rita also ushered in her own god-making work - "Gilda" after giving birth to her daughter.
With this film, Rita Hayworth has become the "sexiest screen goddess".
Life magazine called Rita "the great American goddess of love."
In 1953, Monroe's famous dance in "Gentleman Loves Blonde" has her shadow.
There is also a tribute to Michael Jackson in the 2009 film This Is IT.
Even the novelist Stephen King, in The Shawshank Redemption, lets the male protagonist put a poster in prison to cover up the secret tunnel opening, using Rita's classic look in "Gilda". She is like a metaphor, not only representing the free secular life outside the high walls, but also symbolizing the hero's road to redemption.
In the war-torn era, Rita was also the most popular poster girl for American soldiers. Her healing beauty and charm seem to melt away people's fears of war and death.
But the first atomic bomb to be tested on Bikini Island was named "Gilda," and Rita's photograph was posted on the atomic bomb.
"Everyone I know is in love with Gilda, they come for Gilda and wake up to find it's Rita Hayworth!"
In contrast to the enthusiastic Gilda she plays, Rita is shy and shy by nature, and when she goes to the army to perform, the behavior of the soldiers makes Rita very dissatisfied, and even wants to go to a press conference in Washington to complain about it, which is only discouraged by the strong persuasion of her boss Cohen and her husband Wells.
At the same time, Rita's love life is in crisis again. Longing for an idyllic family life, Wells was reluctant to change his free and uninhibited lifestyle because of marriage.
After several inhumane quarrels, the story of the talented lady also came to an end.
However, during the separation, Rita still starred in wells-directed film Miss Shanghai. In the film, Wells generously cut his wife's iconic red hair and replaced it with a blond short roll, which also dramatically cut off a good story
In order to dispel the haze in her heart, in 1948 Rita was invited to the Azure Bay in the south of France. There, she met a prince.
On the Riviera in southern France, a resort for the upper class, Rita is once again in love.
She had been with a difficult and talented artist, and now she was on the offensive by a charismatic idiot, the heir of the Aga Khan dynasty.
In their lavish villa by the sea, they danced all day and all night, and Rita wished she could never stop.
Ali Khan was a Muslim prince. One is the famous "goddess of America", the other is the successor of thousands of Muslim leaders, not to mention the celebrities who are still married, this romantic history quickly caused controversy. Under the pressure of identity, the prince must choose between breaking up and remarrying as soon as possible.
Rita dissolved her marriage to Wells, and a year later, in the summer, a small town near Cannes suddenly saw the emergence of a large number of celebrities, all of whom came from all over the world, just to attend Rita and Ali's wedding.
She bid farewell to the film industry and became the first Hollywood actress in history to marry into the royal family. When interviewed about why she was willing to commit to marriage three times, Rita replied: "I just want to be loved like everyone else." ”
As musicians pull up a concerto of love by the poolside, thousands of roses float on the water in their initials, and more than 500 guests consume 600 bottles of champagne, 50 pounds of caviar and other delicacies. Ali Khan not only gave the bride 16 pounds of diamonds, but also poured cologne into the swimming pool to entertain.
After marriage, Rita gave birth to a daughter. The new family and princess status, everything is as beautiful as a fairy tale, but she is destined to be disappointed again.
Prince Ali is always ambitiously searching for beautiful women, Rita lives in an unfamiliar environment, the French language is not good, everything makes it difficult for her to adapt, so the love fairy tale of the star and the prince is disillusioned after only two years.
In 1952, Rita was alone again and had to return to Hollywood to return to her old business in order to make a living.
Gilda, who has been through 3 marriages, is only 34 years old, but she is already old for the entertainment industry.
Although her return to the film industry is not satisfactory, her interest in getting married has not changed.
In 1953, Hayworth held her fourth wedding, and the groom was singer Dick Heems. As is customary, the marriage lasted only two more years, ending in 1955. After starring in the last song and dance drama "Flowers and Wine", Hayworth chose to leave Columbia.
At this time, she can no longer play the sexy card like when she was young, after all, she has reached the age of forty, so she mostly plays the role of a middle-aged noblewoman. In 1958, Hayworth collaborated with Deborah Chloe to star in "Mandarin Duck Spectrum", although the heroine in this film is not Hayworth, she still managed to win the C headlines of the entertainment version, because she was married again... This time it was with producer James Hill.
This is her fifth husband.
However, in 1961, As a producer, Hayworth invested in the production of the comedy film "The Happy Thief", which received a lot of bad reviews after the release of the box office, and the major failure of Hayworth and James's investment this time became the trigger for the future divorce of the two, and the marriage lasted only 3 years. At this point, she finally dismissed the idea of remarrying.
In 1964, Rita co-starred with John Wayne in the feature film The Great Circus, in which she played the role of Lily, for which she was nominated for Best Actress at the 22nd Golden Globe Awards, the only time she was nominated for an award in Hollywood.
After that, she could only perform a few small-budget films in the United States and Europe, and in 1972, the Western "Wrath of God" was Hayworth's film masterpiece. In fact, the year before, she had wanted to start the second spring of her acting career from the stage play, but because she could not remember the long lines, she had to give up.
In the case of a bad career and the death of her family, she began to drink heavily, her health deteriorated, the disease deprived her of her memory and beauty, and also made her lose the ability to take care of herself, under the care of her daughter, Rita Hayworth died of illness on May 14, 1987, at the age of 68.
Whether on stage or offstage, every time Rita appears in a dazzling way, it is as bright as fireworks. But after the gorgeous annihilation of that moment, the night sky seemed even more lonely and gray.
This woman, Rita Hayworth, was as brilliant as fireworks, and was once lonelier than fireworks.