For Lovely Rita

Close up of Rita Hayworth, c. 1950’s

James Cagney and Rita on the set of The Strawberry Blonde (1941).

Margarita Carmen Dolores Cansino, aka Rita Hayworth, circa 1935.

Rita behind the scenes of Tonight and Every Night, c. 1945.

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Rita Hayworth and 1st Husband Edward Judson at Ciro’s c. 1939

Rita on the set of Gilda (1946)

Rita Hayworth and daughter Rebecca Welles behind the scenes of The Lady From Shanghai, c. 1947.

Gilda (1946)

In colour, c. early 1940’s.

Rita Hayworth & Prince Aly Khan at Prix De Paris in 1949.

I saw this [Gilda] when I was 10 or 11, I had some sort of funny reaction to her, I tell you! Me and my friends didn’t know what to do about Rita Hayworth, and we didn’t really understand what George McCready was doing to her. Can you imagine? Gilda at age 11. But that’s what we did. We went to the movies. Martin Scorsese.

Rita in 1945.

Rita and Glenn in The Loves Of Carmen (1948).