- Born Rita Cansino in New York, Irish-Latin Rita Hayworth came from show business roots with an actor mother and dancer father. She studied both acting and dancing in her younger years, favoring dancing which provided more opportunity. It was her dancing that got her initially noticed by movie studios. Being cast as nothing more than the eye catching dancer in bit roles, Rita started her rise to stardom by adopting her mother's family name, changing studios and focusing on being a dramatic actress. Once becoming a star, she was able to combine her acting with singing and dancing in movies. Arguably her most famous on-screen moment was as her most iconic role as Gilda (1946) performing the musical number "Put the Blame on Mame". She gave up her acting career to become one of the most famous real life princesses in the world, but returned to acting a few years later.—Huggo
- With still photographs and an off-screen narrator, we follow Rita Hayworth (1918-1987) from childhood to stardom. She's from Manhattan, the child of a Latin dancer and an Irish singer. She follows in her father's footsteps as dancer Rita Cansino, she's discovered by a Hollywood talent scout, and she has small parts in movies. She puts aside dancing, adopts her mother's maiden name, and changes studios. After these changes, she lands bigger roles, first in dramas, then comedy. She becomes a bombshell and, by now, she's dancing again. After a three-year sabbatical while married to a prince, she returns to resume her place as Hollywood royalty.—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
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