RITA: The Legend

American actress Rita Hayworth at Victoria Station in London,  24th May 1950.

Rita Hayworth:  ...1958 -  Newly married to groom James Hill (movie writer and producer), here they celebrate the finish of filming on ‘’Separate Tables’’ in which Rita starred. The movie was released in the USA in December 1958 but not released world wide until 1959.

... in her  FIRST MOVIE with Glenn Ford, “The Lady in Question”, 1940 ... they made a total of 5 movies together. 

Publicity photo for “Cover Girl” (1944) with Gene Kelly and Rita Hayworth.

Rita Cansino (Hayworth) had the female lead in this B movie made in 1937 before Rita’s name change. Re-distributed (by Crescent Pictures) in the mid 1940s it was re-titled “Louisiana Gal” and gave Rita top billing, as ‘’Rita Hayworth’’, to take advantage of her wartime popularity.  

then known as ‘Rita Cansino’ (her real name)... her name was changed to Rita Hayworth in 1937.

the carol burnett show - TV  in 1971

RITA HAYWORTH glamour shot / publicity for- '’Affair in Trinidad’’ 1952

Rita Hayworth (R) and unknown lady - I know nothing about this photo - I would guess it to be taken about 1944-46

‘‘Angels Over Broadway’‘. Rita Hayworth and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (1940)

Affectionately Yours (1941). L-R) Dennis Morgan, Merle Oberon, Rita Hayworth, Ralph Bellamy...

Rita Hayworth in “The Loves Of Carmen” 1948

Rita HAYWORTH - in “The Poppy is Also a Flower” 1966 (aka: The Opium Connection)

Rita Hayworth and Marc Platt - dance in “Down to Earth” 19747

Rita Hayworth, Robert Mitchum - clowning and making faces on the set of “Fire Down Below” 1957

Rita Hayworth - on the cover of Postmaster's Gazette magazine, 1941.

Rita Hayworth in “Separate Tables” 1958