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Dust jacket "This book is the first detailed account of the fabulous life of the screen's first and most authentic Superstar. Rita Hayworth's career began in a below-the-Mexican-border nightclub in the mid-thirties, when Winfield Sheehan, then vice president in charge of film production at Fox Studios, first saw her dancing with her father. The act caught his interest, and the young dancer, then named Marguerite Cansino, was signed to a standard player's contract, which introduced her to the movies. Under the name of Rita Cansino she appeared in a number of B films, which caused few ripples across the nation's screens. When Sheehan left Fox Films, and the sutdio merged with 20th Century Pictures, Rita's career almost came to an end. But fortune in the form of Ed Judson (who later became her first husband) came along. He would devote his time and energy to promoting her rise to stardom. Harry cohen, at Colubia Pictures, listened to Judson, gave Rita more B picture roles, but signed her to a long-term contract. He lent her to her original employer, 20th Century Fox, and the newly named Rita Hayworth became Tyrone Power's co-star in Blood and Sand. A Life magazine photograph of Rita H

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Author

Gene Ringgold

Publisher

Citadel Press

Published

1974

Language

EN

ISBN

9780806504391

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Sports, Literary Fiction, Humanities