Silverscreen Spotlight: Rita Hayworth

Hi Readers! How are you? I hope you are all doing well :) As you may have guessed I'm having a Rita moment. I just can't get enough. She is so iconic and yet besides black and white pictures we don't always get to see what all the fuss was about. Well below are a few great videos, pictures and excerpts about her. I hope you enjoy! And see you next obsession!

Happy Fashions,
Elisa L'Amourxoxo

I never thought that a choreographer could combine belly dancing and modern dance into one set but here it is and it's AWESOME!!! Well that is until there is a severed head paraded onto the dance floor...at least the plate is silver;)
ps. this is the move Salome from 1953 and this is the Dance of the Seven Veils.

In my next life I'm coming as this!

I just couldn't resist! Could you blame me?

Having a Rita Technicolor Moment!

I think someone needs to invent sunglasses where you see everything in technicolor! Until then enjoy this spotlight on Rita Hayworth! She sings "You Excite Me" from the movie Tonight and Every Night.

Going to Hell for Gilda: Put the Blame on Mame!

Gilda (1946) was Rita's biggest movie. She was the hurt and passionate femme fatale caught between two men. Both her strapless dress and sexy hair in one famous night club scene created a total evening look that was unforgettable.
"I got fan mail--and hate mail--about Rita's hair," revealed Helen Hunt, Colombia Pictures lead hair stylist. "Some clergymen declared that I would go to hell for contributing to evil because of Rita's hair in Gilda!
"Rita acted with her hair," explained Hunt. "I would be on the set and hear the director say, 'You're angry now. Toss your hair back.' Or 'You're happy in this scene. Use your hair."
excerpt from the book Rita p 91.

Hair Inspiration: Rita Hayworth

Rita Hayworth: A Photographic Retrospective
Click the above link to see a great Rita Hayworth photo book.

 

Asked if she would ever get a short hairstyle, Rita Hayworth said she once had it short for a movie with Orson Welles (The Lady from Shanghai): "But I let it grow back as fast as I could. I don't see the point of following a fashion if it is not becoming."

The top photo is of Rita Hayworth on the set of Gilda.

The bottom photo is of her having her hair styled by famous Columbia Pictures hair stylist Helen Hunt who has been credited with giving Rita the luscious red locks.

 "The change was important but subtle," Hunt explained, "... I used to bleach the front of Rita's hair, so the hairline wouldn't be so prominent--the cameramen were always after me to lighten her hair."

"I used to feel like a Spanish girl," said Rita, "but with red hair I feel, well--like an American."

Above is Rita Cansino before she became Rita Hayworth by having painful electrolysis done to her hairline.

 Well in my book Rita is beautiful no matter what! But remember that when you feel down and are comparing yourself to the great Glamazons of today and yesteryear remind yourself that they feel just as insecure about their looks as you do about yours and their beauty has been created by a team and you my friend are the REAL DEAL:)

Happy Fashions,

Elisa L'Amour xoxo