The Films of Rita Hayworth DVD

Release Year: 1944

Special Features:

COVER GIRL (1944)

Rita’s gorgeous red hair made her a natural for Technicolor, and her beauty is simply highlighted by its magical hues, directed by Charles Vidor, about a dancer who unexpectedly becomes a magazine cover model. Her former producer and love interest (Gene Kelly) becomes jealous when the rising celebrity eclipses his own career. The songs are by established hits of the era, supporting actors Phil Silvers, Lee Bowman, Otto Kruger and Eve Arden rounding out the superb cast.

TONIGHT AND EVERY NIGHT (1945)

This moving picture of life in wartime London is a tribute to those who endured the unrelenting bomb raids and the underbelly of the city, and Hayworth is radiant as an American chorus girl who longs to be united with her lover. Musical numbers and rousing dance routines help relieve moments of on-screen tragedy, where Hayworth was a natural as the charming beauty whose hair served as the perfect red-tinted billboard.

GILDA (1946)

Gilda (Rita Hayworth) the wife of a casino owner (George Macready) in Buenos Aires, is surprised to learn that her husband’s new gambler Johnny (Glenn Ford) is a former lover. It’s Hayworth’s fascinating ability to manipulate – or be manipulated – that has viewers collecting pearls of wisdom, quoted over the years and reaching iconic status. Directed by Charles Vidor, features Joseph Calleia, Stephen Geray and Gerald Mohr.

MISS SADIE THOMPSON (1953)

The fourth screen version of the famed W. Somerset Maugham story details the arrival of the infamous Sadie on Samoa, where she is as scandalous as she meets the strictures of the Marines and especially a visiting preacher portrayed by Aldo Ray, as well as the recurring tempestuous affair with Sergeant Croser (Jose Ferrer) who wants her heart even if she resists.

SALOME (1953)

Rita plays the gloriously beautiful but wicked Salome with a richness in the Biblical tale of the daughter of King Herod, opposite Charles Laughton. Rita was made for this role, wearing a sheer veil she uses in ‘the dance of the seven veils’ leaving nothing to want.