LIFE (August 11, 1941)
RITA HAYWORTH RISES FROM BIT PARTS INTO A TRIPLE-THREAT SONG & DANCE STAR
At various stages of her career Rita Hayworth has appeared in Life demonstrating a zipper-front bathing suit, going on a bicycle picnic, or wearing a $250,000 pearl dress. Now Rita poses on her own bed in her own home where she lives near Hollywood with her husband, an oil man. In her black-and-white nightgown, Rita needs no excuse for decorating a page, but she has a good one. Playing the seductress on 20th Century Fox’s Blood and Sand, Rita stole the show from Linda Darnell and Tyrone Power when she did a Spanish dance in a tight red dress. She was taught to dance as a child by her father, a Spanish dancing teacher. Now as a result of her hit, Rita is becoming a triple-threat singing, dancing glamor star. In her next movie, You’ll Never Get Rich, she dances with Fred Astaire who says Rita matches any partner he ever had.