eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 4s049 RITA HAYWORTH 8x10 color publicity photo 1940s George Hurrell portrait for Auto-Lite! Date Sold 3/17/2019Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Deluxe Color 8" x 10" [20 x 25 cm] Publicity Still (Learn More) Rita Hayworth was born in 1918. During the early 1940s she was one of the greatest sex symbols the movies has ever had, most notably in the 1946 movie, Gilda. But she was born Margarita Cansino, and was originally a child dancer with her father. She later caught the attention of Harry Cohn at Columbia, who cast her as a sexy dancer in some late 1930s movies, first billing her as Rita Cansino, and then renaming her to Hayworth (her mother's maiden name). Cohn did all he could to get rid of her Spanish ethnicity, changing her name, having her dye her black hair red, and having her hairline raised! She made many memorable dance movies (including ones opposite both Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly!), but she is probably best remembered for her five steamy melodramas opposite Glenn Ford. She had a tumultuous private life, marrying five times, most memorably to Orson Welles and Prince Aly Khan (this was before Grace Kelly married her prince!). Her most famous quote (explaining why she married so many times) was "Every man I have ever known has fallen in love with Gilda and awakened with me." She exhibited erratic behavior in her later years because she suffered from early Alzheimer's, which went undiagnosed for quite some time. Rita passed away in 1987 at the age of 68. In those later years, she was cared for by her daughter, Princess Yasmin Khan, who has also been a champion of raising money for Alzheimer's research. She is also best remembered for her roles in The Lady from Shanghai, Only Angels Have Wings, Separate Tables, Tales of Manhattan, and many others! Important Added Info: Note that in the 1930s and 1940s, stores would order cards like these by the thousands and have their store information printed on the back, and then they would be passed out to theatergoers on the street. This particular publicity still is printed on a deluxe paper, whereas most of them were printed on a thin paper. Also note that this publicity still has a FACSIMILE autograph that is within the printing of the still (the still has NOT been personally autographed). In the case of this promo, it has a wonderful image of Rita Hayworth taken by George Hurrell, and it was not overprinted on the back, as most of these are (the back is completely blank, except for a small penciled "1950s", and the person was guessing at the date, and it was wrong). Condition: good to very good. Learn More about condition grades
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