hayworths:

Happy Birthday Rita Hayworth (aka Margarita Carmen Cansino) | October 17th, 1918 - May 14th, 1987

“Sensitive, shy—of course I was! The fun of acting is to become someone else.”

inessentialhouses:

Happy 94th Birthday, Rita Hayworth
(October 17, 1918 - May 14, 1987)

“She just threw herself into things, and when you see the abandon with which she would dance, all you know is you want to watch her. And you’ll watch her in almost anything - you’d watch her wearing a paper bag. You’d rewind and watch it again, and rewind and watch it again.”

-Nicole Kidman

Fred Astaire & Rita Hayworth in You Were Never Lovelier, 1942.

10 Old Hollywood Actresses → Rita Hayworth

“Increasingly, stars are recruited from the ranks of professional models, with the result that today’s starlets are better dressed and better groomed than ever before, though it is doubtful if they are better actresses.“ 

signorelligirl:

Rita Hayworth, 1970

Dancing in Tijuana when I was 13—that was my ‘summer camp.’ How else do you think I could keep up with Fred Astaire when I was 19?

signorelli-girl:

Rita Hayworth and Fred Astaire in You Were Never Lovelier (1942)

When a reporter asked Rita Hayworth “What do you think when you look at yourself in the mirror after waking up in the morning?” she replied “Darling, I don`t wake up till the afternoon.”

Gilda: You do hate me, don’t you, Johnny?
Johnny: I don’t think you have any idea of how much.
Gilda: Hate is a very exciting emotion. Haven’t you noticed? Very exciting. I hate you too, Johnny. I hate you so much I think I’m going to die from it. Darling… I think I’m going to die from it.