Ravishing Rita Hayworth

Rita Hayworth was a huge and glamorous sex symbol made most famous by the film Gilda. She was an incredible dancer with Spanish blood and raised amongst dancers. Her seductive charisma was mesmerizing.

There was a tragic quality about her film noir characters, which exuded a maternal warmth mixed with inner suffering and vulnerability. But she could bravely mask it with a sensational smile and flip of her hair. Even when playing the femme fatale, it seemed like she was doing so out of self preservation, masking her true feelings.

These are three movies of the film noir genre that Hayworth has co-starred in:

Gilda (1946)
As Gilda, she plays opposite Glenn Ford (Johnny). Ex lovers, Gilda and Johnny run into each other years later in Argentina. She has just married his boss, owner of a nightclub/casino. They spend a lot of time cruelly tormenting each other, denying their love, which still runs strong.
"Gilda" on DVD
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The Lady from Shanghai (1948)
In this Orson Welles classic, Hayworth plays Elsa Bannister, a mysterious woman in trouble, drawing Michael O'Hara (Welles) deeper and deeper into danger.
"The Lady from Shanghai" on DVD

Affair in Trinidad (1952)
Co-starring with Glenn Ford again, Hayworth plays Chris, the wife of the murdered brother of Steve (Ford). She's a nightclub singer/dancer and Steve finds himself attracted to her, even as he suspects that she and her latest suitor could be guilty of the murder.
"Affair in Trinidad" on DVD