Orson Welles, that whirlwind showman from Kenosha, Wis., is already the subject of more than a dozen biographies. He has also proved an alluring figure for writers of fiction. Jerome Charyn is at ...
It’s no surprise that men were smitten by flame-haired film actress Rita Hayworth during the Golden Age of Hollywood, and according to legend at least one of them allegedly chose to express their ...
Rita Hayworth shared daughter Rebecca Welles with ex-husband Orson Welles and daughter Yasmin Aga Khan with ex-husband Prince ...
In their act, Eduardo Cansino took his teen daughter on as a dance partner and attempted to age her—changing her stage name to Rita Cansino and dying her brown hair black to make her look older. On ...
Earlier this year, to coincide with the centenary of his birth, there was a play on in London about Orson Welles. It was called Orson’s Shadow and it’s the third play I know of about Welles. There are ...
Considered by many to be the most beautiful woman of her day, Fred Astaire’s all-time favourite dance partner, and the bride Orson Welles wanted more than any other woman in the world, there is only ...
Before becoming one of the most sought-after starlets of the Golden Hollywood era, a young Rita Hayworth was simply a dancer. It was years of minor roles before she became Rita Hayworth, having ...
Considered by many to be the most beautiful woman of her day, Fred Astaire’s all-time favourite dance partner, and the bride Orson Welles wanted more than any other woman in the world, there is only ...
Rita Hayworth in a publicity still for ‘You Were Never Lovelier’. Rita Hayworth was more than just a Hollywood bombshell who could seductively remove a glove like no other. The Spanish American actor ...