RITA (2003) B/W & C 60m

From Now Playing: A Viewer's Guide to Turner Classic Movies: "A flame-haired sex symbol dubbed 'The Love Goddess' by Time magazine, Rita Hayworth (1918-1987) is the subject of Rita (2003), a TCM original documentary co-produced by Hugh M. Hefner. 'She defined the word charisma,' Nicole Kidman says of Hayworth in the documentary, which also features interviews with family members including Hayworth's daughter, Princess Yasmin Aga Kahn; and such friends and colleagues as Ann Miller, Tab Hunter, Anthony Franciosa and Terry Moore; and directors George Sidney, Delbert Mann and Vincent Sherman, who recalls having a brief affair with Hayworth. ... A dancer since childhood, Hayworth kicked up her heels with Fred Astaire in You'll Never Get Rich (1941) before appearing in the vehicle for which she will ever be remembered: Gilda (1946), in which she is at her most ravishing singing 'Put the Blame on Mame.' In the documentary, she is quoted as saying, 'Most men fell in love with Gilda and awakened with me.'

"The documentary explores Hayworth's five marriages including her tempestuous union with Orson Welles, who directed and costarred with her in The Lady from Shanghai (1948); and James Hill, who co-produced Separate Tables (1958), one of Hayworth's best outings as a mature dramatic actress. Kahn recalls her mother's final, tragic battle with Alzheimer's, a then-unknown disease that left Hayworth's associates bewildered by her erratic behavior in the final years before her untimely death at age 68."