 Affair in Trinidad 1952  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Musical
Director: Vincent Sherman
Cast: Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, Alexander Scourby, Valerie Bettis, Torin Thatcher, Howard Wendell, Karel Stepanek, Juanita Moore, Steven Geray, George Voskovec, Walter Kohler, Gregg Martell, Mort Mills, Ralph Moody, Kathleen O'Malley
The husband of cabaret singer Chris Emery (Rita Hayworth) is murdered by a spy believed to be Max Fabian (Alexander Scourby). When Chris' brother-in-law Steve (Glenn Ford) arrives on the scene, he is not pleased that Chris is going along with a story that his brother committed suicide. What Steve does not know is that Chris is working secretly with the police in an effort to get more information on Fabian. Her investigation leads to a plot to set up a rocket launching site within range of the United States. When Fabian realizes what Chris is doing, her life is in danger, but, in the nick of time, Steve comes to her rescue.
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Angels Over Broadway 1940 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ben Hecht, Lee Garmes
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Rita Hayworth, Thomas Mitchell, John Qualen, George Watts, Ralph Theodore, Eddie Foster, Jack Roper, Constance Worth, Walter Baldwin
A do-gooder playwright attempts to prevent an embezzler from committing suicide and then give him a reason for living. Great dialogue but the characters are a bit hard to believe.
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Blondie on a Budget 1940  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank R. Strayer
Cast: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Rita Hayworth, Larry Simms, Danny Mummert, Don Beddoe, John Qualen, Irving Bacon, Thurston Hall, Fay Helm
Comedy and confusion reign when Rita Hayworth shows up as Dagwood's (Arthur Lake) old girlfriend.
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Blood and Sand 1941  N/R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Cast: Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Rita Hayworth, Anthony Quinn, Alla Nazimova, J. Carrol Naish, George Reeves, John Carradine, Pedro de Cordoba, Lynn Bari, Laird Cregar, Monty Banks, Vincente Gomez, Fortunio Bonanova, Victor Kilian
In this remake of the 1922 film, popular Spanish bullfighter Juan Gallardo (Tyrone Power) finds his performances lack their previous daring now that he is in the middle of an affair with the beautiful Dona Sol (Rita Hayworth). In an effort to regain the love of his wife, Carmen (Linda Darnell), and to regain lost popularity, Juan Gallardo makes the fateful decision to fight just one more bull.
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Charlie Chan in Egypt 1935 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Louis King
Cast: Warner Oland, Pat Paterson, Thomas Beck, Rita Hayworth, Stepin Fetchit, Frank Conroy, Nigel De Brulier, Paul Porcasi, John Davidson, Jameson Thomas, Arthur Stone, James Eagles, Frank Reicher, George Irving, Anita Brown
Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) is hired by a French museum to find out what is going on when crooks sell valuable Egyptian artifacts on the open market. When Chan arrives in Egypt, he finds mummy wrappings covering the body of a murdered archaeologist. Another murder occurs, but Chan, of course, does solve the mystery. Featured in this film is a very young Rita Cansino–soon to change her name to Rita Hayworth.
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 Cover Girl 1944 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Charles Vidor
Cast: Rita Hayworth, Gene Kelly, Lee Bowman, Phil Silvers, Jinx Falkenburg, Eve Arden, Otto Kruger, Anita Colby, Leslie Brooks, Thurston Hall
Chorus girl Rusty Parker (Rita Hayworth) wins a beauty contest that leads to an offer for a Broadway production. Now she must choose between fame and the man she loves: nightclub owner Danny (Gene Kelly). Hayworth's and Kelly's dancing make this film a delight. Jerome Kern-Ira Gershwin songs include "Long Ago and Far Away." As usual, Eve Arden's quick wit is a highlight.
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 Dante's Inferno 1935 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harry Lachman
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Claire Trevor, Henry B. Walthall, Alan Dinehart, Scotty Beckett, Rita Hayworth, George Humbert, Nella Walker, Dennis O'Keefe, Yakima Canutt
Carnival barker Jim Carter (Spencer Tracy) finds that his rise to riches via his midway attraction can only result in tragedy. Watch for Rita Hayworth–still using her real name, Rita Cansino–as a beautiful dancer.
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 Down to Earth 1947 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Alexander Hall
Cast: Rita Hayworth, Larry Parks, Marc Platt, Edward Everett Horton, Roland Culver, James Gleason, William Frawley, Jean Donahue, William Haade, Adele Jergens, George Macready, Kathleen O'Malley, James Burke, Eddie Acuff, Alan Bridge
Rita Hayworth plays the Greek Goddess Terpsichore who visits Earth in the human form of Kitty Pendleton when she learns that Broadway producer Danny Miller (Larry Parks) is putting on a musical satire about Greek goddesses. She comes to help with the show but ends up landing a role in the play. Now, she gets Danny to change the show from a satire into a "work of art." But, her ideas are not very good, and the show turns into a major flop, but our Greek goddess makes everything right. Remade as "Xanadu" in 1980.
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 Fire Down Below 1957 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Robert Parrish
Cast: Rita Hayworth, Robert Mitchum, Jack Lemmon, Herbert Lom, Bonar Colleano, Bernard Lee, Eric Pohlmann, Edric Connor, Peter Illing, Anthony Newley
Smugglers Tony (Jack Lemmon) and Felix (Robert Mitchum) are plying their trade while sailing on a ship in the West Indies when Tony becomes enamored with gorgeous fellow traveler, Irena (Rita Hayworth). Felix also decides to vie for her attentions, and problems ensue.
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 Gilda 1946 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Vidor
Cast: Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready, Joseph Calleia, Steven Geray, Joe Sawyer, Gerald Mohr, Mark Roberts, Ludwig Donath, Donald Douglas
Johnny Farrell (Glenn Ford) manages a casino in South America and falls in love with Gilda (Rita Hayworth). Among Johnny's problems are that Gilda is married to his boss (George Macready) and the casino is really a front for the Nazis. Rita Hayworth performed her rendition of "Put the Blame on Mame" and was catapulted to stardom.
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Hit the Saddle 1937 N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Mack V. Wright
Cast: Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Rita Hayworth, J.P. McGowan, Ed Cassidy, Sammy McKim, Yakima Canutt, Eddie Boland, Jack Kirk, Russ Powell
Dastardly rancher Rance (J.P. McGowan) steals horses from federally protected land. When the sheriff homes in on Rance, he murders the sheriff and blames it on the one of the wild horses. The Mesquiteers (Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, and Max Terhune) are nearby to prove the horse's innocence while bringing Rance to justice. A young Rita Hayworth plays a saloon singer.
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 The Lady from Shanghai 1948 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Orson Welles
Cast: Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth, Everett Sloane, Glenn Anders, Ted de Corsia, Erskine Sanford, Gus Schilling, Harry Shannon
Irish adventurer Michael O'Hara (Orson Welles) gets involved with Elsa (Rita Hayworth) and Arthur (Everett Sloane) Bannister and ends up the foil in the Bannisters' bizarre murder scheme. Errol Flynn's yacht, "Zaca," was used in the seagoing scenes of this film.
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 The Lady in Question 1940 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Vidor
Cast: Brian Aherne, Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, Irene Rich, George Coulouris, Lloyd Corrigan, Evelyn Keyes, Edward Norris, Curt Bois, Frank Reicher
Juror Andre Morestan (Brian Aherne) votes to acquit Natalie Roguin (Rita Hayworth) in a murder trial and becomes intimately involved in her life.
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The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt 1939 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Peter Godfrey
Cast: Warren William, Ida Lupino, Rita Hayworth, Virginia Weidler, Ralph Morgan, Tom Dugan, Don Beddoe, Marc Lawrence, Ben Welden, Irving Bacon
Warren William takes on the role of reformed jewel thief Michael Lanyard in a new series of Lone Wolf films. B-grade all the way, but enjoyable, with a good mix of mystery and humor. In this one, spies abduct Lanyard in an attempt to have him help steal secret anti-aircraft gun plans.
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The Loves of Carmen 1948 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Vidor
Cast: Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, Ron Randell, Victor Jory, Luther Adler, Philip Van Zandt, Arnold Moss, Margaret Wycherly, Bernard Nedell, Wally Cassell
Carmen (Rita Hayworth) is a beautiful–but immoral–gypsy who has been told that she will die "at the hands of the man she loves." When she ruins the life of "the man she loves," a young officer, Don Jose (Glenn Ford), he fulfills the prophecy and kills Carmen.
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Miss Sadie Thompson 1953 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Curtis Bernhardt
Cast: Rita Hayworth, Jose Ferrer, Aldo Ray, Russell Collins, Charles Bronson, Harry Bellaver, Wilton Graff, Diosa Costello, Henry Slate, Rudy Bond
This remake of "Rain" casts Rita Hayworth in the role of prostitute in Somerset Maugham's story of the meeting of Sadie and a hypocritical preacher (Jose Ferrer).
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The Money Trap 1965 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: Glenn Ford, Rita Hayworth, Elke Sommer, Ricardo Montalban, Joseph Cotten, James Mitchum, Argentina Brunetti, Parley Baer, Ted de Corsia, Eugene Iglesias
Joe Baron (Glenn Ford) is a cop who gets in over his head when he steals money while investigating a drug-related murder.
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Music in My Heart 1940  N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Joseph Santley
Cast: Tony Martin, Rita Hayworth, Edith Fellows, Alan Mowbray, Eric Blore, George Tobias, Joseph Crehan, George Humbert, Joey Ray, Don Brodie, Eddie Kane, Marten Lamont
Two NYC cabs collide, and the occupants–Broadway understudy Robert (Tony Martin) and about-to-be-married Patricia (Rita Hayworth)–meet and are attracted to each other. Problems develop involving both Patricia's millionaire fiance (Alan Mowbray) and the Department of Immigration, which is prepared to deport Robert. But, true love conquers all.
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Only Angels Have Wings 1939  N/R, 121 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Howard Hawks
Cast: Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Thomas Mitchell, Richard Barthelmess, Rita Hayworth, Noah Beery Jr., Sig Ruman, Allyn Joslyn, Don "Red" Barry, Victor Kilian
This is the story of American pilots delivering mail in South America. They encounter danger as well as love while sharing loyalty to each other and their missions.
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Pal Joey 1957 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama / Romance
Director: George Sidney
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Rita Hayworth, Kim Novak, Bobby Sherwood, Hank Henry, Barbara Nichols, Elizabeth Patterson, Frank Wilcox, Pierre Watkin, James Seay, Franklyn Farnum, Bess Flowers, Robert Reed
San Francisco nightclub entertainer Joey Evans (Frank Sinatra) cannot seem to decide whether he is a good or bad guy. Romance comes into play when lecherous, wealthy widow Vera Simpson (Rita Hayworth) finances Joey in his own nightclub, the Chez Joey. But, it is good-girl chorine Linda English (Kim Novak) who Joey falls in love with. When Vera offers a bribe to get Joey to marry her, will Joey go along with it, or will he choose to change his ways and find love with Linda? Songs include "My Funny Valentine," "The Lady is a Tramp," and "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered."
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Poppies Are Also Flowers 1966  TV, 105 min.
Genre: Action
aka: The Poppy Is Also a Flower
The Opium Connection
Director: Terence Young
Cast: Senta Berger, Stephen Boyd, Yul Brynner, Angie Dickinson, Eli Wallach, Jack Hawkins, Rita Hayworth, E.G. Marshall, Gilbert Roland, Omar Sharif
Supported by many stars who worked for scale to get across Ian Fleming's protest against drug abuse, this film, unfortunately, failed as an artistic triumph, but its profits did go to UNESCO.
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Rebellion 1936 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western / Thriller / Romance
Director: Lynn Shores
Cast: Tom Keene, Rita Hayworth, Duncan Renaldo, William Royle, Gino Corrado, Roger Gray, Robert McKenzie, Allan Cavan, Jack Ingram, Lita Cortez, Theodore Lorch, Merrill McCormick
Life in the new state of California in 1850 is not easy for some of the Mexicans because land-grabbers are trying to drive them off their land. One such victim is Paula (Rita Hayworth) whose father was killed. She appeals to Washington, and John Carroll (Tom Keene) is sent to bring law and order. He not only does that and win the hand of Paula, but he becomes the state's first Governor.
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Salome 1953 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Dieterle
Cast: Rita Hayworth, Stewart Granger, Charles Laughton, Judith Anderson, Cedric Hardwicke, Alan Badel, Basil Sydney, Rex Reason, Arnold Moss, Maurice Schwartz
A great cast just cannot pull off this Biblical drama about the princess Salome (Rita Hayworth) who seduces John the Baptist and, later, repents and tries to save his life.
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Separate Tables 1958 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Delbert Mann
Cast: Rita Hayworth, Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Burt Lancaster, Wendy Hiller, Gladys Cooper, Cathleen Nesbitt, Felix Aylmer, Rod Taylor, Audrey Dalton, May Hallatt, Priscilla Morgan
Guests at a British seaside resort are presented through vignettes in this film adaptation of Terence Rattigan's play. David Niven won the Best Actor Academy Award for his role as Major Pollock who helps Sybil (Deborah Kerr) break away from her cruel mother. Wendy Hiller won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her portrayal of the inn's owner. Five other nominations included Best Picture and Actress (Kerr).
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The Strawberry Blonde 1941 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: James Cagney, Olivia de Havilland, Rita Hayworth, Alan Hale, Jack Carson, George Tobias, Una O'Connor, George Reeves, Edward McNamara, Roy Gordon
Set in the "Gay Nineties," this is the tale of Biff Grimes (James Cagney) and how he deals with an unrequited love for the "strawberry blonde" (Rita Hayworth). By film's end, he is reconciled with his happy marriage to Amy (Olivia de Havilland).
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Susan and God 1940 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Joan Crawford, Fredric March, Ruth Hussey, John Carroll, Rita Hayworth, Nigel Bruce, Bruce Cabot, Rose Hobart, Gloria DeHaven, Marjorie Main
Susan (Joan Crawford) is a socialite whose family and friends have problems understanding her new religion–until she begins to understand what charity is really all about.
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Tales of Manhattan 1942 N/R, 117 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Julien Duvivier
Cast: Charles Boyer, Rita Hayworth, Ginger Rogers, Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Edward G. Robinson, Paul Robeson, Ethel Waters, J. Carrol Naish, Elsa Lanchester
This comedy/drama/mystery is the story of an expensive coat that appears cursed as it passes from one owner to another, and those who wear it suffer bad luck.
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They Came to Cordura 1959 N/R, 123 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Robert Rossen
Cast: Gary Cooper, Rita Hayworth, Van Heflin, Tab Hunter, Richard Conte, Michael Callan, Dick York, Robert Keith, Jim Bannon, Edward Platt
Set during World War I, this is the story of Major Thomas Thorn's (Gary Cooper) mission into Mexico where he leads his men in pursuit of Pancho Villa and becomes involved with a politician's daughter (Rita Hayworth).
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Tonight and Every Night 1945 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Victor Saville
Cast: Rita Hayworth, Janet Blair, Lee Bowman, Marc Platt, Leslie Brooks, Florence Bates, Ernest Cossart, Philip Merivale, Patrick O'Moore, Shelley Winters
This wartime film is about London showgirls who valiantly provided entertainment during the days of the bombing of London by Nazis. Check out Shelley Winters in the chorus.
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Trouble in Texas 1937 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Robert N. Bradbury
Cast: Tex Ritter, Rita Hayworth, Yakima Canutt, Earl Dwire, Tex Palmer, Hal Price, Fred Parker, Milburn Marante, Horace Murphy, Charles King, Tex Cooper, Jack C. Smith
Tex (Tex Ritter) is on the rodeo circuit looking for his brother's killer. It appears that rodeo performers are being poisoned, and Tex is targeted since he has been winning too many events. Tex thwarts the efforts with the help of Carmen (Rita Hayworth) and wins. Meanwhile, the gang causing the trouble robs a bank and uses a wagon containing dynamite for the getaway. But, again, Tex is there when needed.
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The Wrath of God 1972 PG, 111 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Ralph Nelson
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Ken Hutchison, Frank Langella, Rita Hayworth, Victor Buono, John Colicos, Gregory Sierra, Paula Pritchett
This is Rita Hayworth's last film. In it, she played Senora De La Plata, the wife of a psychotic rebel in a south-of-the-border town.
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You Were Never Lovelier 1942 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, Adolphe Menjou, Isobel Elsom, Leslie Brooks, Adele Mara, Gus Schilling, Barbara Brown, Kirk Alyn, Kathleen Howard
Wealthy Argentinean Eduardo Acuna (Adolphe Menjou) tries to marry off his daughter Marcia (Rita Hayworth) to a "proper" suitor, but in the meantime, Marcia falls in love with an out-of-work American dancer, Robert Davis (Fred Astaire).
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 You'll Never Get Rich 1941 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Cast: Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, Robert Benchley, John Hubbard, Osa Massen, Frieda Inescort, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Donald MacBride, Marjorie Gateson, Cliff Nazarro
When musical comedy star Robert Curtis (Fred Astaire) is drafted into the Army, he immediately thinks that the Army will solve his problems by removing him from his romantic entanglements, but it doesn't take long before Curtis changes his mind.
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| 1. Affair in Trinidad (1952)
2. Angels Over Broadway (1940)
3. Blondie on a Budget (1940)
4. Blood and Sand (1941)
5. Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935)
6. Circus World (1964)
7. Cover Girl (1944)
8. Dante's Inferno (1935)
9. Down to Earth (1947)
10. Fire Down Below (1957)
11. Gilda (1946)
12. Hit the Saddle (1937)
13. The Lady from Shanghai (1948)
14. The Lady in Question (1940)
15. The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (1939)
16. The Loves of Carmen (1948)
17. Miss Sadie Thompson (1953)
18. The Money Trap (1965)
19. Music in My Heart (1940)
20. Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
21. Pal Joey (1957)
22. Poppies Are Also Flowers (1966)
aka: The Poppy Is Also a Flower
aka: The Opium Connection
23. Rebellion (1936)
24. Salome (1953)
25. Separate Tables (1958)
26. The Strawberry Blonde (1941)
27. Susan and God (1940)
28. Tales of Manhattan (1942)
29. They Came to Cordura (1959)
30. Tonight and Every Night (1945)
31. Trouble in Texas (1937)
32. The Wrath of God (1972)
33. You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
34. You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
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