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By JOSE FERRER
"The love goddess/' whom men admire for her beauty and sex appeal, has a different charm for Jose Ferrer. Also to him Rita needs no expert direction to make her personality shine
"Our Hawaiian location for 'Miss Sadie Thompson' was anything but a picnic . . . but Rita never let on."
"She loves to laugh; has a wacky sense of humor. Is amazing with her command of languages."
AMAZING
Men admire Rita Hayworth for a variety of reasons. Beauty, glamour, warmth, sex appeal — she has them all abundantly. My own admiration for her is based on the little recognized fact that she troupes with a poised and assured professionalism that is the mark of a highly competent performer.
In other words, Rita is a much better actress than she is given credit for. She knows her job thoroughly. She performs it thoroughly.
She won't remember this, but I first met her in 1946 — January, 1946, to be exact — at a party at Henry Fonda's. We were introduced, said the usual "How do you do's," and I never got a chance to say another word to her all evening. But I must have been impressed, to remember the date.
The next time I met her in person was in May, 1953, on a Columbia Studio sound stage, where, in the title role of "Miss Sadie Thompson," she was singing a song to a group of Marines, doing a jitterbug dance, reading dialogue, being whirled around from one Marine to another, and doing it all without missing a step or a line. The song was being done to a playback, which demands a high degree of concentration and perfect synchronization. She did it over and over again without a mistake. My first impression, then, was of a tremendous professionalism, which I admire enormously. And later experience, as I played Mr. Davidson to her Sadie, confirmed this impression.
I noticed too, that when the scene was over, she went to her dressing room, relaxed quietly, and came back to the set as soon as she was called. I've seen a great (continued on pace 64)
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