The seven deadly sins of Hollywood (1957)

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Record Details:

Title:
The seven deadly sins of Hollywood
Date:
1957
Publisher:
London : Oldbourne Press
Volume:
The seven deadly sins of Hollywood
Leaf #:
000171
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
August 29, 2024
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Chapter 14 THE SEX-QUEENS Rita hayworth is the mum of the sex-queens; the veteran of such uninhibited exercises in the L voluptuous as Gilda, Salome and Miss Sadie Thompson, she is trained in the use of every weapon in the armoury of sex warfare — from the G-string to the grass-skirt. Every time she swings her hips the effect is probably recorded on a seismograph in Tokyo ; when she wiggles her midriff it is like a storm warning. Her four marriages — to an oil millionaire, Edward C. Judson, to Orson Welles, Aly Khan and Dick Haymes — all ended in divorce. Her salary is £4,430 a week, and her name is rarely out of the headlines. Her contract with Columbia stipulates that her films will always be in colour and not cost less than £250,000, that she will always have the lead role and that it will never be unsympathetic. She is one of the six women in the United States who owns a chinchilla coat (cost £10,000). Naturally, when I met her I expected someone who was a combination of Delilah, Cleopatra and Lady Docker. To my surprise, she seemed to have a closer affinity to Little Red Riding Hood. The formerly fiery Miss Hayworth presented a picture of demureness and defencelessness that would have made Shirley Temple look tough. A party was being given to celebrate Miss Hayworth's return to film-making after an absence from the screen of two and a half years. The title of her come-back film was Fire Down Below. 155