Being Rita Hayworth : labor, identity, and Hollywood stardom / Adrienne L. McLean.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McLean, Adrienne L.
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2004], ©2004.
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Physical Description:xi, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • pt. 1. Stardom off the screen ; 1. From Cansino to Hayworth to Beckworth : constructing the star person(a) ; 2. Rita lives for love : the family life of Hollywood's unhappiest star
  • pt. 2. Film stars, film texts, film studies ; 3. I'm the goddess of song and dance : performing competence in Down to earth ; 4. I told you not to move-I mean it! : cross-examining Gilda and The lady from Shanghai ; 5. This is Hayworth as Hayworth really is : the secret agent(s) of Affair in Trinidad and a few words about Miss Sadie Thompson and Salome.