They Called It DRINK. She Read Her Lines Off Cards. Her Daughter Got the Court Order Rita Hayworth

They Called It DRINK. She Read Her Lines Off Cards. Her Daughter Got the Court Order: Rita Hayworth Officially, Rita Hayworth died a quiet death in a Manhattan apartment in the spring of 1987. But for almost twenty years before that, the people around her called it something else. They called it drink. Directors said it, studios said it, and in January 1976 the photographers at Heathrow said it with their flashbulbs. She was born Margarita Carmen Cansino. At twelve she was dancing in Tijuana casinos as her father's partner. At twenty she had a new name, new hair and a hairline raised by electrolysis. Her photograph went to war in five million footlockers, her face was taped to an atomic bomb, and her singing voice in Gilda belonged to another singer. On her last film, they shot her one line at a time. In July 1981, a Los Angeles court handed her life to the daughter she had once refused to trade for a million dollars. And there is one line carved in a stone in Culver City. Chapters: 00:00 — The Woman at Heathrow 02:23 — ACT I — THE RISE 06:55 — ACT II — THE FACADE 11:10 — ACT III — THE CRACK 15:54 — ACT IV — THE RECKONING 20:35 — ACT V — THE AFTERMATH Source Material Visual material used in this production is obtained from publicly accessible archives, including Wikimedia Commons. Copyright & Fair Use Notice This channel incorporates copyrighted material under the principles of Fair Use as recognized by U.S. law. Under Section 107 of the United States Copyright Act, certain uses of copyrighted works such as for analysis, commentary, educational purposes, research, and reporting are permitted without prior authorization from the copyright holder. Sources Alzheimer's Association, Rita Hayworth: A Bombshell Diagnosis — https://www.alz.org/news/2023/rita-ha... Encyclopedia.com, Hayworth, Rita (1918–1987) — https://www.encyclopedia.com/media/en... The Hollywood Reporter, When Rita Hayworth Married Orson Welles During Her Lunch Break — https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/mov... Smithsonian Magazine, The Crazy Story of the 1946 Bikini Atoll Nuclear Tests — https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-... TCM, The Wrath of God — https://www.tcm.com/articles/407/the-... #documentary #history #RitaHayworth #oldhollywood