Being Rita Hayworth: Labor, Identity, and Hollywood Stardom

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Being RitaHayworth Labor, Identity, and Hollywood Stardom Adrienne L. McLean rutgers university press new brunswick, new jersey, and london Being Rita Hayworth Second printing, 2005 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data McLean, Adrienne L. Being Rita Hayworth : labor, identity, and Hollywood stardom / Adrienne L. McLean. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8135-3388-0 (alk. paper)—ISBN 0-8135-3389-9 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Hayworth, Rita, 1918–1987. 2. Motion picture actors and actresses— United States—Biography. I. Title. PN2287.H38M35 2004 791.43⬘028⬘092—dc22 2003018837 British Cataloging-in-Publication information for this book is available from the British Library. Frontispiece photo by Ned Scott, 1947. Courtesy Ned Scott Archive. Copyright © 2004 by Adrienne L. McLean All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher. Please contact Rutgers University Press, 100 Joyce Kilmer Avenue, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8099. The only exception to this prohibition is “fair use” as defined by U.S. copyright law. Publication of this book was supported, in part, by a grant from the School of Arts and Humanities at the University of Texas at Dallas. Manufactured in the United States of America For Larry, and my parents ...