Being Rita Hayworth : Labor, Identity, and Hollywood Stardom

Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Why Rita Hayworth? 1(30) PART ONE: STARDOM OFF THE SCREEN 1. From Cansino to Hayworth to Beckworth: Constructing the Star Person(a) 31(35) 2. Rita Lives for Love: The Family Life of Hollywood's Unhappiest Star 66(45) PART TWO: FILM STARS, FILM TEXTS, FILM STUDIES 3. I'm the Goddess of Song and Dance: Performing Competence in Down to Earth 111(33) 4. I Told You Not to Move-I Mean It! Cross-Examining Gilda and The Lady from Shanghai 144(28) 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 172(26) Afterword: Replacing the Love Goddess 198(9) Notes 207(40) Cansino/Hayworth Filmography 247(10) Bibliography 257(10) Index 267