Rita Hayworth

Rita Hayworth

Born: October 17, 1918
Died: May 14, 1987
in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Margarita Carmen Cansino (October 17, 1918 – May 14, 1987), known by her screen name Rita Hayworth, was an American film actress and dancer of Spanish Roma and Irish descent. After going through extensive white-washing procedures, she attained fame in the 1940s as the titular femme fatale in the film noir Gilda. Being one of the most popular stars of the era, she was the top pin-up girl for American soldiers during WWII and was nicknamed "The Love Goddess". She is listed as number 19 on the American Film Institute's 50 greatest female screen legends.

Movies for Rita Hayworth...

Rat Pack
Title: Rat Pack
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 11, 2022
Type: Movie
In the 1950s, a small group of artists monopolized the attention of the cameras and the public. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop and Peter Lawford together form the "rat pack": they sing the most popular hits of the moment, star in the most profitable Hollywood films and are already making a splash on television . This documentary, produced by a recognized specialist in the history of Hollywood, recounts the exceptional destiny of this informal group which flirted with the greats of this world, notably through Sinatra, personal friend of American President Kennedy.
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Nicotine - A Drug with a Future
Title: Nicotine - A Drug with a Future
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 20, 2020
Type: Movie
The number of smokers in Europe is declining, yet the tobacco industry is still making considerable profits. Electronic innovations such as e-cigarettes and tobacco heaters play a significant role in this. Both are said to be far less harmful than conventional cigarettes. But is the aromatic steam really not a danger to our health?
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Rita Hayworth - Zu viel vom Leben
Title: Rita Hayworth - Zu viel vom Leben
Character: Self
Released: June 4, 2019
Type: Movie
In front of the camera, Rita Hayworth was the prototype of the ideal of American beauty, twirling alongside Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly. In her private life, shy and plagued by an inferiority complex, the actress multiplied the unhappy marriages. At 19, she married a businessman to escape an incestuous father. In 1943, she married the brilliant Orson Welles, who gave her a daughter and a misunderstood role in "The Lady of Shanghai". Prince Ali Khan and the singer Dick Haymes followed.
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Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner
Title: Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 22, 2019
Type: Movie
Portrait of Julia Jean Turner, from her childhood to her rise of fame as Lana Turner, to her last role.
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3-D Rarities
Title: 3-D Rarities
Character: Miss Sadie Thompson (archive footage)
Released: June 11, 2015
Type: Movie
Selections include Kelley's Plasticon Pictures, the earliest extant 3-D demonstration film from 1922 with incredible footage of Washington and New York City; New Dimensions, the first domestic full color 3-D film originally shown at the World’s Fair in 1940; Thrills for You, a promotional film for the Pennsylvania Railroad; Stardust in Your Eyes, a hilarious standup routine by Slick Slavin; trailer for The Maze, with fantastic production design by William Cameron Menzies; Doom Town, a controversial anti-atomic testing film mysteriously pulled from release; puppet cartoon The Adventures of Sam Space, presented in widescreen; I’ll Sell My Shirt, a burlesque comedy unseen in 3-D for over 60 years; Boo Moon, an excellent example of color stereoscopic animation…and more!
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Rita Hayworth: And Men Created a Goddess
Title: Rita Hayworth: And Men Created a Goddess
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 31, 2014
Type: Movie
A top glamour girl in the 1940's, and the ultimate femme fatale, the"Love Goddess" Rita Hayworth went from a dancer in Brooklyn to Columbia Pictures' biggest star, sharing the screen with Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, and Fred Astaire. As she tragically lost her memory to Alzheimer's disease, she could not escape the systematic manipulation she was forced to endure from the Hollywood elite.
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Casting By
Title: Casting By
Character: Self (Archival Footage)
Released: November 1, 2012
Type: Movie
This essential new documentary pays tribute to the legacy of the late, legendary casting director Marion Dougherty and shines a light on one of the most overlooked and least understood crafts in filmmaking.
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Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Title: Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Character: (archive footage)
Released: February 4, 2012
Type: Movie
A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, and so on. The only same thing: The love between man and woman... in an archetypical love story cut from 500 classics from all around the world.
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Rita
Title: Rita
Character: (archive footage)
Released: September 9, 2003
Type: Movie
Biography of 1940's sex goddess Rita Hayworth.
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Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
Title: Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 24, 2002
Type: Movie
American Masters Series. Documentary on Gene Kelly that gives insight into his dancing, how he formed a style (first "blue collar dancer") and developed different cinematique techniques, such as brilliantly shot dancing sequences.
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The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
Title: The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 17, 1996
Type: Movie
A documentary reflecting on women in film and the entertainment industry through the ages led and hosted by some of its most beloved female icons.
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Anthony Quinn: An Original
Title: Anthony Quinn: An Original
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 10, 1990
Type: Movie
Born in Mexico, Anthony Quinn became the family's main provider when his father died in an accident. Thus began the story of a man who had a thousand jobs before acting in a Cecil B. DeMille film…
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Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
Title: Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1990
Type: Movie
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Dance Crazy in Hollywood
Title: Dance Crazy in Hollywood
Character: Various Roles (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1990
Type: Movie
American dancer and choreographer Hermes Pan recalls his life and work as he relives the glorious history of the Hollywood musical.
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Notre Dame de la Croisette
Title: Notre Dame de la Croisette
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: February 23, 1983
Type: Movie
A woman goes to Cannes and, lost in its chaos and unable to obtain tickets, ends up watching it on television from her hotel room.
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Showbiz Goes to War
Title: Showbiz Goes to War
Character: (archive footage)
Released: December 31, 1982
Type: Movie
While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War II, the majority used their talents to rally the American public through bond sales, morale-boosting USO tours, patriotic war dramas and escapist film fare. Comedian David Steinberg plays host for this star-studded, 90-minute documentary, which looks at the way Tinseltown helped the United States' war effort.
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Title: Spécial cinéma
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 25, 1974
Type: TV
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The Wrath of God
Title: The Wrath of God
Character: Señora De La Plata
Released: July 14, 1972
Type: Movie
Set in the 1920s, several foreigners held by a South American military group are offered possible freedom if they accept to topple a local crazed military leader.
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Title: V.I.P. Schaukel
Character: Self
Released: May 9, 1971
Type: TV
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Road to Salina
Title: Road to Salina
Character: Mara
Released: November 9, 1970
Type: Movie
Jonas is on the road to Salina. He stops at a gas station/restaurant and its owner, Mara, is struck by his resemblance to her dead son, Rocky. He decides to stay on and meets Mara's friend Warren and Rocky's sister Billie, but dark facts are to be revealed about the death of Rocky.
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The Naked Zoo
Title: The Naked Zoo
Character: Helen Golden
Released: September 18, 1970
Type: Movie
Love and crime in Miami's Cocoanut Grove artist's colony. Swinging young writer Stephen Oliver has a falling-out with benefactress Rita Hayworth in the wake of a wild LSD party. Rita foolishly tries blackmail after Oliver's reconciliation attempt leaves her crippled millionaire husband dead.
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The Bastard
Title: The Bastard
Character: Martha
Released: October 29, 1968
Type: Movie
A criminal (Giuliano Gemma) seeks vengeance when his double-dealing brother (Klaus Kinski) steals his jewels and mutilates his shooting hand.
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The Rover
Title: The Rover
Character: Caterina
Released: September 27, 1967
Type: Movie
A former counterrevolutionary pirate befriends a mentally ill young woman and this in turn leads to tragedy when she falls in love with a French naval officer.
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Title: The Carol Burnett Show
Character: Self - Guest
Released: September 11, 1967
Type: TV
The Carol Burnett Show is an American variety/sketch comedy television show starring Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner, and Tim Conway. It originally ran on CBS from September 11, 1967, to March 29, 1978, for 278 episodes and originated from CBS Television City's Studio 33. The series won 25 prime time Emmy Awards, was ranked No. 16 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time in 2002 and in 2007 was listed as one of Time magazine's "100 Best TV Shows of All Time."
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Title: Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Character: Self
Released: September 9, 1967
Type: TV
An American sketch comedy television program hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin.
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Poppies Are Also Flowers
Title: Poppies Are Also Flowers
Character: Monique Marko
Released: May 20, 1966
Type: Movie
A special United Nations bureau organises a campaign to trace a drug-smuggling ring across Europe to its source on the Afghanistan-Iran border.
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The Money Trap
Title: The Money Trap
Character: Rosalie Kelly
Released: September 7, 1965
Type: Movie
When half a million dollars disappears from a doctor office's safe, the cops assigned to the burglary case, Joe and Pete, decide to find the money and keep it for themselves.
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The Love Goddesses
Title: The Love Goddesses
Character: (archive footage)
Released: March 3, 1965
Type: Movie
This insightful documentary features some of the major and most beautiful actresses to grace the silver screen. It shows how the movie industry changed its depiction of sex and actresses' portrayal of sex from the silent movie era to the present. Classic scenes are shown from the silent movie 'True Heart Susie,' starring Lillian Gish, to 'Love Me Tonight' (1932), blending sex and sophistication, starring Jeanette MacDonald (pre-Nelson Eddy), and to Elizabeth Taylor in 'A Place in the Sun' (1951), plus much , much more.
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Circus World
Title: Circus World
Character: Lili Alfredo
Released: June 25, 1964
Type: Movie
Circus owner Matt Masters is beset by disasters as he attempts a European tour of his circus. At the same time, he is caught in an emotional bind between his adopted daughter and her mother.
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Hollywood and the Stars
Title: Hollywood and the Stars
Character: (archive footage)
Released: May 4, 1964
Type: Movie
NBC's pioneering documentary series, produced by the David L. Wolper Production Company, in association with United Artists Television. Each 30-minute show concentrated on a Hollywood genre, film or legendary star. This series ran from September 30, 1963 until May 18, 1964, and many of its individual episodes were released into the home gauge market in shortened form. Certain episodes would focus on films being made at the time, notably Preminger's The Cardinal and Huston's Night of the Iguana.
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Title: Hollywood and the Stars
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 30, 1963
Type: TV
Each 30 minute show concentrated on a Hollywood genre, film or legendary star.
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The Happy Thieves
Title: The Happy Thieves
Character: Eve Lewis
Released: December 20, 1961
Type: Movie
A suave art thief romances a wealthy duchess, only to enable him to steal a priceless painting from her collection. Complications ensue.
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The Story on Page One
Title: The Story on Page One
Character: Josephine Brown / Jo Morris
Released: December 1, 1959
Type: Movie
An adulterous couple is accused of murder after the woman's husband is shot and killed during a scuffle. A high-profile court case tells the story.
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They Came to Cordura
Title: They Came to Cordura
Character: Adelaide Geary
Released: June 1, 1959
Type: Movie
An army major, himself guilty of cowardice, is asked to recommended soldiers for the Congressional Medal of Honor during the Mexican Border Incursion of 1916.
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Separate Tables
Title: Separate Tables
Character: Ann Shankland
Released: December 18, 1958
Type: Movie
Boarders at an English resort struggle with emotional problems.
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Pal Joey
Title: Pal Joey
Character: Vera Simpson
Released: October 25, 1957
Type: Movie
An opportunistic singer woos a wealthy widow to boost his career.
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Fire Down Below
Title: Fire Down Below
Character: Irena
Released: May 30, 1957
Type: Movie
Tony and Felix own a tramp boat, and sail around the Caribbean doing odd jobs and drinking a lot. They agree to ferry the beautiful but passportless Irena to another island. They both fall for her, leading to betrayal and a break-up of their partnership. Tony takes a job on a cargo ship. After a collision he finds himself trapped below deck with time running out (the ship is aflame), and only Felix, whom he hates and has sworn to kill, left to save him.
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Champagne Safari
Title: Champagne Safari
Character: Herself
Released: January 1, 1954
Type: Movie
Travelogue/documentary follows newly married Rita Hayworth and Prince Aly Khan on their honeymoon trip through exotic locales.
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Miss Sadie Thompson
Title: Miss Sadie Thompson
Character: Sadie Thompson
Released: December 23, 1953
Type: Movie
Sadie Thompson winds up stranded on an island and while her boat is being quarantined, she manages to stir up the blood of every marine on the base.
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Salome
Title: Salome
Character: Princess Salome
Released: March 24, 1953
Type: Movie
In the reign of emperor Tiberius, Gallilean prophet John the Baptist preaches against King Herod and Queen Herodias. The latter wants John dead, but Herod fears to harm him due to a prophecy. Enter beautiful Princess Salome, Herod's long-absent stepdaughter. Herodias sees the king's dawning lust for Salome as her means of bending the king to her will. But Salome and her lover Claudius are (contrary to Scripture) nearing conversion to the new religion. And the famous climactic dance turns out to have unexpected implications...
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Title: The Oscars
Character: Self
Released: March 19, 1953
Type: TV
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.
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Affair in Trinidad
Title: Affair in Trinidad
Character: Chris Emery
Released: July 29, 1952
Type: Movie
A nightclub singer enlists her brother-in-law to track down her husband's killer.
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The Loves of Carmen
Title: The Loves of Carmen
Character: Carmen
Released: August 23, 1948
Type: Movie
Gypsy Carmen drives men wild in 1820s Spain, especially the dragoon Don Jose.
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Title: The Ed Sullivan Show
Character: Self
Released: June 20, 1948
Type: TV
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Title: The Ed Sullivan Show
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: June 20, 1948
Type: TV
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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The Lady from Shanghai
Title: The Lady from Shanghai
Character: Elsa Bannister
Released: December 24, 1947
Type: Movie
A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.
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Down to Earth
Title: Down to Earth
Character: Terpsichore / Kitty Pendleton
Released: August 21, 1947
Type: Movie
Upset about a new Broadway musical's mockery of Greek mythology, the goddess Terpsichore comes down to earth and lands a part in the show. She works her charms on the show's producer and he incorporates her changes into the show. Unfortunately, her changes also produce a major flop.
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Gilda
Title: Gilda
Character: Gilda
Released: April 25, 1946
Type: Movie
A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.
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Tonight and Every Night
Title: Tonight and Every Night
Character: Rosalind Bruce
Released: January 9, 1945
Type: Movie
An American girl falls for an RAF pilot while performing at a British music hall.
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Cover Girl
Title: Cover Girl
Character: Rusty Parker / Maribelle Hicks (flashback sequence)
Released: March 22, 1944
Type: Movie
A nightclub dancer makes it big in modeling, leaving her dancer boyfriend behind.
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Show-Business at War
Title: Show-Business at War
Character: Self
Released: May 21, 1943
Type: Movie
A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.
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You Were Never Lovelier
Title: You Were Never Lovelier
Character: Maria Acuña
Released: November 19, 1942
Type: Movie
An Argentine heiress thinks a penniless American dancer is her secret admirer.
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Tales of Manhattan
Title: Tales of Manhattan
Character: Ethel Halloway
Released: August 5, 1942
Type: Movie
Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by its tailor has on those who wear it. The video release features a W.C. Fields segment not included in the original theatrical release.
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My Gal Sal
Title: My Gal Sal
Character: Sally Elliott
Released: April 30, 1942
Type: Movie
Biopic chronicling the early life of gay nineties-era songwriter Paul Dresser as he outgrows his job as carnival entertainer and moves up into New York society, writing one hit song after another. Despite his egotistical behavior, he manages to woo and win Sally Elliott, one of the more popular songstresses of the day
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Breakdowns of 1941
Title: Breakdowns of 1941
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: November 14, 1941
Type: Movie
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1941.
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You'll Never Get Rich
Title: You'll Never Get Rich
Character: Sheila Winthrop
Released: September 25, 1941
Type: Movie
A Broadway choreographer gets drafted and coincidentally ends up in the same army base as his object of affection’s boyfriend.
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Blood and Sand
Title: Blood and Sand
Character: Dona Sol
Released: May 30, 1941
Type: Movie
Bullfighter Juan Gallardo falls for socialite Dona Sol, turning from the faithful Carmen who nevertheless stands by her man as he continues to face real danger in the bullring.
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Affectionately Yours
Title: Affectionately Yours
Character: Irene Malcolm
Released: May 10, 1941
Type: Movie
A married reporter's assignments carry him all over the world, which gives him ample opportunity to put the moves on the local females.
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The Strawberry Blonde
Title: The Strawberry Blonde
Character: Virginia Brush
Released: February 21, 1941
Type: Movie
Biff Grimes is desperately in love with Virginia, but his best friend Hugo marries her and manipulates Biff into becoming involved in his somewhat nefarious businesses. Hugo appears to have stolen Biff's dreams, and Biff has to deal with the realisation that having what he wants and wanting what another has can be very different things.
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Angels Over Broadway
Title: Angels Over Broadway
Character: Nina Barona
Released: October 2, 1940
Type: Movie
Small-time businessman Charles Engle is threatened with exposure for embezzling $3,000 for his free-spending wife. Deciding on suicide, he scribbles a note, stuffs it in his pocket and goes for one last night on the town. He is pulled into a poker game by conman Bill O'Brien and singer Nina Barone, but when they discover the dropped note, they resolve to turn the tables, get Engle his $3,000 and save his life.
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The Lady in Question
Title: The Lady in Question
Character: Natalie Roguin
Released: August 7, 1940
Type: Movie
When a jury member takes in the defendant he couldn't convict, she has a bad influence on his son.
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Susan and God
Title: Susan and God
Character: Leonora Stubbs
Released: June 7, 1940
Type: Movie
A flighty socialite neglects her family to promote a new religious group.
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Blondie on a Budget
Title: Blondie on a Budget
Character: Joan Forrester,
Released: February 29, 1940
Type: Movie
Dagwood wants to join the trout club and Blondie wants a fur coat. Jealousy reigns when Dag's old girlfriend Joan shows up, but nothing else matters when a drawing at the movie theatre provides money for the coat.
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Music in My Heart
Title: Music in My Heart
Character: Patricia O'Malley
Released: January 4, 1940
Type: Movie
A young woman engaged to a millionaire falls for the understudy in a Broadway musical.
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Only Angels Have Wings
Title: Only Angels Have Wings
Character: Judy MacPherson
Released: May 15, 1939
Type: Movie
A traveling performer arrives at a remote South American port town where the head of an air freight service must risk his pilots' lives to earn a major contract.
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Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
Title: Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
Character: Rita Hayworth
Released: April 8, 1939
Type: Movie
Ice skating is the theme; at the Tropical Ice Garden, in Westwood Hills, are seen a flock of skating stars including Irene Dare and Phyllis Ann Thomoson, as well as Hollywood luminaries such as Franklyn Pangborn, Norma Shearer, Rita Hayworth, Mickey Rooney, Dick Purcell and Ann Sheridan.
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The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
Title: The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
Character: Karen
Released: January 27, 1939
Type: Movie
Spies force former jewel thief Michael Lanyard to steal defense secrets in Washington.
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Homicide Bureau
Title: Homicide Bureau
Character: J.G. Bliss
Released: January 5, 1939
Type: Movie
After being criticized by the Citizens' League for his inability to cope with a crime wave, Police Captain Haines orders his men in the Homicide Bureau to clean up all their cases, but without violating the constitutional rights of any suspect. Detective Jim Logan is ordered to meet the incoming new-head of the Police Department lab and internal affairs, J.G. Bliss, and takes an instant dislike to her over her attitude toward criminal's rights.
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The Renegade Ranger
Title: The Renegade Ranger
Character: Judith Alvarez
Released: September 16, 1938
Type: Movie
Two Texas Rangers have their worlds rocked by a wrongfully accused female bandit.
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Juvenile Court
Title: Juvenile Court
Character: Marcia Adams
Released: September 10, 1938
Type: Movie
Public Defender Gary Franklin, frustrated by being unable to save criminal Dutch Adams from a death sentence by blaming the slums environment as the cause of Dutch's crimes, enlists the aid of Dutch's sister, Marcia Adams, to get the slum dwellers at appeal for public monies to provide recreational places for the slum kids.
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Convicted
Title: Convicted
Character: Jerry Wheeler
Released: August 18, 1938
Type: Movie
A nightclub dancer and a detective try and catch the gangster who framed her brother.
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There's Always a Woman
Title: There's Always a Woman
Character: Mary - Ketterling's Secretary (uncredited)
Released: April 20, 1938
Type: Movie
An investigator for the District Attorney's office quits to open his own detective agency. However, business is so bad that he finally decides to give it up and go back to his old job. As his wife is at his office closing up, a wealthy society matron walks in with a case: she wants to know if her husband is having an affair with his ex-girlfriend, who is now married. The wife accepts what looks to be an easy case, figuring than she can then persuade her husband to re-start the agency. However, when the client's husband is found murdered, she decides to investigate the murder herself. Her husband has also been assigned by the D.A. to investigate the murder, and he doesn't know that his wife is also on the case. Complications ensue.
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Who Killed Gail Preston?
Title: Who Killed Gail Preston?
Character: Gail Preston
Released: February 24, 1938
Type: Movie
A temperamental singer's murder leaves a nightclub full of suspects.
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Special Inspector
Title: Special Inspector
Character: Patricia Lane
Released: February 14, 1938
Type: Movie
U. S. Customs Agent Tom Evans is given the assignment of running down a smuggling ring which hijacks Canadian fur-shipper's trucks and sells the loot in the United States.
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The Shadow
Title: The Shadow
Character: Mary Gillespie
Released: December 22, 1937
Type: Movie
Mary Gillespie is restoring the Col. Gillespie Circus to its former splendor after her father's death. With the help of her publicist boyfriend Jim, the sell-out crowds are returning to the big top. Egotistical equestrian star Senor Martinet, however, holds $60,000 of notes signed by the Colonel and due in 24 hours. When a mysterious shadowy figure is seen on the circus lot, and Martinet is murdered in the center ring during his performance, there are suspects aplenty, including Vindecco, Martinet's badly abused hunchback assistant.
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Paid to Dance
Title: Paid to Dance
Character: Betty Morgan
Released: December 11, 1937
Type: Movie
Government undercover agents William Dennis and Joan Barclay are working to solve the disappearances of girls working as "taxi-dancers" from dance halls operated by Jack Miranda and his henchman Nifty.
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Life Begins with Love
Title: Life Begins with Love
Character: Dinner Guest's Girl Friend (uncredited)
Released: October 6, 1937
Type: Movie
A spoiled playboy is forced to leave town to avoid the press, which latches on to his statement, while tipsy, that he will give away his fortune. He disguises himself and gets a job as a laborer at a day-care center. He finds himself attracted to the owner, a pretty young girl determined to make life better for her charges, and he soon begins to question his own priorities.
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The Game That Kills
Title: The Game That Kills
Character: Betty Holland
Released: September 21, 1937
Type: Movie
Ferguson is a rough-and-tumble hockey player who discovers that his chosen profession is nothing more than a racket, a plaything for game-fixing racketeers. When his brother is killed in a highly suspicious accident, Ferguson and team trainer Holland join forces to bring the killers to justice.
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Girls Can Play
Title: Girls Can Play
Character: Sue Collins
Released: June 23, 1937
Type: Movie
The Hollywood Post's sports writer, Jimmy Jones (Charles Quigley), yearns to be a crime reporter, and thus looks for foul play on even the most routine assignments. In writing a piece about a girl's softball team, Jimmy discovers that their sponsor, Foy Harris (John Gallaudet), is a notorious racketeer who has supposedly gone straight. Jimmy suspects Foy is still up to no good. He begins hanging around the team to do a bit of snooping, and also to be near the cute new pitcher, Ann Casey (Jacqueline Wells).
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Criminals of the Air
Title: Criminals of the Air
Character: Rita Owens
Released: April 29, 1937
Type: Movie
Undercover agent Mark Owens is sent to aid the Border Patrol in the trans-border town of Hernandez in breaking up a well-organized band of smugglers.
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Trouble in Texas
Title: Trouble in Texas
Character: Carmen Serano
Released: March 6, 1937
Type: Movie
Rodeo stars are being killed with poisoned needles, and Tex Ritter is next on the list.
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Hit the Saddle
Title: Hit the Saddle
Character: Rita
Released: March 3, 1937
Type: Movie
Unable to legally capture and sell a herd of protected wild horses, corrupt rancher Rance Macgowan uses his trained killer horse, Volcano, to substitute for the real leader of the herd and cause havoc and death among the ranches. With the government about to drop the restrictions on rounding up the herd, the Three Mesquiteers find themselves in the middle of the controversy after their friend, Sheriff Miller is killed by Volcano.
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Old Louisiana
Title: Old Louisiana
Character: Angela Gonzales as Rita Cansino
Released: March 1, 1937
Type: Movie
The Louisiana Purchase is imminent and Gilmore is smuggling guns into St. Louis so his men can make him Governor of the new Louisiana Territory. But John Colfax fights to defeat Gilmore.
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Rebellion
Title: Rebellion
Character: Paula Castillo
Released: October 27, 1936
Type: Movie
In this drama, a Mexican woman attempts to live a peaceful life in California. Unfortunately, land-grabbers kill her father and begin harassing her. Desperate, she sends an impassioned plea for help to Washington, who sends her is special aide to mediate.
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Meet Nero Wolfe
Title: Meet Nero Wolfe
Character: Marie Maringola
Released: July 16, 1936
Type: Movie
Rex Stout's portly detective prides himself on solving crimes without venturing outside his comfortable home; here he relies on others to do the legwork in pinpointing who among a number of suspects is responsible for two sudden deaths, which the authorities at first are not convinced were murders.
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Dancing Pirate
Title: Dancing Pirate
Character: Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
Released: May 22, 1936
Type: Movie
Jonathan Pride is a mild-mannered dance instructor in 1820 Boston. En route to visit relatives, Jonathan is shanghaied by a band of zany pirates and forced to work as a galley boy. When the pirate vessel arrives at the port of Las Palomas, Jonathan, clad in buccaneer's garb, makes his escape. Everyone in Las Palomas, including Governor Alcalde (Frank Morgan) and fetching senorita Serafina (Steffi Duna), assumes that Jonathan is the pirate chieftain, leading to a series of typical comic-opera complications.
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Human Cargo
Title: Human Cargo
Character: Carmen Zoro
Released: May 15, 1936
Type: Movie
Bonnie Brewster and "Packy" Campbell, rival reporters on competing newspapers, team up to put an end to a smuggling gang that brings illegal aliens to the United States, and then makes further victims of them by extortion payments. They go to Vancouver, Canada and board a ship carrying aliens. But the gang recognizes them as reporters and gang-henchmen Tony Scula (Ralf Harolde) and Ira Conklin take them off the ship. But Campbell recognizes Scula as the gunman who killed Carmen Zoro.
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Paddy O'Day
Title: Paddy O'Day
Character: Tamara Petrovitch
Released: January 17, 1936
Type: Movie
A wealthy, eccentric collector of stuffed birds and a beautiful Russian singer provide refuge to an orphaned Irish child who has arrived illegally in New York.
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Professional Soldier
Title: Professional Soldier
Character: Gypsy Dancer (uncredited)
Released: December 27, 1935
Type: Movie
Mercenary Donovan is hired to kidnap King Peter II. He learns that the party in power is evil and that the King is in danger, so kidnaps the King to keep him safe while a revolution is planned.
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Hi, Gaucho!
Title: Hi, Gaucho!
Character: Dolores
Released: October 10, 1935
Type: Movie
The son and daughter of feuding ranchers defy their fathers in the name of love.
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Piernas de Seda
Title: Piernas de Seda
Character: Ballerina (uncredited)
Released: October 4, 1935
Type: Movie
Piernas de Seda is a 1935 American comedy film directed by John Boland. It stars Rosita Moreno, Raul Roulien, and Enrique de Rosas. Rita Hayworth had a small uncredited role as a dancer.
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Dante's Inferno
Title: Dante's Inferno
Character: Dancer
Released: August 23, 1935
Type: Movie
A carny builds a gambling empire at the expense of his family's wellbeing.
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Charlie Chan in Egypt
Title: Charlie Chan in Egypt
Character: Nayda
Released: June 4, 1935
Type: Movie
While investigating the theft of antiquities from an ancient tomb excavation , Charlie discovers that the body of the expedition's leader concealed inside the mummy's wrappings.
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Under the Pampas Moon
Title: Under the Pampas Moon
Character: Carmen
Released: June 1, 1935
Type: Movie
Cesare Campo is a hard-riding and hard-loving Argentine gaucho. Yvonne LaMarr is a famous Parisian singer on her way to play an engagement in a Buenos Aires cabaret. THe plane she is flying in is forced to land on the Pampas. Campo and his riders take the passengers to a hotel. Yvonne and Campo quickly fall in love, but she had to leave to make her singing engagement in Buenos Aires. Campo follows her and discovers that his horse that was the favorite to win the Big Race has been stolen.
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Cruz Diablo
Title: Cruz Diablo
Character: Extra (uncredited)
Released: November 28, 1934
Type: Movie
16th-century swashbuckler; evil nobleman usurps another man's title and properties and forces his daughter to marry a political ally. But Cruz Diablo will have revenge!