Rita Hayworth

Feder writes about her famous stepmother, Rita Hayworth, remembers her brief times on the sets of his movies and confirms a rumored liaison Welles had with actress Geraldine Fitzgerald that nearly ended Feder's life before it began.

In this article: Orson Welles, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Falstaff, Manhattan, In My Father's Shadow Bogdanovich, The Third Man, and Citizen Kane

...seals. The classic pitstop on the Big Sur part of the trip is Nepenthe, a restaurant in the hills once given as a present by Orson Welles to Rita Hayworth, where you can finally take your eyes off the road and enjoy the scenery. After the...

In this article: San Francisco, Moss Landing, Monterey County, London Heathrow, Pacific Ocean, Danish pastry, and Ostrich

At least, that's what they tell me. You would also see American stars such as Ava Gardner, Rita Hayworth or Orson Welles, who "became fat and boisterous," and Frank Sinatra drinking his Jack Daniels. I met and made friends with Enrique, a...

In this article: Ernest Hemingway, Derek Jeter, Yankees, Lou Gehrig, Daily News, and Spain

...takes the classic femme-fatale tale to hallucinatory heights as a hard-luck seaman (Welles) falls for the mysterious Elsa Bannister (Rita Hayworth), only to find himself snared in a murderous conspiracy. Screening at 7:30 tonight; also...

In this article: Harry Belafonte, Odds Against Tomorrow, The Sound of Music, DuBose Heyward, Bob Dylan, John Lewis, and Kansas City

...with no damage or current threat. Nepenthe restaurant, once purchased by Orson Welles for Rita Hayworth (1944), has reopened along with the Big Sur Bakery, Big Sur River Inn restaurant and Roadhouse restaurant. The Henry Miller Memorial Library...

In this article: Big Sur, Monterey County, San Francisco, California, Pacific Grove, and Los Angeles

...cinematic beauty soon brought the attention of Hollywood. Orson Welles and his wife at the time, Rita Hayworth, bought a Big Sur cabin on impulse during a trip down the coast in 1944. They never spent a single night there, and the property is...

In this article: Big Sur, Big Sur, California, Henry Miller, Robinson Jeffers, United States, and California Giant Salamander

...in American and international politics and used journalism to communicate his forceful ideas widely. In 1943, Welles married Rita Hayworth. They had one child, Rebecca Welles, and divorced five years later in 1948. In between, Welles found...

In this article: Orson Welles, Citizen Kane, RKO Pictures, Hollywood, Academy Awards, Mercury Theatre, William Shakespeare, Europe, New York City, and Chimes at Midnight

...The Lady from Shanghai (1948). Its failure at the box office was attributed in part to director/co-star Welles having had Hayworth's famous red locks cut off and the remainder of her hair dyed blonde for her role. This was done without Cohn's...

In this article: Harry Cohn, Prince Aly Khan, Dick Haymes, Alzheimer's disease, Hollywood, Gilda, and James Hill

...starring Danny Huston as Orson Welles. The year is 1948. His Hollywood career deadlocked, Orson Welles (Danny Huston) is in need to get over his failed marriage to Rita Hayworth. When he travels to Rome for the lead role in ''Black Magic...

In this article: Fade to Black, Orson Welles, Danny Huston, Oliver Parker, and Hollywood