RITA HAYWORTH -Gaël Lépingle

12.5 x 17.5 cm / 224 pages / January 2023

isbn: 978-2-35137-334-7

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“I can tell you it's a divine feeling to love yourself. Bette Davis always had self-esteem. Like Katharine Hepburn. A great woman.” Sipping their juice or indifferently flipping through the pages of the newspaper, four friends share their thoughts on the representation of the American woman, wondering about the disappearance of those “wonderful women” of days gone by. Other names are mentioned: Joan Crawford, Claire Trevor, Jean Arthur, Susan Hayward. One of them, hitherto discreet, bursts into tears. She admits she's never found that self-confidence. A glass of water is brought to her and she calms down. And suddenly, drying her tears: “I loved Rita Hayworth. She was beautiful.”

Paddy O'Day. The Game That Kills. Convicted. Mountie. Only angels have wings, of course. The Strawberry Blonde, of course. O you my lovely. The Queen of Broadway. Gilda - ah, Gilda... La Dame de Shanghaï, absolutely. La Belle du Pacifique. On the road to Salina.

Rita.